A Talented Beginner

A Talented Beginner

G. Gordon Fraser

Engraving

Fun (7 June 1893): 234

Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

A guest, a supposed beginner, turns out to be a ringer who crushes the locals offensively and defensively. He bowls so hard that he smashes the sturdy cricket bat, and when it's his turn to bat, he blasts the ball.

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