Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
Sewers Flop Hits Senators;
Ted Optimistic Over Sox
Roy Repeating
Weak HITTING
Of EorIy 1855
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Correspondent

| oA@A Steb Correspondence
BALTIMORE, April 2l.-Roy
Sievers is following his 1855 bat
ting blueprint and the Senators
are shuddering. Unless he veers
from that faulty pattern rap
idly the club will be confronted
with a monumental struggle.
Sievers emerged from the Sem
ators' exhibition slate with
highly productive 300 average,
Just as he did last year. But
last spring he also went into a
terrifying tailspin when the team
started playing for keeps. Now
he's hitting .l25 after four games
and creating apprehension that
it will be the same story.
The Senators can't afford
duplication of Sievers' distress
ing start of last season. He
didn't hit his weight for the
first six weeks of the campaign.
by which time the club had
plunged deep into the second di-
vision never to escape.
Boundaries at Griffith Stadium
were rearranged for SieverS'
home run potential. In three
games against the Yankees five
Washington homers landed in
the new sector but Roy wasn't
among those who capitalized on
the shrunken playing area.
Missed Two Chances
In Is times at bat he has
supplied two singles. one Of them
a trickler down the third base
lire. The other was a timely
knock that produced two runs
against New York, but yesterday
IN the course of a 80 loss to
the Orioles here before a home
opening crowd of 29.083, Sievers
again was hitless and not hurt.
Slevers is supposed to generate
most of the power in the Sem
atorS' batting order. He had
been installed in the vital No.
4 spot and twice yesterday was
'staked to opportunities to render
valuable aid. He failed miSerably
on both occasions.
In the third inning Ed Yost
doubled and Dick Tettelbach
singled to provide a run off
Jim Wilson. When Dave Philley
fumbled Tettelbach's drive, Dick
continued to second and when
Philley threw wide to second
Tettelbach dashed to third on
the lefttielder's second error.
Pete RunnelS tapped meekly
back to Wilson, leaving it up
to Roy. He went down swinging.
Clint Courtney, who accounted
for three of the Senators seven
lits, boosted Washington into
a 20 lead in the fourth with
a home run into the rightfield
.standS-the seventh in four
games for the Senators.
TriandOs' Homer Hurts
Baltimore picked up run of
loser Dick BrodowSki in the fifth
when Philley's sacrifice f1y scored
Willie Miranda from third. They
moved into 80 lead in the
seventh when Bob Lloyd tripled
and Gus Triandos doomed
home run into the leftfield
stands against a strong wind.
Tettelbach opened the eighth
by drawing a walk and RunnelS
responded with a single. Tettel-
bach hating at second. Again
it was up to Sievers and this
time Roy drilled a double play
grounder to Miranda. TettCl-
bach shifted to third but was
stranded when Karl Olson went
down swinging.
1t will be a battle of left
handlers in today's game, with
the Senators Dean Stone OPP
posing Bill Wight. In tomor-
rows double-header Chuck Ores
sen will dispatch Camilo Pascual
and Bob Wiesler against the ORR
oles Ray Moore and Fred Be-
sana.
NOTES: Umpire Frank Ia
bacchi, at first base, lost sight
OF Boyd's first-inning smash
into the rightfield seats and was
forced to huddle with Ed Rom
mel, plate umpire, before sig
mailing foul Mayor Dale
sandro threw out the first ball.
Courtney has started two
games and has delivered three
hits in each He borrowed
bat from Ted Kluszewski on
the Senators trip North with
the Redlegs. has used it with
astonishing success and has or
dered more of the same model.
Brodowski allowed seven hits
in his debut as a starter for the
Senators, with Boyd the only
Oriole TO get two Wilson
famed six. with five Of them
coming as the third out.