The New York herald., 1921-05-11
RUETHER TRIUMPHS
OYER HIS OLD CLUB
Lefthander Pitches Dodgers to
Victory Against Reds by
Score of 6 to 2.
BY DANIEL.


Just another ball game over at Ebbets
Field yesterday afternoon--just another
cake walk for the defeat dealing Dodg-
ers. Ten thousand reveiied in a day
which was one hurrah after another and
saw the hitting OF two home runs, by
Bubbles Hargrave and Zack Wheat.
This time Brooklyn's victims came out of
the West-the once proud Reds, lacking
concerted action in their attack and a
high class defence both In the box and
the outfield
For Cincinnati 1t was merely another
defeat-by 8 to 2---another day of watt
ing for Roush to recover from his cold.
Kopf TO resume his old place at short.
and Groh to settle his financial differ
ences with Garry Herrmann-waiting
for a rainbow which probably won't
come out.
1t was hard to recognize that Red
outfit as the club which last season and
in 1919 came here bristling with an
aggressiveness which only too often be-
came swell headed cocainess. Only the
flamboyant red on the stockings served
to identify the team. To be sure there
was old Jake DauDert on frat and Pat
Duncan again patrolled left field. But
most Of the old faces were gone, the old
zip was msslng-the old strut gave way
to somewhat somnambulistlc meander
which was without menace.
AS for Brooklyn. 1t put up superb
game all the way. fielded brilliantly and
batted in style. II most of the old Red
faces we're missing from the Cincinnati
lineup there was one on the Brooklyn
firing line whose presence was entirely
Objectionable to the visitors. That face
belonged to Dutch Ruether. who only
last winter was cast away by Pat Moran
as having outlived his usefulness with
Cincinnati Ruether proved that Pat
was right by being Of absolutely no use
to the Reds all afternoon. Once In
while the Cincinnati batters jolted the
left handler, but on only two occasions
did one jarring note follow another. But
then the game was In for Brooklyn.
Ruether slncl<ens in Seventh.
For six innings Ruetheer held the Reds
to three scattered hits--doubles, every
one Of them, and two by Rube Bressler,
hut all three blows were struck with two
out, and Dutch always disposed or the
next batter. In the seventh Ruether
slowed up a bit and thangs to Hargrave's
home run into the circus bleachers In
left field the Reds got their two runs.
a position to precede Hargrave over the
plate when the catcher drove his scream
ing low fly over Wheat's head. The ball
rolled up to the bleachers and then
hoped right in.
Brooklyn did most of It's winning off
the pitching OF Adolfo Luque. the Cuban
right handler, who served six innings and
gave up nine hits and five runs. Napier
finished the game and yielded only two
hits. but 1t SO happened that both were
whales The first was Wheats homer.
which cleared the celebrated right field
wall and the second was resounding
double by Miller in the next round.
The Dodgers made nothing out of
two hits In the first. but the menace was
there. The scoring was started in the
next frame. Myers singled to left
centre, and Neis hit to Duncan's terri
tory. Miller sent them along with a
reat sacrifice. and Ruether was another
martyr with a fly to Duncan. which
permitted Myers to come home.
Break Loose I'm sixth.
For five innings more or less a con-
test-then the grand breakup OF the
Reds chances. Luque opened the sixth
With a pass to Griffith. who had found
him for two hits. Wheat singled TO
right. konetcny spanked an easy oHe a.
I.uque, who wheeled like flash ana
hurled the ball at third base.
Throwing a ball without looking 70
find a ready receiver very often Is
fatal. and this was one Of those cases.
Pohne was neither on third nor very
near IL, so that Griffith scored ana
Wheat got to third.
That finished the Cuban. Myers lifted
sacrifice to Duncan which scored Wheat
and put Honey on second. Neis forced
Honey. but Miller singled to left ana
sent Neis over the rubber. Miller went
10 second on the throw in, and home
when Ruether hit TO centre. The score:
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