# Dutch Schaefer — Jack Keefe Stories character guide

> Dutch Schaefer in Jack Keefe Stories by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Schaefer, dutch Schaefer, herman Schaefer, finely dutch Schaefer, Schaefer probily, Al dutch Schaefer

**First appearance:** 0001-jack-keefe-stories

## Snapshot

A veteran teammate with a con man's instincts, Dutch is the kind of ballplayer who sells a German prisoner his own spectacles on credit.

## Who they are

Dutch moves through the clubhouse and later the trenches as a hustler and a joker, always working an angle on someone greener than himself. Jack watches him fleece a fellow soldier and files it away as evidence of how the world works, half admiring, half disapproving. He represents the older, sharper side of baseball that Jack is both drawn to and unequipped to match.

## Relationships

### [Steve Evans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/characters/steve_evans)

_friendship_

Dutch and Steve are teammates and friends, often seen together in the baseball context.

### [Freddie Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/characters/freddie_smith)

_friendship_

Dutch and Freddie are friends and teammates, frequently interacting in the baseball milieu.

## In the story

### [Jack Keefe Stories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/chapters/jack-keefe-stories)

A fellow baseball player and acquaintance of Jack.

### [The Busher Beats It Hence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/chapters/the-busher-beats-it-hence)

Mentioned indirectly as a teammate; Jack refers to the team's travel.

### [The Busher Abroad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/chapters/the-busher-abroad)

A fellow player on the tour, often involved in Jack's schemes and misadventures.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/chapters/i)

Jokes with Jack about the Pacific Ocean's name and the Date Line; encourages Jack to prepare a speech for a banquet.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/chapters/iv)

Tries to fool Jack about the Red Sea and the Bible; Jack nearly punches him.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jack_keefe_stories_se/characters/dutch_schaefer
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