Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
National League Clubs Standing.

Detroit made its first appearance Of the
season in Washington yesterday and the
/ Senators trimmed them nicely, the score
| being to O in favor Of the locals when
| the days work was done. Since the sea-
| son opened the Senators have considered
themselves lucky to score one or more runs
| on their opponents, but the idea of keep
| Ing another team from scoring appeared to
be among the impossibilities, although they
they did the trick yesterday owing to the
sensational work of Southpaw Case Patten
in the box.
On two different occasions the Tigers had
three men on bases with only one hand out
and both times Patten erawled out Of the
deep holes by striking out the third man.
In the second inning he retired Wood and
Stovall on strikes. and in the ninth CraW-
ford was given the same dose. 1t was lucky
for Patten that Wood had not started bat
ting In the early part Of the game. the vet
eran getting three hits In the next three
times up but without result SO far as run
getting was concerned. Crawford Is some
thing of hitter, and to make him sit down
without meeting the ball, especially with
three men on bases, is something to be
proud of. Patten got away from the par
rier In fine style, and from then to the nm
| ish kept the hits scattered very enectfveiy'
| not more imam Two cunning La ally oiC Az
ming. Back Of Patten, the Senators played
an almost faultless game, dropped ny py
Setback after a long run being the only
misplay. Kittredge was hurt before the
game started which necessitated another
change in the Senatorial makeup, Ortiz go
ing into center field, Cassidy to right and
| Drill, who has been in right, behind the
bat The change worked nicely. ORTIZ hao
nothing to do and Drill gave fatteH OIL
liant support.
Stovall began twirling for the Tigers. but
after being hit safely four times in the sec
ond inning, on which two runs were Scoreo'
Ferry was trotted out in his place. Inc ex-
Buffalo twir1er lasted but one inning, pelng
very wild and irregular in his delivery IN
| the fourth Manager Barrows sent kllhan
into the center OF the alamomo a anu ,e int
| there and then. This young southpaw hao
| lots of speed and he kept the hits scattered
SO effectually that ciphers were hung up Ill
| regular order.
All the sport of the game was crowded
| into four innings-the two in which the
Senators scored and the two in which the
| Tigers came within base hit or an error
| of tying up the score. Neither side scored
| in the first inning, but in the second the
Senators drove Stovall to the woods. Drlli
started off with double to left field, ana
McCormick's timely single over second
sent Drill across the plate. Stahl singled
! to right and kept on to second, as CraW-
| ford seemed unable to pick up the ball
| d
| Mccormick raced home. In the third in
/ ming Moran led off with a single, and
| Coughlin was given a base on balls. "A
| double steal was then pulled off. and. as
| Wood threw badly to Greminger, Moran
! continued on home, scoring Washington's
third and last run.
1 In the second inning the Tigers also got
| busy, Crawford leading off with a single
| into right, and went to second. as Setback
| dropped Gremingers fly. Carr then hit to
/ Stahl and as the latter was late getting
1 the ball to Moran on second the bases were
filed, with no one out. O'Leary then pro-
4 ceeded to pop up a little fly to Coughlin,
| and Wood and Stovall were struck out,
| amid the hilarious shouts of the fans.
| The Detroits were not again dangerous
1 until the ninth inning, when the spectators
were given the chills. Wood started the
| trouble with a single over second and Null
/ lin. who batted for Killian, hit safely into
right Patten then put on steam and struck
| out Barrett. but walked Mcintyre, filing
the bases. Robinson flied out to Cassidy in
/ right. and Wood didn't try for home as he
knew one run would be of little use. Craw-
| ford then walked to the plate. and every
1 body held their breaths, as Samuel is noted
] as a hitter: but the best he could do was
| three lusty strokes that were wasted on the
| atmosphere, and the battle was over-the
| first shut-out Of the season for Washington
/ Score.