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With or without title to the name "warmonger," Old Warhorse Churchill wanted an election as quickly as possible-and he was trying to force one by means that appeared not quite cricket to some Britons. Frank Byers, chairman of the Liberal Party (which shocks easily), was shocked. Said he: "A responsible Opposition would not seek to ruin the health of the members of the Government...
Cooke is at his best in interpreting American customs to the British. In 1949 he described the World Series ("the American Test Matches") in cricket terms. "The pitch is known as the diamond, and the bowling of the ball is known as the pitch . . . First-base [is] an anthill at cover-point. The second-base ... is roughly at long-on. The third base is at square leg. The object of the game ... is to hit the ball and run around all the bases and back to the wicket ... If you hit a six, you are presumed to have gone full...
...said the Daily Express, "as though the Brooklyn Dodgers had invaded Lord's," the sanctum of Britain's sacred game of cricket...
...Sydney, the English cricket team, to Australia, 420-413, for England's third straight defeat in a best-of-five series for "The Ashes," mythical symbol of cricket supremacy which Australia has held since...
...Harry Truman flagged Peking with a message which was a mixture of mild indignation and reassurance. It complained that U.N. forces were being attacked by planes which fly from the "privileged sanctuary" of China, "and then flee back across the border." Mr. Truman did not think this was cricket. Said the President solemnly: "We have never at any time entertained any intention to carry hostilities into China . . . We will take every honorable step to prevent any extension of hostilities into the Far East...