The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Stengel Awards McGraw
Palm for Giant Triumph
Ancient Casey Unrolls Prayer
Rug Aboard Special and
Bows East.
by w. 0. McGEEHAN.

BUFFALO. Aug. 2S con Board Casey
Stengel Specially -Four of the heroes Of
the raid of the Giant expeditionary
forces are seeking relief from the strain
under which they have been during the
triumphant march of the champions
from Coogan's Bluff to the Mississippi
by playing pinochle as the Casey STEM
gel Special nears Buffalo. They are
Art Nehf. Jack Scott. Hugh McQuillan
and none other than Casey Stensel him.
self. The camp followers are return
Ing with them.
During a rift in the train schedule
the triumph. 1T is all due to the
man in there" he said pointing with
much reverence to the drawing room
of the Pullman car. AS IL happened
there was nobody in the drawing room.
The gesture was purely symbolical.
John Joseph McGraw would have been
sitting in the drawing room indicated
had he been travelling with this left
wing of the expedition.
There was in the face and manner
of Mr.. Stengel as he spoke the rever-
ence Of Mahommedan pointing to the
East and speaking of his prophet. 1T
was all due to him. continued Mr..
Casey Stengel and 1t was as though he
had said. "Kismet. Bismallah or Bally-
hoo'' or whatever the followers of Ma
homet might say under similar circum-
stances.
"They say that no man can think
for nine at one and the same time"
Mr.. Stengel proceeded. ''but that guy
can. that guy in there. He can do It
because he doesn't give the nine fellows
too much TO think about.
Now, take Branch hickey. He is
smart fellow, all right. and he Is
always linking up stunts to make the
Cardinals think. The trouble Is that
he is giving them so much TO think
about that they spend all their time
thinking, and a baseball ar who is
thinking all the lle ca play base
ball. Thinking gires him 4 Aeadache.
"The guy IN here o n think
ing, and he d III play
ers do 1t foi cara OF
managers that want .e the ball
players do the thinNas themselves.
Maybe it's a good idea. but It's my
opinion that thinking spoils ballplayer.
I don't think a team of thinkers would
get anywhere with a team of players.
And here 1 go thinking myself
"well. want to tell you that the
whole thing is due to the guy in there. :"
Again Mr. Stengel nodded rcverently
toward the Pullman drawing room
where John McGraw would have been
if he had been on the car. When the
Giants meet the Dodgers at Ebbets
Field on Wednesday Mr.. Stengel will be
looking in the same reverent way TO-
ward the visiting dugout. Tor Mr.
Stengel is essentially Giant and John
j. McGraw is his prophet.
After delivering this declaration or
faith Mr.. Stengel instantly diverted his
attention back to the pnochle game.
What lively thing food Is. A guy
doesn't appreciate It until he has to
ride on the Big -Four. 1t would he
terrible II this shortage of food should
lose the Giants a pennant. II that guy
In there was only In there he would
find us some food.'
Meanwhile the left wing Of the Giant
expeditionary forces grows weaker and
weaker
Ayes. for Mr.. stengeI.
The other three members of the ex-
nedItion nodded vigorous confirmation or
the utterances of Mr.. Stengel. The four
young men are very cheerful The ccent
of the worlds series money is in their
nostrils as the vanguard of the Giant
forces nears Coogan's
Bluff
Late this afternoon It appeared that
the Big Four railroad was connected
with a subtle plot to .starve the Giants
out of a penRant When these four
sterling athletes set forth from Cleveland
on the Casey lStengel, Special IL was rep