Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-26
DEFEATED ST. LOUIS.
Washington Team Took Decided
Brace Saturday.

The WASHINGTON team took decided
brace Saturday afternoon, especially with
the bat and having a splendid leader in
Young Jack Townsend. defeated the St
Louis aggregation by the score Of to l.
The Browns were completely at sea when
confronting Townsend's delivery, but two
hits being scored, one single to right by
Maloney and the other a mighty wallop
over the left field fence by Heidrick. which
saved the Browns from a shutout. When
the batting reputation Of the first five play
ers on the st. Louis list is taken into con-
sideration the work of Townsend was re-
markable. Back of Townsend the flelders
did we'll, especially Second Baseman Cough
lin. This young man experienced one Of
his good days, both at the bat and in the
field. and at least two drives which should
have gone safe were killed off by his SEN
sational work. In the first inning Ryan
made a splendid catch Of Heidrick's fly.
With these three exceptions the balls hit
by the Browns went down for easy outs
Ely at short and Wolverton at third made
errors by poor throws to first on easy
chances.
Opposed to Townsend on the rubber was
Red Donohue, and this clever twirler
was hit very hard throughout the game,
but one inning being passed without one or
more bingles being made. The work of
the Browns, back of Donohue. was not of
the best. but perfect fielding would not
have saved the day. With two out In the
sixth inning. Mccormick lost his bearings
and tried to run Clarke down on the line
after he had gathered in Townsend 8
bounder with plenty of time to spare to
catch the batter at first. The play was so
unexpected that Padden failed to cover
second. and Clarke regahed the base In
safety. The play was not costly. as Town
send was cleverly thrown out a minute
later by Sugden at first. but 1t sort of
~ cd Mo(n ntolx
Just previous to this play Clarke nd hi
a high fly into left center and Burkett and
He1drIck sprinted to make the catch a
coliislon looked inevitable, but both stop
ped and the ball fell safe, giving Clarke q
two base hit when an easy out should have
been made. In the face of the fielding ex-
hibitions given by the Browns in the srst
flourish ~
The Senators chalked up their first r,,r. in
the third inning on Clarke's double and
ryan single In the fourth the Washing
tons got another On Keister's trfnie m -hs
center field fence and Coushlin's ti IT, I've
Single to left. In the sixth a regular nom
parchment took Place and when the smoke
had settled. three additional talies had
been placed to the credit of the senator
Deiehanty was given a free pass to ers.
but was put out at second on Keister's r.,
for a sacrifice. Donohue handling the ban
beautifully Bill Coughlin then sent a 49,,
| fly over the left field fence for home rI,s
chasing Keister in home ahead of min,
carey continued the good work with a ga f.
drive to left for one base, and after TJy
| had flied out to Maioney. came all the yvay
| home on Clarke's "phony" double 70 rigbr
| center already described. This endad IT,
run getting for the Senators, although Del
ehanty hit safe in the eighth and Carey IN
the ninth. $50
Hefcricks home run drive in the mint h
| inning unsettled the nerves of the specta
| tors, as they thought another batt,ro raTv
| by the Browns was in sight Wolv,srfnr' 6
| error was pulled Off In this inning ana a
| base on balls cropped UP shortly after mt
| ting two OF the brown legs on bases but
| Townsend put on steam and ended the corr
| test by striking out Maloney. a fr ending RI
| his mastery exhibition.
| Following is the official score: