Clipping:English reactions to the American tourists
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| Date | Sunday, September 13, 1874 |
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| Text | [from an interview of John Clapp] R.–How did they receive and treat you? C.–Well, they seemed rather indifferent, just as if they didn’t think either we or our game amounted to much. R.–You saw, I suppose, that they were slightly conceited? C.–Slightly? Slightly ain’t the word for it! Confoundedly conceited! R.–And you didn’t like it? C.–No, none of us did. I’m every bit as good as any Englishman, I don’t care who he is. We outbatted them and outfielded them all the time, but they grunted about “form,” and called us “sloggers,” until we laughed more than we sneered. C.–They didn’t seem about to appreciate our game? C.–No, they were very slow and stupid about it. They were so much absorbed in their own game that they didn’t seem able to understand anything else. The Philadelphia All-Day City Item September 13, 1874 Rep.–Did the English treat you pretty well? W. –Well–fairly. The truth is, they are a plethoric people, and well set in their opinions. Of course they think cricket “the thing,” and B.B., “Oh–ah–yes–you know–ah!” [from an interview of Harry Wright] Philadelphia All-Day City Item September 13, 1874 |
| Source | Philadelphia All-Day City Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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