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Show 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 Platbush, but It Is safe to say Ed Konetchy's popularity will soon match that of Jacobus If the 7 ' - V iT v bilks' ' I r m - J Ed Konetchy. one-time Brave and Cardinal veterau continues to be the vital factor he is today In the Dodger drive. When Wllbert Robinson, desperate ly In need of a seasoned first baseman, plucked Koney from off the soapy chutes that led to the minors, there were many who feared Wllbert 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 ap-proach 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 effi-ciently ; 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. |