Evening star., 1955-05-31
WIN, LOSE OR
DN%V By FRANCIS STANN
Casey Holds 'Exchonqe' Talk

CASEY STENCIL WAS in fine fettle when he came out
of the dugou for the rst time yesterday at Griffith Stadium
His Yankees had winning streak and had opened
daylight between the Indians and White Sox And Bob Grim
who 20 last as rookie finally had pitched
back to form by beating Baltimore, To-
Nov he help lot if he pitches some more
games that way Casey saying He was real good and
he had to be account of this other fellow was terrific
"This other fellow" Art Schallock t-baling
southpaw Yankees had sent to the Orioles IF he beats
U.S. people, they say senge why don't you go back
to Oakland? You giving away pitchers when you need
A visitor had the feeling that Casey talking with
tongue cheek earlier deal with Baltimore has made
the Yankees formidable club mainly due to BOD
Turley Even in defeat yesterday as the senators
rallied to win by 80 in 10 innings Turley still was LOOKING
like 2ogame-plus winner.
1T WAS THE YANKEES turn in the batting cage and
first out of the Mickey Mantle batting eft-handed
clobbered that not only cleared the right field wall but
struck the cluster of oudspeakers the light tower 1t
might have gone 500 feet unmpeded.
Now see" Casey grunted nudgng the other with his
elbow IVe got certain amount of Mister Mantle
can hit ball anywhere from 400 to 525 feet Now tell me-
do you think Washington is going to make trade?"
When Casey is in fine fette he talks thus It's what he
calls his exchange talks cNow give interviews he puts
it. "and expect something back from the press Follows
the big wink from Old Rubber Face)
Everybody says nothing's doing" the other said.
"How about this talk of Yost going to Boston?"
"How about this talk of McDermott winding with your
club?" the other parried.
STENCIL sQU1NTED AGAINST the glare of the sum- an
Old outeder caught without his dark glasses Character
stcaly, he switched back to what less the
original topic.
"This schalock" said "gave fits He pitches like
our Mister Lopat all kinds of junk. My guys they say
they hit him. But don't. We don't hit anything
good but we win
1--WE win because on my ball club are more htters who
can break up ball game than Batmores got"
"Are you honestly high on this Yankee team?"
"Wel, last year over 100 games and finished
second behind Cleveland This better team than had
last year."
"About the contenders-Cleveand and Chicago. How
do you stack up?"
'Were top" Casey reminded, "but gotta respect
those Others Like day in Chicago beat the White
Sox and the the bench and asked
"'Case do you think you can handle the White Sox?'
"'Of what saw last night I'd say that had more
horses than this Marty Marion told EN- Then, next
felt telling go to except sad This Marion
is deceptive. Now it looks like got the bad club"
STENCIL, OF COURSE doesn't have bad ball club
It's probably the BEST But it's that has got to win In
New York the attendance has fallen off and only the road
they drawing runnerup in Yankee Stadium is not
profitable While Casey did not get himself involved in such
details profit and oss it left pretty clear that
he expected to win.
Half hour before the first game of the double
the Voice of America wireecoing catering to Thirty
million Japanese" grabbed Sengel off guard the
microphone under his Casey obliged following protest.
previously recorded.
He did, however, indicate wish to revisit Japan the
first time since 1929 when he player Maybe I'll
this winter" he wound up.
"If Casey does," remarked New York writer, Edna
pfDbably will hit him right in nose" Edna his wife.