Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW .r FRANCE, s,Auu
Casey Missing His Ace

TAMPA FLA, MAR Silt is chiefly Allie Reynolds
fault that Casey Stenge tesy this spring At least
that's theory by of the writers who COW
cred the Yankees camp in St Petersburg or Case they
say waiting for his longtime Indian ace to unretre
and Stenge is not patient man.
sengel plain when he first arrived in Florida that
he did consider Reynolds retirement permanent Il know
we've got those two fellows Baltimore Dob Turey
Don Larsen) but they ptch approximately the way
put it. That's what have to find out know Reynolds
pitch"
About this time last year Stenge had been mite edgy
too First Johnny san retired to pedde automobiles or SO
he sad and then General Manager George Weiss up and
sold Rasch to the Cardinals It became no secret that
Casey thought dpong of Rasch abruptly was poor piece
Of business
Yankee front office seeened the kitty for San and ured
n back fold but not much He told condants that
Just Rasch had not answered his contract mail was
no for getting rid of him. III I'd known what was
going on I could have Strengthened things OUT he said
afterward.
SOME OBSERVERS HAVE tried to read trace of panic
into STENCILS alleged attack photographer few
DAYS ago. and they could something there Losing the
pennant by eight to Cleveland last season. even with
Reynolds his 1874 record did not sit well with stenge
new pout
It is pretty generally agreed that in previous springs the
Yankees looked better Their pitching and hitting have
stable and stenge admits he has an nield problem
There isn't much Weiss do Reynolds sticks to his
decision to retire although senge feel he did last
spring connection with Raschi that he could handle Allie
The evidence however that Weiss does the tont-ofce
work without necessarily consulting Casey
This is nothing Some managers make deals others
lust get told been made classic story is the
one told Charley Grimm when he was managing the
Cubs some 20 years ago. reasonably satisfied with
his ball the day he took his small daughter to the
Chicago Worlds Fair
WHEN HE RETURNED Grimm found reception
mee from the waiting IN his home and SPOKESMAN
greeted Charley by asking:
"dow do you like your new nrSt baSeman?
what was that agan?" Grimm asked.
Then and there Charley learned that William Walker,
president of Cubs had traded Doph Cami and $500
to the Phlies for Don Hurst
witnesses claim Grimm fabbergasted that
balloons he was carrying his little girl became loose from
his fist and scared the top of the ceiling Charley then
rallied and mumbed something to the effect that Camll is
promising rookie but we eit we neeo more experience aC
Hurst give us"
It was not good the Cubs subsequent seasons
proved but it couldn't be blamed on Grimm.
CLARK GRIFFITH CONSULTED his managers before
nearly every move made Two managers John Nc
raw and Bill Terry made their deals although neither
was than field pilot
Currently the most independent the business
is Paul the Orioles because he also general
manager long will retain both roles remains to be
seen but the Job he give up either of them, will be
that of manager He might have done months
ago if the Red had not atched to Pnky Higgins
in holding both Jobs Richards, with directness which
marked field manager Of the White Sox bringing
pretty much of ball club into Baltimore result
wholesale trading the winter One disadvantage
is that Field Manager Richards blame only General
Manager Richards if the deals don't pan out .s