The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-02
THOMAS Is
AGAIN GUILTY
His Great Catch Saves the
Game.
ERRORS WERE COSTLY
Marion Is Defeated in a 8 to
l Score.
Lime Burners Smote the Ball but
Hits were not Forthcoming When
Bingle Meant Runs.
BY Fred syphsr.


viii Thomas saved the third con-
-pcu.ive game with Marion at vii.
lis park Thursday for the Champs,
by marvellous catch in the eighth,
and his timely single in the las; of
the same frame scored Curley
Blount with the winning run.
Had Marion played clean alield
the wallop would have been vice
versa. Again the Champs were dis
tanccd in hitting. Ten hits were
made by Dnmm's men to four by
the Champs, but Billy Thomas kept
the callers hits well strung out.
while two of the Champs quartet
came when needed. Stranger yet
fine Lime Burners hit for II bases,
while Nomgstown's safe drives
were for only a base apiece and
a. The four only allowed time to
spare on the path to first. aud ;hat
one counted for naueht Bomt sent
ont the binqlr with unmistakable
crack TO il.
With two on in the eighth, Jake
Daubcr smashed out what the fan
folk with groau pronounced q dou-
bic. II was n line hit far ever field
err Bin, head and close to the foul
line. Thomas was off with the crack
of the bat and after u GOOD hard
run hc made q wild jump into the
air aud to the surprise of himself
and the crowd spcarcd the ball.
It was very lucky piece OF fielding
aud retired the side aud saved the
day for Youngstown.
Fielder Bins cthcr chance came
with two down and Blount on third
and Brccn on second. He hit to My
LET. over the second bag. The drive
was slow and Thomas would have
beaten perfect throw. Tommy
rcqqod wildly and Blomt who reg
istcrcd cn the hit, was followed
home Icy Bracr ON the bad throw.
The Champs other run, in the Rfth,
was q hillcss one. Manager Drnmm
dropped . fv by McClinto,& and
Bmnou moved over to second. Ost-
dick flied on; to Brmm. Billy
Thomas. lucky Billy, drove one at
Bill Ditmidec that the roly poly in
fielder mulIcd McClintnck dug for
third on the muit. "Dit" pegged
for the ast corner but missed by
Il mile. ihc bali going into the ear
riagc yard. McClintock ambled TO
thc plate.
\ clash between Red Farrell and
Bill Smink helped and hindcred the
soimrucrs. Pod said something not
to he liking Of the portly umps at
the start Of the second aud for his
supcralivc remark the brick-topped
one was ,ontcnccd 20 The bench
Manager Drumm went in. Ferdi-
naudo smashed ont one as he used
TO when he starred as Il second sack
er. Two $ tlikcs and two balls were
ON Red Fcrd punched the first one
over for Il triple. sending the ball
over McClintock almost 10 the right
palliSade. He scored on Texas
leaguer by Dithridge that dropped
between Cap Starr and Curley
Blount The triple wasn't all the
Marion boss did. He made the first
single in the eighth and would have
scored but for Thomas great catch.
Had not Tommy Mylett made a
bold, bad dash for third in the
third round IT might have been diff
ferent, too. Tommy cut loose from
second with a pitch. Osge whipped
the ball down ~ Hilley. who CROPPED
aronnd and waited for Tommy.
Right after that Blake tripled.
Billy Thomas pitching showed
the effects of ovcrwork He was
not the usual brilliant Bill. He
issued three passes ut critical
times. Fine support saved him.
BRly had TO fight all the way to
keep above the water line. Danger
threatened in the ninth. After IM-
ems and l.uskey had been shelved
in the final frame the Girard lad
passed Pitcher Burk. Mylett hit,
Burk going 10 third. Tim Flood
smashed 'out two vicious fouls, but
could only drive one at Cap Starr.
Two double play. helped immensely.
Blount caught a sky buster by
Dithridge in the sixth aud whipped