A NEW GAME

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 115, 8 February 1919, Page 11

A NEW GAME

■ Yigoro,--n- new-game combining tho principles of hoth cricket and baseball, was played i>y a parly of soldiers tit tho Victoria' Barrack's, Sydney, tin! other day. The inventor claims'that' the game, will supply llio'"missing exorcise" for peoplo who do not care to take sporting clianco of the hard knocks 111 cricket. The game is similar to cricket, but tho tho rules have been altered and added to with tho idea of making the play taster and more interesting. The wickets are 15 yards apart, and . the batting ami wicket-keeping arc done at one end only, ■'Hilts doing away with "overs." ' Two balls—a white and red-are alterlintely lised, and two bowlers'''feed" the batsman? The rules allow .any overarm action on Hie part of the bowler, but the. biill must strike 'the ground lirst before reaching "the wicket. Should . the nail reach before striking .the pitch tiic player may score l'roin that particulur Ixiwliiig, but cannot" be "flirted through it.' Thiis a "110 ball" can be utilised to.sr'o'ro from, but .cannot account for the fall of. a wicket. One; run at least must be made- for all hits in front of the wicket. Catching, stumping, and IoK before wicket apply as in cricket. 'Die creases are 4fl. !iin. from the wickcts. The'bowler, according to a printed explanation of tile game, cannot "run. out" a'striker- at Urn' bowler's end unless the ball has been returned by a fielder, but inoy throw ; down 'the batting wicket at the other send, The backingup striker cannot be run out when no run is compulsory,- and the bowler must: ■ u'iiit until lie returns to his crease. The bowler can "stump out" the lmcking-up striker if he leaves his crease before tllQ ball has been delivered. Each bowler must attend to his ball only, and must not catch op field the oilier'bail. Tho game appears-to be adapted for girls; nnd- it provides a rule, that should "mixed" sides' play a girl must bowl to a eit'L The bats used are of a new design, wider and lighter than in cricket; tho hollow ball are •t07,. in weight, and arc made of rubber.