Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
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The Same Casey

CHARLIE UNFIT manage? Back fn daVS
by it said by critics in Boston that Casey Stenge
butcher and clown. Yeah, the same Casey
Somewhere, somehow, Stengel gained the magic touch.
Instantly, some that he has touch at all just
happened to be named manager of the Yankees Hence
those six American League pennants World series
in years
This one-man committee rises to defend Mr. Charles
Dillon Stengel from all aspersions old and and there's
fodder for the cannon too What other manager ball
club-good, bad ndferent-opened with one pitching
staff and by mid-June had to switch to anotherP
And what other manager is threatening to make a
runaway of race? That is precisely what the Yankees
doing (agan at this writing Horrendous pitching leaky
ined and uncertain outed to the contrary SengeTs
club looms far and away the best
ONCE UPON TIME truck driver in Boston banged
Stengel the hip and put him in the hospital
paper critic thought little of Casey manager
time that he proposed award for the trucker 1t is not
recalled that entirely popular civic undertaking
but it just to show how the dice occasions
In ST. Petersburg last March the Old Professor had
reason to feel that he set for starting pitchers His
bosses, notably George Weiss had acquired the left
handed Maury McDermo for him via trade with Washing
ton The before Weiss had bestowed Casey such
Bob Turley and Don Larsen former Orioles plus Tommy
Byrne. The Yankees already had Whitley Ford.
Ford is my No. guy" Casey drawled, land guess
Turley is next Larsen now they say he can pitch he
behaves himself McDermott, dunno He big winner
McDermott 10 for the Red Sox '5S and you
know Byrne was a big help last season.
80 everybody says in good shape pitchers and
guess am and now all got to do is this club without
lousing it up Mr. Topping Zone of the principal owners
likes the to be kept and the Yankees be
top"
FORD HELD UP. Turley has been a rousing flop Ditto
McDermott After licking the Senators in the opening
assignment designed to elevate the young self
esteem-Larsen has gone Byrne hasn't been much
like the Comeback Kid who posted 1876 record for the
Yankees last year after being rescued from the Pacific
Coast League.
Naturally old Rubber Face was appalled, by SO many
feet of clay Not than 10 days he ranted and
raved at his so-caled rst-lne pitchers And then
posed all except Ford and called his alleged second
stringers his kids to speak.
Johnny Kucks, spot pitcher in IS, kicked off
big win streak by shutting out Cleveland
Then Ford four-hted the White Sox Bob Grim almost
forgotten, tossed another fourher at the
Sturdivant put the cherry on the top.
Sturdvant, whose name has been on the waiver list
than once two-hitter at the Indians and
famed II batsmen, yet
Then . !. really out of nowhere Rip Coleman de-
livered Thus Casey had new pitching staff Kucks,
Stutdivant, Ford and whomeyer else might help.
$3.50
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT McDERMOTT rarely works these
days Mostly he's used pnchhitter in wild games when
Stenge out of other pinchhtters Byrne, until his
desperation effort the other day against Detroit in
the category Turley and Larsen? They're lucky
cording to informants, to be retained.
The legend that to the pn-striped suit of the
Yankees to make star out of hack is debunked again
in the of Tuley and Larsen 1t debunked
years ago when pitcher named Fred Sanford pur
chased by the Yankees from the old ST.
something upward of 100000 In spring exhibitions
ford, possibly unaware that he wearing Yankee
uniform got his brains knocked out regularly One day
the nmble Joe Trmbe of the New York Daily News began
his story thusy:
Money cheap and Fred Sanford proves every time
he pitches ;"
stengel happened to be sitting indoors of those
stools that swings $50 degrees when he
reminded in the winter of IS that his boss Weiss had
procured Turley and Larsen from the Orioles
WELL THAT'S NICE of OIL George to get me them
fellows" he drawled "but amt sure they're pitchers
where this Larsen, he win three and lose 81 for
Baltimore Turey, he win IA but he lose is and that's
way to win a pennant.
But got these guys" Casey sighed in resignation.
They're supposed to be good only hope those
other two to sign up :"
The "other two" only happened to be Allie Reynolds
and Johnny San who made their retiements stick With
despite Turey and Larsen who sent to Denver
do penance for good part of the campaign Casey
the pennant, again.
But don't go much for these fellows" he added in
his happest moment unless / be they'll do a
job nearly every time. Now that Reynolds =. j"
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