The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-11
Ruppert Bought Mighty Club But
 Stengel Beat 1t.
By WEsTBROOK PEGLER Leased Wire to The Age-HeraId.


 NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Weil, IL seems there were two men and one of them was strong enough at the bank to buy ball club and the other was strong enough with the plank to bang a bali past the ball club.
 The first ones name is Jake and he must be a pretty rich fellow be- cause brewery trucks are always rumbling over New York City, bear ing his name on the sides. Jake Ruppert, manufacturer and dealer in approximate beer" and the ball club alone, which is only one of his hob bies, must be worth a million doi- lars, exclusive of movie rights which are worth something as comedy
 The others name is Casey Stengei which indicates mingling of pure strains from Galway on one side Of the family and Wurtenburg OH the other. The motto on h,s family crest ie something like "hoch der Irish or deutschland go bragh!
 Stengel was in the baseball busi- ness long before the brewer discor- cred, that there was money to be madelby the hope on pitchers fast one. But he was never considered very lIlpOI man bC oSe ~-C-'- with or without. Only last spring when the New York Giants were training in Ssn Antonio and Jimmy O'Connell showed up from the Pacific slope with his reputation and his price tag to report for duty In the outfield, Casey Stengel reported to Hugie Jennings, in charge of the scrubs, and asked for reservations with the second team on it's travels.
 n Iu9hip Jennings, I'm nobody's fool. I've had look at this O'Connell and 1 know something. Just count me in with the second team.'
 It often happens that cross-straln produces a smarter breed. Jimmy O'Connell, descended straight from the Corkonian O'Connelis, wobbled under the heft of his reputation ana when the time came for the world series. the Galwegian Stengel was named for an afternoons work in centerfield.
 Jake the brewer sat In field box close by the sartorial scenario known as Judge Landis. A few words to svnposiSe the scenario will go well bsre. It is a rugged plot It seems that a collar designer went slightly daffy and designed collar big enourh to make a belt for the Staute of Liberty, with wings like an old flivver.
 This collar fell in love with con demned army pup-tent:
 Puppy, love" the collar said, don't despair. think you would be very successful raincoat."
 The along came great, rugged he hat. It was a hat of the common peo- ple, out of the west where hats are hats and people never wear stove pipes but use them in the cook shack oa ,ot n fatherly interest in the ambitious young lovers and introduced them to Judge Landis
 And here we find them, a veritable grand caon of personal makeup-so rugged and startling as to take one's breath away: not to be mistaken in any hotel lobby or world series crowd
 At n world series when man wants to point out someone in the crowd he usually says: Now you take your bearings two points east by north Of Judge Landis's hat and raincoat, then sight straight along the left wing of his collar
 Judge Landis, you will be able to descry Jake Rpppert sitting close by. His blood pressure is high as Casey Stengel comes to bat In the ninth in- ming of the first world series ball game. with two men out, and the score tied. The count goes to strike two and ball three and the Brewers rawbcef complexion is squirting mois- ture over a wide radius. Tho judges he-hat has flopped forward over his nose and he Is chinning himself on the rail of the box in a judicial at titude.
 Joe Bush involves his red-sleeved arms in an intricate set of strange exercises and the ball bursts from the scene of entangled underwear, leaping straight down the crease to where Steneel stands.
 What is it that a bat exclaims when 1t knicks ball square on the nose Bang" isn't it? or it is "Boom!" at any rate. Casey Stengefs bat gave aiA appropriate exclamation and the ball strea!led over the in- field of Jake's expensive ball team, scorched a path oyer the outer sward and gamboied up the knoll to the ex- trene wall.
 The people were spared the awful sufferings of the man who. waa strong enough at the bank to buy d ball club Everyone was standing up at the time and screaming at the other man who was strong enough with the plank to bang a ball pas. the ball-ciub.