Show THOMAS THOl TOO FAST FOR FO R UMPIRES UMPIRE'S EYE Has So Much Stuff That He Baffles Even Arbiter Alphonse Thomas the White Sox pitcher puts so much stuff on the ball that he not only banes baffles the opposing batsman but also fools the umpires accordIng to I Ray flay Schalk The wild ness ness of the former Oriole star In his few starts Is II attributed to the tact fact that the tho umpires are not familiar with Thomas pitching according to Schalk who adds that the arbiters spot the ball coming In apparently outside when It actually breaks quickly and nips the corner of the plate Thomas ThomasI fast ball acts like forked lightning says Schalk In the recent game with the Tigers Thomas appeared to be as wild as the tho prairie flower as batter after batter was waved to first base by the umpire Schalk was Just about as wild men men- mentally mentally mentally tally tally as apparently Thomas was phys phys- physIcally phys phys- physically physically lIe He argued with the umpires but had no luck Tommy Is a great pitcher said Schalk and the only trouble Is that the umpires are not used to his pitch pitch- pitchIng pitching pitching ing His Ills fast ball has such a 0 quick jump that the umpires do not see It They take a look at the ball and It looks outside and It Is called a n ball You can Imagine how I felt when his pitches were breaking across the cor cor- corner corner corner ner and the umpire continued to call them outside Schalk told his difficulty to Umpire Billy Evans Evans I vans said that he had never worked behind the plate when Thomas was doing the twirling buthe but buthe buthe he recalled the case of of Wee DIck Kerr the former White Sox left left-hander left left- hander Kerr had Just about the same trouble that you tell me lne Thomas Is having When Kerr first broke In his showIng was not good because his curve cune broke so 10 sharply that some strikes were overlooked by the um- um umpire umpire um umpire pire Later on he was very effective when the umpires became familiar with his style of pitching |