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FREMANTLE NOTES:
, AND PORT PERSONALIA./ ?
-J;'..' SOME SHORT HITS. ' ,
; BY 'HOT IN.'' -
'Xot.In''jw.lll be pleased atany time
to receive notes from enthus''asQt sec
retaries -of the -Fremantle clubs. : ^These
particulars must reach - the ? Fremantle
ioflice of 'The1 Daily .News' nc-'. later
than Wedhesdayeventag of ? C|a'feh''week'.'
After a residence in the' town of some
19 months, Fremantle- is abouf'to lose'
the ?services of. .'.Karl .Qulst, .;'; trie lithe
tittle cricketer- from 'Xoo' Soutfi. Quiist'
proceeds -bacfc/ 'by the Ydrig-ii.a' to-,
morrow,'- unless something Ji extraor
dinary in tfhe way, of a job keeps' him
in .Fremantle.- Quist 'has cnade Vhiinse'lf
popular, and liis loss ?will * oe..keenty
felt ?;' ?:???- o,,:,:..;..!,';''.1-/';;4/',:
? The departure of Quist , will probably
mean 'the 'disbanding- of the -Pneiirianitle
Club, 'which was only- formed -last year!
Palmer has ?departed .to the .BlrfSjplace,
and Hennrichsseemsihidifferent wheihe'ti
he'plaiys or not. ; An gm^g^criiaUi*^
With .eltlieT Bast- FremantIe..;o'r.Bioh-'
mondis quite. possible. .-..'../:...'.... I
: .What wi enthusiastfic genial old soul
Billy -Moore is. ' Wilton's latest, hobby,
was' to' ''arrange a ? pitch; .in ; his; bar.'k
yard for the use of boys... He. imported
soil from itheHun'ter River, New South.
Wales, and laid --down:.;, a.KIng Dick
pitch,' - the whole ? costing . h\m . about
£10. Every evening ; soma dozen, lads
hurl the leather.' globule wilh a juvenile
precocity which often results In a
sriiashed.* wirid-ow, or;a mai'ihed 'prize
rooster, 'but Wiliam smiles, and takes
It all . Jni good* part, Ek^ the'splendi'd
character he; is..' ; ; ; r.' ???'*
;'vlt;-may not--be generaiiy. known that
B-llly; :Moore;coinifes:. oi :,«.,. tabs I , 'aniienj
aha hbhpraiie.«,-fainiiy.K...Pt^,;cribketers:
Hlstfather conducted. .-iiiinseif'.} well in:
several ^tussles :.f or ;-?. N«w.-; Soutihj. Wales
against .j-'an 'English eleven; (aria. -WH-
kam. ihftmself ..had. a^narow ; escape of ?
being .included in an. Australian eleven
14 r years -ago ? as Second ' wick'e'aveepe'r. .
His trotJier.f.Iieon; ? last year,;, playing;
for'New South'Wales against : Queans-. ?
land, made 240 not outu! Billy 'iiis alsp'/
represented his/ club in.;, lp:ersta£e/
crlcketi--''-- ?','-.;.?;??-?.;? -..:.,.. ??'?— w-2;-:;^-,'/':r-
? 'As exemplifying .;the' ? scant ^rrjcluce-'
rhent ?which.''islorferedrby_,triis'. Sta^e .to
flrst-class;.-cricke!ters .to seittle'*h*re,' it
may' be -mentioned tliat'.'vV:air wick. Ami-'
strong, the tall Victorian .atiiiete,'- was.
very anxious tij; come: westward. /''He;'
wrote' to- L-ou Kerrmg,,- ot- jtremaniie,'
statins'' -that .. he wouid coriie '.tp.'the1'
State 'provided a ? modest 'bille-t; could;
be found, for hCmi. 'vVjarwick. is1 a flrst-:
class shorthand, writer and typist, but:
nobody 'succeedecMn' flnding a .Wllet for
hini, and' no.w.iNew,'Zealand Was' claims'
edhimi- ''??^-. '-1';' ?.-;..« .'.'?'; '.y£::;,-S?:\
'Bobbi^' Selk, termed by :an,illus::
triqus'' eastern-'-'iCpnten-porapr,';) 'The
Gropeh pemon,''.- has- been'jpa.ying,^ a'
visit' to ?Victbria;' i Bob's father ^has-been
seriously 'ill^nd -the fornier''';vas called.!
