New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Ruether Foils
F1atbush Men.
Winning, 80
By Time Uncle Wilber,,.
Nine Settles Down p,
Moran Has Ball Came
By Ray McCarthv

The Wildmen Of Realard. led - =,
peppery Moran, invaded BROOKLYN ,.
yesterday and gobbled the srsr vam4
Of the series. 3 to 0, gobbled !. ,~s
packed it away just as though +. r;.t.
fully belonged to them, w,thou.
body else having anything to saw aboY.
the matter. 1t is not difficult - d;soo--
the reason for all these Red vjc.or;s.
The CLEAN of victory IS in their .r..
They cavort about on the greens..~,
with the supreme confidence Of cot
qucrors.
That's what they did YESTERDAY
Rushed the attack from the star. ora
before the Dodgers got set had ,bs
game slowed away. But for this on.
rush at the outset Brooklyn would
probably have made the going c,ossr
For, after the ship was righred .b.,
pressed the visitors hard, especially
in the closing innings.
There is another explanation Of vas
terday's defeat. Walter Dutch Rns.
ther, who pitched a mastery game. ro,
sparkling support from start 70 finish
Pfefer's was miserable in the early
periods. The Reds punched their h;,,
and displayed some fast base -unnlnc
The Dodgers made no hits 70 clustsr
For a long spell they were aosolutely
helpless before the offerings of n.
young lefthander from the West. Good
batters ike Myers and Griffith we-s
chopping at bad balls. Cincinnati
worked Plelfer for everything he had.
He was .nade to pitch TO every batter.
And those that he threw in the groov.
were pounded. Ruether had things
easy for Z long time because his
opponents didn't Go likewise.
The Reds opened their batteries as
soon as they began to bat, bu. no tai.
lies were chalked up until the third
inning. Rath started things in this
frame with tap that bounded over
little dexterity on the part of Pfefer
might have enabled him to grasp the
ball. Jake Daubert then larruped the
ball into centre field for a healthy
three-base clout, scoring Ra.h. Heinle
Groh lofted into short left.
Myers and Wheat were playing back.
They both ran in for the ball togeth-
er, stopped together and together le.
the ball drop IN front Of them Tor
hit which scored Daubert. Had the
catch been made, as it should have
been, Daubert could have been held to
third. Jimmy Johnston booted the
next hit from Roush's bat, but Groa
was out stealing and Neale fled to
Olson.
Two were out in the sixth, when
Larry kopf hit into righ. [or a dou-
Bile. Sherwood Magee smashed TO right
also, scoring Kopf, but Was thrown out
cause of stitfknee running.
Ruether. aided by the nifty defence
of the Reds, which was as tight as
drum, and by sloppy WORK on the part
of the local batters, had 10 trouble
whatever until the sixth. Tne Cincin-
natl hurler was battling the Brooklyn
batters with a long, sweeping curve
and an excellent change of pace, occa-
sionally sticking in cross-;ire shoot
for better mixture.
In the sixth Olson singled to left
with two out. Johnston rolled slow
bounder toward short. Groh and Kopf
attempted to play the ball, Groh arriv.
ing first, but too late to get Johnston
at first Olson took advantage Of
Groh's absence from third and scam
pcred to that base.
Kruger was then sent up TO bat for
Griffith, but ended the furry By hoist
ing to Roush. This was the only good
chance Brooklyn had TO score. A
somewhat similar opportunity came in
the ninth, but Honey fled out with
men on first and third.
Tho