Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
SENATORS SHOW WELL.
Defeated Georgetown in an Errorless
Game.

The first game played by the Washing
ton American League base ball team at
tracted good-sized crowd to Georgetown
field yesterday Notwithstanding that the
professional lineup, 1t was known in adj
vance, would be somewhat ragged. The
spectators saw fairly good game, which
was easily won by the leaguers, to 2,
despite the handicap obtained by the anna
tours in the first inning in consequence Of
Pitcher Patterns wildness and the gen.
erosity of the umpire. Had the latter cor
rectly called the ball pitched just before
Dorman hit for home run over the hill
that batsman would have gone to the banch
on a strike-out. The Georgetown boys,
however, played with snap and vim, their
weakest spot being at second base.
The chief interest in the game was in
the work done by Cassidy at short for the
Senator's and Stahl at first bag. Both
men earned unstinted praise by their field
work. and Stahl demonstrated his capacity
as a batsman In way to promise dciiIss
with the stick in the games to come this
season at the league park. Cassidy is a
light-built. agile fellow. quick on his toes
and blessed with throwing arm which
will win admiration all around the circuit
this year. His throw is easy but swift
and straight timed with excellent judg-
not seem to use quite all of his powers
in hard pinch. Yesterday he .oo.
care Of all his seven chances with the
confidence of veteran. AT the bat he
stands compactly and well, without the
crouch which is the ofault of 50 many
young players of his build who graduate
from the minor leagues. He is trif1e slow
in the swing and has a tendency to chop
the ball instead of meeting it squaraly.
But he has all the ear-marks of yapuss
ter who will yield to training and is prop
erly coached should develop into timely
hitter. He Is fast on the run from h1me
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over his shoulder at the fielder to see what
Is happening.
Stahl is no stranger here, having been
seen last season with the Boston Americans
He covered first base yesterday with great
reach. precise touch and utter indifference
to the runner. Patten and he pulled off
lightning play on college base runner
that demonstrated how keenly the new Sen
ator enjoys a stroke of strategy. He hits
free and hard and stands well UP to the
plate and picks out his balls without that
deplorable tendency to pull back which
spoils many a good. natural hitter. He is
fast in the base running and yesterday
slid home from third in a fearless man
ner that gave him as much joy as it did
the rooters for the Senators. despite the
displacement of his sock. He IS evidently
not afraid of the dirt. and that Is good
sign in any ball player. as witness "Bill'
Coughlin.
The other members of the professional
team were all old-timers and all played
tHelT game without d SUSPICION OF -'Cndrley-
horse" save Ortiz who left the center
field at the end of the game in favor of
another pitcher because of a slight lame
ness in his right leg. Coughlin was, as
usual. all over his side of the infield and
seemed to have established a perfect I'M
Outstanding with Cassidy. Mccormick took
care of everything but one low throw, which
got away from him. kittridge did better,
however on the next throw and caught
his runner by ten feet. Setback cavorted
like a twO-year Old and showed a great
improvement over his form of a year ago.
Patten was very wild. as the score shows
while Wilson. who succeeded him, was in
the best of form. Howard put them over
the plate with a combination of speed and
tantalizing curves that completely fooled
the college batsmen. He helded his posi-
ton with excellent Judgment. The ground
was soft and the unfamilarity of the field
was clearly a disadvantage to the Sena-
tors at first.
The same teams play today. with Orth
and Townsend in the box for Washington,
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