Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-16


Stenge won five consecutive World Series
But it was Quinn who first struck
with the notion that Stengel, pretty fair
outf1elder in his day but with reputation
for clowning-aS well hitting home FRANCE snn
for King George in London-might manager. This
back in 1884 shortly after Quinn had sold controlling
ereS in the Boston Red Sox Yawkey had persuaded
Judge McKeever that he the general equipped
lead the Brooklyn Dodgers out of the wilderness.
ALL QUINN INHERITED at Flatbush was weird colec-
ton Of minor leaguers hasbeenS Van Lnge Mungo The
manager Max Carey who had just hired the wahedup
ball player Senge coach The Brooklyn directors seek
ing whipping boy. decided to fire Carey
Stengel contacted his home Glendale Calf and
directed to Orlando where the Dodgers trained the
me) via Brooklyn When Casey arrived unsuspectng
Informed that Carey out and that he Senge would
age
At rst Casey Finally was persuaded to
tact Carey by phone he felt he owed Max explanation
old basestealer, Carey, bitter 1.-THE frontofce traded
Lefty oDoul Waty Clark and Sam Leslie without consulting
Max told stenge None of the deals turned out On top
of that I'm the first manager history fired
winning pennant in the wintertime."
I'm that case" Casey replied Il will refuse"
Don't be silly" Max scoded fishing Florida
and getting paid for another according contract
If you don't take the job somebody else WILL"
SO STENCIL BECAME manager of Bob cunns Dodgers
and like Carey and Others found difficult to make chicken
salad out of chicken feathers stenge couldn't get Brooklyn
out of the division not even Uncle Wert Robinson
was more colorful manager.
stenge discovered fairsh kid shorstop in Lonnie
lori Frey while drinking beer and hearing talk the Eks Club
Koenecke who was centereder of unbelievable ability
week and flop the next Later moody Koenecke was
killed while in apane enroue to New York He had
oecteo 70 move from ST. Louis to New York. to await release
to the minors Instead of catching the scheduled train he had
hired aplane In midair the pilot conked him with fire
lextingnisher after Koenecke went berserk. III
II Casey had sought to wipe out his own reputation
in his playing days the Stenge Dodgers fought against
him. BoomBoom Beck Hack Wilson Frenchy Bordaga-
Babe Phelps they were as coorfu and zany as
Stengel himself
Boom-Boom Beck pitcher, called because what
threw often bounced of the fences like echoes of the cracks
the bats One day in Phiadephia's old Baker Bowl while
Stenge managing Hack Wilson standing rghteld
hands his knees and fighting his afternoon hangover
stenge had stopped action in order
lest he be injured Beck outraged whred
against the tin fence in the bandbox park
THE FAMILIAR NOISE AwoKE Rghtheder Wilson, who
heded the ball and fired to second All this during
time out but Tony Cuccnelo who eded the throw comp
mented Hack his aacrity nevertheless ce" Tony
luted Sometime Wen try it when game is playing yes?"
Quinn moved from Brooklyn Boston Braves leaving
others to fire Stenge at Brooklyn But Quinn his
after the 1885 Braves SO and lost us for
He lost ST. Petersburg training base plus Bill McKechnie
as manager An effort to rename the Braves the Bees
ahorve and then he took Senge again. manager The
pair tried anew to stretch the shoesng which Quinn al
ways seemed to be operating.
It was the old story The Bees got nowhere When
stenge was asked about Bama Rowell he replied es
promising rookie who has everything to Bees
acquired the oncegreat Paul Waner at cheap price
time when big Poison admitted because Of eye strain he
couldn't even read the signs on the fences.
How do know when ball is hit your" Stenge
asked batsman pitchers still feared.
"Oh Waner airily replied, II can tell by the sound"
BOB QUINN AND CASEY STENCIL made news at Boston,
Over stretch Buddy Hasett consecutive hits and
Johnny Cooney Milwaukee Braves coach his first
big league homer after II pitcher Tobn three
home runs in one game Nonetheless Quinn and Stenge
faded away.
Casey went back to the Minors branded managerial
failure Sentiment and respect kept Quinn floating became
head OF the Braves farm system after selling
curator of the Cooperown Hall of Senge had to come
from behind because after Brooklyn and the Boston
was nothing except a bad manager so it was said.
It took the Yankees to dprove that charge And It must
be remembered that Bob Quinn who gave Casey his first
two chances, when the dice loaded against him.