Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-05
American League clubs, Standing.
National League Clubs Standing.

Manager McAleer sent his band of st.
Louis Browns onto the field yesterday at
American League Park, took a seat in the
grand stand and watched them trim the
Senators to the tune of 8 to 1. Mr.. Nc
A-eer objected too strenuously to some of
the umpires' decisions in the west. PreSi-
dent johnson ordered him off the bench for
five days, hence his seat in the background
yesterday. The Browns got a poor start
this season. but of late they have been
playing finely have worked their way up
into second place, and in the game against
the Senators demonstrated why they oc-
cupy such an exalted position. Center
Fielder Heidrick is also under suspension.
which caused shift of Anderson to right
and Sugden to first but the change had no
bad results, as the latter played the initial
bag as well as the best
''Wee Willie Sudhoff was on the rubber
for the Browns, and his work was the fea-
ture of the game But four safe hits were
obtained by the Senators, two doubles by
Delehanty and singles by Carey and Moran.
Sudhoff worked with unlimited confidence.
and with Moran on second and two out he
sent Patten to first on balls just to show
his contempt for the hard-hitting CD Sell
bach. This confidence was not misplaced,
as Sell popped up little fly to McCor-
mick, retiring the side without tally. On
top of keeping the hits down to quartet
Sudhoff struck out seven batters and made
three singles.
Case Patten, who did the twirling for the
Senators, worked splendidly for four in
nings and then was hit all over the lot,
every man on the Browns going to the bat
in the fifth, Sugden being up twice. Patten
lral ord o. III oh ha tCil Had hIye
he couldn't puzzle the opposing batters
although he finally managed to strike out
the entire three men, not one Senator back
of him getting chance in the put-out line
To win the game Patten would have had
to pitch wonderful ball yesterday, as the
Senators were almost nonentities with the
bat The locals must hit the ball to win
games, and this they have not been doing
for some time.
Manager Lotus thought to break the
''hoodoo'' hanging over the team and sent
the Senators to bat first but 1t awaited
nothing. Neither side did any scoring in
the first three innings and the spectators
settled back for pitchers battle but the
tide began to turn in the fourth and run
getting appeared easy for the Browns
thereafter. On the fourth try, Burket start
ed off with easy out at first. F'riel then
laced triple to the club house and scored
on Wallace's single in the same direction.
In the fifth Sugden started off with a
single and Kehoe got base on balls. Sud
perfect one and he reached first safely,
filling the bases. Patten then put on steam
and struck out Burket to the great delight
of the spectators. Jesse is a pugnacious
player and the crowd takes delight in his
discontinue Friel followed with a safe
one into left, and Sugden and Kahoe raced
home. Wallace also got a safe one into left,
Sudhoff taking third. Anderson continued
the fusillade with safe drive into left.
scoring Sudhoff and Friel. After the ball
had been thrown home, Clarke tried to
catch Anderson going to second, but the
ball was wild bounded out of Robinson s
NIT and Wallace scored. Mccormick sim
gled and Anderson scored Padden and
Sugden ended the agony by striking out
In the sixth inning Sudhoff singled into
left after Kahoe had been retired, was
forced to second on FriePs base on balls
and scored Wallace's clean single over
second In the eighth. Sudhoff started the
trouble again with safe hit. Friels base
on balls forced him to second and he
reached third as Coughlin errored on Wal
lace's grounder. Patten gave Anderson a
base on balls, forcing home Sudhoff.
In the ninth. the Senators got their lone
some tally, the result OF Delehanty's double
into left and Carey's single in the same
territory. Moran and Robinson closed the
game with flies to Friel in center.