Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-08-08 | Page 5 | Wallop Thomas and Take Third Contest of Series

fEA iff t 4 THOMAS AND TAKE 23 THIRD CONT EST OF SERIES SERES s SHEEHAN ROBS ROBS ROBS' ECKERT mm OF SHUTOUT Thomas Hurls Good Ball f- f but Mates Fail to Get Runs 4 PORTLAND Aug 8 S. Charlia Eckert w was s the master of ot the Salt Lake De Bees s Thursday afternoon and the Portland Beavers won von the third game of or the series by a Q tally of 5 S Sto to 2 It was r Portland's first vl I tory of the week over the Bees Left Lefty Marion Marlon Thomas opposed Eckert and heaved splendid ban ball but his Ilis mates males failed to get get an any runs so he was on the snort short end endot of ot the tally Les Sheehan robbed Eckert of or a a. a. a shutout in iti the sixth Inning when ho no crashed one Into the tile fence Intile in inthe tile the sixth inning with ODoul on the tracks This was the only chance and was the only time the locals had a a. chance to register a run EJ Erkert rt was their master In eve every y Y other inning except this Eckert besides pitching a ne neat lt and bi-and of ball bail started the run scoring scot scot- ing himself when he drove one a amile amile amile mile a minute past no Roy Hoy Leslie This lILt hit brought in two tRo runs Distel Distel Dis- Dis tel walked and HI High h connected for fora a tw two ply ply swat Dal Daly was intentionally walked Then Eckert did Ills stuff b by making connections with the ball bail and the Beavers had bad two runs McCann who made three hits f scoring coring in n the fifth on his single Millers Drillers sacrifice and DIstel's douNe double dou dou- ble Ne to center In In the sixth the Bees drew within with with- in one run of the locals on on Lindl- Lindl mores more's walk a and Sheehan's Sheehan's Shee- Shee hans han's homer The Tile Beavers Deavers came up in the seventh sev ev- ev with singles by b McCann Miller Mil Mu- Uller Ul- Ul ler and arid Poole and a peculiar force- force out pIa play ra rated raced ed Into right field back of first base and almost caught Distel's short fly He lie got Ills his han hands s on the ball bail but could not hold it it ft but recovered reco in time lime timeto to force force- Poole at second base The Beavers Deavers were bustling again today and nd their teamwork brought out this fact tact McCann and Distel handled sixteen chances between en them five the forced plays plas at sec second nd being made by the pair pall Eckert showed unusual fielding ability at the initial sack making three putouts on assists s f from Orn Poo Poole