The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-01

the other way. Or he would take a chance
and buut towards third. along the line. The
In a position 10 field II. Goodbye
1t is quite play. McGraw won many q
game with II last year. He won three alone
from St. Louis. II may not be NcGraw $
own play. but he was the first man l ever
Hanlon could not work his sacrifice killer
on II, for there would not be any force. IL
would beat HanlCn's great defensive Geld
play four blocks. McGraw has never set
this play going in st. Louis. Time and time
again he has had the chance. Spectators
have sat still and looked for it like as
Shylocks seeking a Jewel in Il refuse barrel.
Fellows OF the tremendous mental aniilty
Of Ducky Holmes. L2chance. Sheckard.
made tins play time and again last year
Why, / ddresay that Donovan, DoHlin, Nc
Gam, McIiraw ana keister are not fast
enough With head or feet TO pull II Off. Any
how il has never been given 4 trial Maybe
it Is obsolete and out OF date.
Now there Is Robinson greatest of
nuts behind the bal. CIiser has been do
ins mach catching tfat the people have
not had chance 10 get fash at Robbie
" mere Was Robbie b 81 of wise citcherS.
superCessI al the mighty OCOnnur. when
licrt Jones VAS using had judgment, p!ieh-
-l- Jones used bad Jgc gIaent. McGraW sdld
he aid, Afterwards Jones Is promising
young pitcher, but green as yet Dewey
N d.. i reputation 1t Manila HODsor m De
..a al the guus-no. the girls mouths
Erb:,ie mad, hts teaching kid twirlers how
TO kink ana bend them. Ii Jones was US ne
bad iud sucnt in the game, why ala nor
Robbie give him Iro beGvnt OF his advice :.
" hat 5 Robbie Tor, il not TO catch Jones
ana Thomas, ami POWELL. good rms ana
no nuts? ''Eloodic" can catch Cy Young,
SuGhon or Weyh,nS Sitting In baby ;
sy.ng-swong. When Robbie was secured
Il was Inquired that The practice pitSher
would via championship games. HOW
previously people have been disappointed
10y Robbie.
You know, / think cricket bail has
been thrown farther than a baseball. sald
Doctor Murray. the dentist-spoLt ssnan. the
other day. Yet the cricket ball Is heavier
than baseball by half an ounce, Gcadef
ana much harder To throw. Baseball throw
ers are as rule, much cieverer tnah
crickrters. But ! nave seen one tlch
played in the throwing line by crickesets
That | have never seen tried on pau 'leiG.
IL IS not q regulation one, but baseOati Is
a game OF chance and chance-takers. III
pinch this is ii good play.
say on long hit there is relay throw.
Two !utielders get close together TO take
the relay, Let II be two-baGSer anu
man VINO had been on nrst IS running home.
Let the in;ielders both go Tor the throw. II
being understood which one ~ 10 take II
Let the other make 5lun. The opposing
PLAYERS cannot see who sets the bali. lset
the man who has not got II make d p!u!I
10 throw 10 home. That may send the man
on second to third. Then the man who real
~ has the BAH lets 1t 20 10 third for the
put-out.
''Of course the play can be switched
about to suit the occasion. have seen such
q bluff worked in cricket. But cricket is not
as fas; a running game baseball. ana To
get a man Out means more. ct there are
times when such play might be o! Naiue'
Mr.. wayman McCreery knows few rivnls
n5 an ali-ruund Sportsman, cot oniy an ad-
miriEg spectator OF various games, put a
more or less capable exponent Of them all
Afr. McCreery is an expert. q champion, in
one game-bi!liaTds. Ia many others he Is
cricket tennis, Baseball. box. row. swim
and fence. He has q tenor voice which
would make him Il living If he had to use
il Mr.. McCreery Is the originator of the
double umpire system. 4 system for which
the baseball spectators and journalists OF
America are yelling. For his excellent iGea
he il Ell titled 10 the courresies Of all IA
tonal agreement grounds Tor his life ten
ure.
II took the double umpire system idea
from cricket" said Mr.. NcCreary. I'm
cricket we always have two umpires though
one could perform The duties with mu1n
greater ease than he can In baseball. for
he has but two bases to watch and in the
course OF a days play Will have but one or
two base decisions 10 make. He does not
have to call balls or strikes; but he does
watch for Illegal deliveries, that is. having
feet over the mark throwing (which is IL
legal n cTickeD. and wide balls, which are
balls the batter has no chance to hit owing
to their beirg too far away. But 10 make
decisions certain two umpires ofiiciate. one
20 watch each base. This makes stumplrg
decisions-which are equivalent to being
caught or base playS-certain to be correct
To show you how close they watch things
in cricket, 1 might say that they felt this
year as II one umpire could not watch the
BOWERS foot for Illegal delivery and at
the same time watch HIS arm. SO they
gave the other umpire the right TO call no
ball, which is an Illegal delivery on a
bowler who used an impoper motion IN
throwing. i might explain this by saying
that the bowler, who corresponds 10 our
pitcher, Is not allowed the same latitude Of
molten In delivering the bail 10 the batter
as the pitcher Is. He must not bend his
wrist in throwing. Hence he used a round
swinS-a stiff arm motion, any deviation
from which is Illegal delivery.
by the way, continued Mr.. McCreerv
while cricket is inferior to our game as a
spectacular sport and as an Interesting,
game all the way round. am sure there il
no better exercise in the world for q man
than TO so out and practice bit at cricket
IL is great work for big man to ge; at tine
bat for fifteen minutes with three good men
bowling To him. he gets fifteen minutes
wicked and vicious club swinging with foot
training for the eye, the hand
ana the foot. You do not have to run YOU
Just stand around the wicket and hit tina
ball as il comes. I assure you IL Is the very
finest kind OF exercise. The game IS one
= hiCh Is excellent for 4 man who has grown
too stout to play ball or who Is not quite Up
20 the physical condition necessary In that
much more exigent game"