New-York tribune., 1919-05-17
A Single by Bill Rariden
In Fifth Defeats Dodgers
Oddly Enough, Jake Dau.
bert Scores Only Run Of
Game; Luque in Form
By Charles A. Tavl,,

Adolfo Luque is the name NJ -.
person who snatched the prcra
Brooklyn Dodgers of their high ped..
tai as National League leaders va.
terday in Flatbush. Signor Luoue vh.
halls from Cuba, held the batsn.n
under the command of Uncle w;lh.-.
to five hits and nary a run.
While Signor Luque was do,,~ ~
this his teammates after va,,.,t :,
fort against the southpaw slant, =,
kube Marquard had collected six h,..
and the one essential tally. In IN.
ninth with former Lieutenant Lao,
Cadore in the box for the FIs,hr..
Pat Moran's boys gathered ons r.x.
safe bingle. 'a''s
The Reds by their victory .vsr.s
the series across the bridge and aars
IN the last two games aeain.. .hs
Dodgers held their opponents scors,s.s
for twenty-five consecutive ;nn;rm.
Another feature of the series wh;sI
closed Yesterday was that a for,n.r
Giant delivered the blow that brougb,
over the platter the lone run ~ II.
game, toppled the Flatbushers fr.,
the high perch they were occunv,,r
and showed the Giants into the boro~
notch. A'i
Bill Rariden, the Hoosier fsrn.r
who went to the Reds from tn. pn,s
Grounds in the big deal that bronrtt
taai Chase to the Metropolis, was tn,
FELLOW who delivered the hit in IN,
NTH chapter of yesterdays story thai
scored Jake Daubert with the Ions
counter. And here again oddly enouab
this Daubert was the idol of Flatbrsh
for many and many a year. It was
the flrst tally too that Jake had mad,
IN the four-game series on his oil
stamping ground.
lnasmuch as the fifth was the ds.
cislve session, the story Of the gam,
as lar as results are concerned cam
be told by explaining what Happened
then. The Jake Daubert ALREADY re-.
1erred to opened the frame with m,
or his famous infield hits wb;r,
trlckled along over the head of Rnho
Marquard and was far too teasv a.,
even the agile Lee Magee to get to ths
ilrst sack in time to shut off the 20.
Juvenated Jake.
Malone tossed out Kopf on the hit.
and-run play and Jake flashed to sec
ond Then came Whoa Bill Rariden
who sent clean-cut smashing sinpla
TO right centre, and Daubert had no
trouble at all in finishing his journey
nome. Adolfo Luque flied to Wheat.
Aach getting the ball after a race
which carried him almost to the score.
board in left.
Rath beat out bunt, and 1t looked
as though Marquard was about Ia b,
pounded to No Mans Land. but Neals
saved the situation for the Rube b;
hitting an easy grounder to Olson, who
threw to Magee, forcing Rath.
The best chance the Dodgers had to
break into the run column after their
long lapse came in the third inning,
when Magee and Griffith singled in
succession. But two men were out, and
although Zach Wheat banged the ball
savagely to centre Roush nabbed his
liner.
Ed Konetchy, the Dodger first base.
man, did the most effective work at
the bat for the Flatbush nine He made
two hits and drew two passes in his
four trips to the plate. Ed tried in
vain in the ninth to start a productive
rally by singing with one man out.
There was nobody to help him along
and he perished at second by the force
out route
Alexander the Great and the rest Of
the Cubs are due in Flatbush this
afternoon.