Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1919 — KONETCHY POPULAR WITH DODGER FANS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KONETCHY POPULAR WITH DODGER FANS

Former St. Louis Veteran Is Vital Factor in Brooklyn Manager Robinson Made No Mistake • When He Picked First Sackman to Fill Gap Left by Departure of Jake Daubert Jake Daubert, veteran first baseman. of the Dodgers, may have been popular in his heyday in Flatbush, but it is safe to say Ed Konetchy’s popularity will soon match that of Jacobus if the

one-time Brave and Cardinal veteran continues to be the vital factor he is today in the Dodger drive. When Wilbert Robinson, desperately in need of a seasoned first baseman, plucked Koney from off the soapy chutes that led to the minora, there were many who feared Wilbert had made a mistake, that Koney never would come through and that it would be many a day before Brooklyn would unearth a first baseman who could approach the veteran Daubert. Ask any fan today, however, what he thinks of Koney and undoubtedly he would tell you that the big Pole had filled Daubert’s shoes more efficiently ; that, in fact, he would prefer to have Koney on the Dodgers Instead of Daubert, because Koney still is at his best, hitting all kinds of pitching and playing a bang-up game afield, whereas Jake has not yet had the good fortune to get started properly with the Reds.

Ed Konetchy.