away rather.; suddenty. / hV'twIU. ::.be
back In a fortnight's time. , V r; ,? vV
East Fremaritle/'promlses .,'? to be a
much stronger^team this year.j. Moore,
Herring, HaylesX .arid ' AVard 'form the,
nucleus of.a;combjnatiori. of bld^ heads',-,
while several prbrriising juniors will be
included. . I am told.:. that Easts have
gothpld'Of 'a New Zealand player nam-'
ed Dart- Latter' played for his colony
against Warner's team,, and is a. very
fair ,; bat . and bowler. - Capes and
Jacques, two V left r.iiand bowlers,' ':will
also strengthen the- combination, -; and,
Johnson,* a;, good length bowler, 'who*
played 'with Easts two years!ago,.:*iil
be given a. trial. ?... f '?' '-.:-. '-?/.?/?
.. Richmond have' sttil their, demon
bojylers, Ijtichards and Ducat;, but as
was the case last year, they wj!lsbc very
weak in batting. .Con Kortcn, a clever
veteran,: who put on the. colors^ of 'the
Mercantile' Club last year,; will, play; for
Richniond this season, while others, of
note, .have' promised', their 5 assistance.'
Con. ..will in; all probability be.elected
as skipper., ^ ?? .:,. . ? ,
...'. South Fremantle may or may hot^be;
as strong, as ?they were last y^ear. \.At'
theitiriie of writing, Wilson', the trip.ky
slow- bowler, lia'd not decided whether,
he would play for. South Fremantle or
East Fremantle.': Tim .Howard,, who
played for North 'Perth last year, and
who obtained the W.A.C.A.'s batting
average, Tins decided to again, throw
in liis lot' with South. Scmmensj' the
old Port Adelaide boy, will desert them,
however, and rejoin the Henley Park
Club. , ' ;v ? ' ?
There does not appear to be any in
dication of a change in the personnel
of the Mercantile team, with the' excep
tion that. Con Korten will not be -seen
in their ranks this year. Many mem
bers- of -the old -club now -reside in
Perth, and it remains to be seen whe
ther they will suffer the inconvenience
of travelling to Fremantle or not.
? The 'English cricketer. Knight, who
has just published ;a work called, 'The
Complete Cricketer,' uses some rather
extravagant language. Also is he given
to gross exaggeration. 'A slender
figure, wan,and.drawri pf face, cadaver
oum, but ?ptrttualiaefl with the delicacy
of ill-health,' is 'his description '?_ 'of:
Trumper. But-Trumper IS not cada-,
vero'us or. 'spiritualised with the de
licacy of ill-health.'; He is just a thin
facetl young man, tanned by the sum
mer.' sunshine.. Knight sums up Trum
per cleverly when he says, 'He Is com
pounded, so to speak, of wrist and eye.'
?This is good. ' But later he says, 'With
luxuriant masterfulness, yet with the,
unlabored, easy naturalness of a. fail-
ing-tear,' or 'rather showers from the
sunny, lips : of -summer, he (Trumper)'
diverted the 'ball in every conceivable,
direction which his genius willed.' This
.issilly. It.is a'pity that. Knight goes
nb'tixy'-to show some of the 'unlabored,'
easy.' naturalness' of that tear in his
own. writing. . :'??'? ',
[ in'theNorih Fremantlc v. East Fre
mantle match, 'to, be played at North
Frerhantle,. the 'Nortri-Fremantle team
will be. picked from Munro (2), .Hogue
'(2), '..Butler (2),' Evers,' Kosky, New-;
marsh, Marpney, Bruce, O'Meara and
Jenkins. , V ?.?-..,'.'-.,
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