The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-06
BIO BILL ROBINSON is CRACK
CRICKETER OF THE COUNTRY,
His Work Against Crack Canadian Clubs Rank With
the Best Players This Side the and Price
Are Among the Other Experts the Louis Club

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
w. D. Robinson, the crack aIl-rount
athlete, who is now getting along in year.
and obesity led the ST. Louis Cricke
Club players I'm batting and bowling las
season. Robinson has grown hugely stou
in the past year. bu; is still a very youns
man. who carries his weight well. and
who has not lost any of his famou:
:. athletic prowess.
Robinson stands away above his fel-
lows in the cricket club. He led his clos
est opponent, Mr.. Newhall almost six
rurs to the inning played. and played
one-third more innings. He led the next
highest individual scorer. Mr.. Duckworth.
by eleven runs FOR one individual effort.
in bowling averages Robinson holds his
Own though Mr.. Newhall. whose average
was not computed because OF q bad score
kept in one of the games he bowled. is
very close to him. Robinson. however.
accomplished wonderful work with the
ball. He bowled the most balls, took
the most wickets and sent down the most
maiden overs.
Mr.. Holmes. who stands next to him in
the averages. bowled but one-third as
many balls and bowled them against in
ferior company. Robinson did most of
his work in this line, against the crack
teams OF Canada and the United States.
His fifty-eigu. runs were also made in
championship match against Chicago.
Robinson is of Scotch birth and 30 years
old. He Is admittedly the best cricket
player in America. with tho possible eS-
ception OF Philadelphia. the home Of AM
crican cricket. He weighs go pounds and
Is feet inches in height. AS can be
deduced Robinson Is a very powerful
man, = hard hitter at the bat. a fast
bowler. and a splendid wicketkeeper and
fielder.
In batting. ": J; Price runs third 10
OF 1886 runs TO the inning. This is three
runs less to the inning than the average
Of Newhall. but as Price played twice as
WorR @ must hss ss rated al pest The e Revereni ]
f. Duckworth. whose eloquence in the
pulpit has recently been matter of pub
efages. though the season was not.
lucky one for him by any means. A Wig
orous hitter. Mr.. Duckworth had an un-
fortunate season in that he was frequent.
fuky catches in the slips. By persistent
trying he overcafne his bad lack. and at
the end of the season he ran up some
Mr.. Duckworth had a bad season with
the ball. but whatever ill-fortune he may
have have had on the the cricket field was more
achievements In other lines:
A. z Winsor. a thoroughly sound and |
consistent criGkster. is nth among the
scorer. but Is always good for i useful |
string Of singles, made by correct cricket. |
In many ways he is regarded as the SAT- |
stop case Of "rattIes' and a clever |
fielder.
RATcLIFFE BATTED WELL.
Mr.. Ratcliffe stands sixth among the
bats for about his value. Similarly Mr.. |
Ratcliffe does well among tho bowlers,
finishing third. with the very respectable
average of 7.Ss runs to the wicket for his
slow overland lobs =
W. y. Taylor. a newcomer In st: Louis.
gets into seventh position with a fair ay-
ar. HeSsil. l ; = powerful ri III and promising
young cricketer. performs well for an av-
eraee Of 1874. for his first season. Mr..
seSss he 81 his aas ssses bow m He Is
fine physique and bowls, very fast ball.
The veteran player and most popular
A free hitter. Mr.. Simpson plays u DASH
Ing game and had a. fortunate season In
also also S He S sook @ fteen e wsekets % I for rA an ey
erage OF s.06 runs to the stump.
Reliable Joe" Fletcher. the former
erClntinan OF lie cluD. NlalsfJAlES tue
even tenor of his way with both bat and
ball. He stands next to Robinson in num-
her Of balls bowled and wickets lowered. p
and does it for Just TIVE more runs to the
wicket. an excellent showing. indeed.
Loring Clarke prayed better cricket !
both with bat and ball than the figures !
behind his name would indicate He did
nicely. going by the infaliible ciphers, and ]
his work was much better on the fieiu
'ist pocTok T5 eA MGRRAY's 1LL-roRruNE. j
20 ,Se fpfro TNor-
tor Murray. Is far below his former stan
6ar6, with the bat. Instead Of travelling {
among the first three scorers. Doctor !
Murray is at the very bottom Of the list |
Of reiiables.
This is strange. for the veteran never !
turned out in better physical condition ]
his bad year. q thing which comes to I
him once in seven seasons. A careful and
painstaking bat, it Is seldom that he fails !
to score. ii
Last season he had a world Of bad luck I
IN continually being tho victim of star Z
catches, especially IN the slips. q place T
his wicket Doctor Murray did not play I
to bat but fifteen times. As rule no
e cspa sp hs ius Sus s op ssa
Murray miss many games He has been
chosen to lead the club again in 1904. and
man who con e0mPels . fortune to come, come his
srcat cricket matches Of the Worlds Fair
year.
Behind Doctor Murray are a lot of new r
.omers. among whom there is not only v
material for the future. but C
imoer that Is excellent even now. D. o.
Cunningham. a capital cricketer in all
departments. comes after Doctor Murray.
n Mr.. Flagmeer the club has the most
wicket keeper in the West Mr..
S'lapme.er is an old baseball player, who
ook up cricket and who has made a sue
:css of the fielding part Of the game. and !
~ no means failure of the other end.
If with both bat and ball OF tho crack
owier, p. F. Dougal. Mr.. Dougal. here
ofore a splendid bowler, and more than
n average bat, is last among the bats
nd practically a bad last among the
'owlere. Messrs. Winsor and Townley. :;
Who do not pretend TO be much with the j
all. and who are at best but fifth sub /:
titutes among the men of attack are | J.
lone behind him. Mr.. Dousai did not !!