The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-11
Giants Win
First Came;
Score, 5 to 4
Casey Drives Warped Legs
Around Bases and Collaps-
es at Plate After Scor-
ing Winning Run.
Veteran the First Hero
By DAMON RUNYON.
By Universal Service.

Yankee Stadium, New York, Oct.
10.-This Is the way old Casey
Stengel ran this afternoon, running
his home run home.
This il the way old Casey stengel
ran. running his home run homo TO .
Giant victory over the Yankees by a
score Of to In the first game Of
the worlds series Of 1928.
This IL the way old Casey stengel
ran, running his home run home,
when two were out in the ninth in
ming and the score was tied, and the
ball was still bounding inside the
Yankee yard.
This ie the way
His mouth wide open.
His warped old legs bending be-
meath him at every stride.
His arms flying back and forth, like
those OF a man swimming with q
crawl stroke.
His flanks heaving. his breath
whistling. his head far back.
Urges Self On.
Yankee infielders passed by old
Casey Stengel as he was running his
home run home. say Casey was NUT
tering TO himself. adjuring himself TO
greater speed, as jockey mutters to
his horse in a race. that he was say
ing:
Go on, Caseyi'
People generally laugh when they
see old Casey Stengel run but they
were not laughing while he was rum
ming his home run home this after
noon. People-6o, 900 of 'em-men
and women, were standing in the Yam
kee stands and bleachers up there in
the Bronx roaring sympathetically,
whether they were for or against the
Giants:
Come on. Casey"
Runs Home Run Home.
The warped old legs. twisted and
| bent by many a year Of baseball cam
paigning. just barely held out until
Casey Stengel reached the plate, run
ming his home run home.
Then they collapsed.
They gave not inwardly, as legs
often do, but outwardly. so that old
Casey Stengel fell sprawiing all
spread out over the plate. with
Schane. the catcher OF the Yankees.
futilely reaching for him with the
ball.
He suggested a huge crab spread
out down there. his arms and legs
wiggling in all directions. with Billy
Evans, the American league umpire.
poised over him in set pose. his
right thumb jerked backwards TO in
dicate that cid Casey was safe.
Half a dozen Giants rushed for
ward 70 help Casey TO his feet, to
hammer him on the back. to bawl
congratulations in his ears as he
limped unsteadily. still painting furi-
ously TO the bench, where John j.
McGraw, chief OF the Giants, relaxed
hi. stern features in a smile for the
man who had won the game.
Sits on Bench.
Casey stengels warped old lege. ons
| Of them broken not SO long ago.
would1; carry him out for the next
inning. when the Yankees made .
dying effort to undo the damage done
by Casey His place In centerfield
was taken by young Bill Cunningham.
whose legs are still unwarped. and
Casey sat on the bench with John
J. McGraw.
No one expected much OF Casey
Stengel when he appeared at the
plate IN the Giants aide OF the ninth
inning. the score a tie at to 4.
Ross Young and Irish Meusei
stout. dependable hitters. had beer
quickly disposed OF by the super,
pitching OF Bullet Joe Bush.
No one expected Stengel 10 accom-
piish anything where they had failed.
Bush. pitching as only Bush can pitch
in an emergency. soon had two strikes
and three halls on Casey. He was ss
the plate so long that many fans
were fidgetinx nervousiy. wondering
why he didn't hurry up and get out.
so the game could SO on.
Gives Many Laughs.
Casey StenEel Is not an imposing
figure at bat. not an imposing figure
under any circumstances. Thoss
warped old legs have something TO
| do with II. man with warped leg1
cannot look very imposing
People like 70 laugh al Casey
Casey likes 10 make people laugh.
\ wayfarer OF the big leagues
Brooklyn. Pittsburgh, rhiladelrhis
and finally New Sork-he has al
ways been regarded by the fans as q
great comedian. a funny fellow. q
sort OF clown.
The baseball land teens with tales
Of the strange didoes cut by Casey
Stengel. whose parents started him
cut as Charles. with his sayings.
Who knows but what Bullet ice
may have been thinking OF Casey
Stencel more as = comedian than ss
. dangerous hitter. when he delivered
that rinsl pitch this afternoens Pitch
ers sometimes let their wits 50 wool
gathering.
"Rap"--
Stcusrl's hat connected with the
last pitch. leisurely. s.lIdly The hal
sailed out ever LETT field. moving high,
movuS far.
Home Run Row
Long Rob Meusel and Whitley Witt
the Yankee outlicl6ers. raced towan
each other As they marked the prob
able point the hall would alight, ans
In the meantime casey Stengtl Nas
IrNwn 90 rase Twelve. snirsnn o~e-i