The New York herald., 1922-08-09
BEJINXED RUETHER
DEFEATED BY CUBS
Dutch Can't Score His Six
teenth-DOdgers Fall
by 4 to I.
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
going to score that sixteenth victory.
but there Is no telling when that sunny
day will come. BY that time the
Brooklyn ball park may oe out at ia
maica and the site of historic Ebbets
Field marked with wreath II garlic
in the heart of new spaghetti district
At. any rate. the great event keeps slip
ping from Ruether's grasp like the
meRnest kind OF an elusive eel and the
bejinxed Dutch Is going to find him
self medicine man to cast out the evil
spirits which took possession of him
when he earned that bonus with his
fifteenth victory.
Yesterday afternoon the well known
left hanaer mounted the rostum against
the Cubs. but the boys from the Windy
City were no more friendly and ac-
commodating than the Cardinals and
Reds had been. vic Aldridge. who beat
the Dodgers when the Cubs were here on
their first trip, had all the better of
Dutch and what with boot by Bernie
Neis helping the hinterlanders in three
run rally in the fourth the Cubs wal
loped the Dodgers by to 1.
It was with dire forebodings that
Ruether went into the box against Bill
Killefer's socking aggregation of right
handed hitters, especially scrambled for
the occasion. When Dutch came to the
field he was followed by three black
cats. During the night he had Wild
dreams of being drowned in sea OF
Bourbon on the rockbound coast OF
Cincinnati. These were bad signs. IN
deed. These and the Scandinavian
curse, which came with the bonus, made
Dutch feel that it was not to be MS
day. And it wasn't.
Dodgers Helpless I'm Pinches.
cuether would have been successful
at last if the Dodgers had been able
to do any hitting when hitting meant
something They had habit of start
ing innings with the widest demon
strations of gusto and pepper and
vengefulness. But when a slam would
nave meant something in the score
they exhibited another habit-they
slowed down to a cross eyed dudes
saunter along Piccadilly.
Here are some examples of the inept-
ness of the Brooklyns when hitting was
most needed: or the effectiveness OF
Victory Eldridge. In the fourth Neis
walked and was forced by Zacharia
Wheat Hy Myers singled to left. but
what do Schmandt and High do but
zoom flies to Hack Miller, the heftiest
left fielder in the big leagues. In the
fifth Ruether singled and SO did Olson
only one out. But Johnston and Neis
could produce nothing but weak flies.
Take the sixth. Wheat opened with
hit to center and Myers singled to right.
But Schmandt. High and Otto Miller
heard not the cries for succor which
hn nf
team mates and gave Brooklyn another
big goose egg.
Why, It took triple and a couple OF
singles to get the Dodgers that lone
run which they did put into the score.
1t came In the second and evened things
tor the tally which the Cubs had got in
their half of that inning. Incidentally
the round developed clean knockout.
with Wheat as the recipient, and but
for the fact that the Brooklyn club has
a license to stage boxing bouts the
occurrence would have embroiled Char
ley Ebbets in a serious mess with the
Royal Boxing Commission.
Friberg Does Nose Dive.
wheat started the rucus with a hit
to right and then Myers arched a short
one near the right field foul line. Fri
-
dive. Wheat stopped momentarily at
second and went right on to third. FRI
berg reused himself and made beau
,tiful heave to Krug. The third hasemaii
got the ball high. at the height OF the
noble nose OF the great Wheat. and as
lack went into third he got the ball
right on the smeller He went down
for the full count and when aroused
after a few minutes of ministrations by
the entire Brooklyn cast asked: "Since
when is Dempsey playing for Killefer?'
Schmandt then smashed triple to the
left field corner. scoring Myers. High,
who was a failure all afternoon. bounced
one to Grimes, who got Schmandt off
third. and then Mooney Miller watched
the slow descending sun while Bill KLEIN
counted three strikes just as accurately
as you ever heard Bill count.
Chicago got A run in the second on
n pass to Grimes, single by Friberg
ara a hit by Hack Miller. who hacked
at Dutch all day and got two single,
and triple.
The Cubs started their winning in The
fourth. when Grimes opened with n
double which splashe Off the right fell
wall. Friberg walked. That same OLD
trouble making Hack Miller drove hit
TO right, scoring Grimes with all the
Cubs needed to win. Neis booted til"
bail. whereupon Friberg also scampered
home and Miller reached third. KrnE'
lanned. but O'Farrell sent a sacrifice
skier to Wheat and Miller dragged his
dogs over the pan. The score: