Evening star., 1953-12-01

They say. up Yankees" Casey growed, "yet
they to win the Series. If they didn't have
they could win the series There amt damn club
in the American League than win the World Series
GOOD OLD CASEY, he popped off just in time. The
football season just about over and there's nothing much
between and spring training except something called
basketball Some people known to fancy this sport but
wry observation by the late Joe Palmer commands respect
Iraher suspect that basketball very interest
ing game" Joe once said, eff it could be played"
Stengel exaggerang although not excessively when
he suggests that the American League needs the Yankees to
win the World Series. The Yankees have just five in
under SengeD and of the last In 194S the
Cleveland Indians who managed to unsea the Yankees up
held the American League by beating the Boston Braves but
the other clubs haven't been too hot in the VS. The Cardinals
licked the Red in 196 the Browns in "A and the Yankees
in AZ, and the Reds whipped the Tigers in 40.
for the last ii yearseaving out the eight in which
Yankees appeared sevenstenges bitter
tion partially substanated The National League
wins; American League wins 4S Indians Braves As
Tigers Cubs.
CASEY TOOK pretty good toe-hold when he swung
business managers "Those fine lot" he accused
hey forever trying to bring down to their teams
level They ought to keep their mouths shut and stop firing
their If there investigation OF how some
of those business running their clubs they'd
find out what they didn't do All get from them is bunk
they get fired No, it's always the manager who
gets fired"
stenges attitude is facet
new least here Undoubtedly he talking of
general not business managers General managers do
great firing Business transpota
ton and sell people tickets for seats behnd posts.
1t is of great moment anyway, because obviously
Stenge diskes Offices of all major league clubs the
excepted The top brass of the Yankees Owners
Dan Topping and Webb General Manager George
Weiss . the old gafer we'll, well they might But
Stenge has known bitter experiences with other brass in
the past
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FROM THIS DISTANCE, it seemed that what Stenge
trying to say was, in effect:
front Office gives with the horses, decently
competent manager drive 'em. Look at me-
Well, look at him. Look at his record. When he man
aged the Dodgers got nowhere They finally paid him
not to manage. No horses.
Same thing managed the old Braves No horses
day sdeswiped Casey street and hospalzed
him broken leg. One Boston critic recommended the
truck driver citation "A valuable contributor to base
ball." he wrote.
Stengel dred to the minors and between opening new
oil gusherS managed to win pennant at Oakland and win
appointment Yankee in 1949 George Weiss one
of hose managers him the players Senge
flop manager, hasn't been beaten since Having done
what Mack McGraw, Higgins and the others never did,
Casey conhded:
I'm the same manager who wasn't good enough Tor
Brooklyn and Boston, write out the of best play
ers on battng-order card and sit back I'm bum with
Dodgers the Braves and genius with the Yankees
That's what they call now in the papers genius
Anyway nice to know CaseyS in good voice Parcu-
larly at this time o. the year.