Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
WIN, LOSE OR
6NAW By FRANCIS sTANN
The One and Only Casey


was showing baseball to Dizzy Dean. "Tel me-" he
invited Dr. docs this look like the ball you to ptch2"
"Oh it looks like it," Dean drawed "but it sho don't
act like it."
That's because you was real pitcher" Casey said
"Thats part the The other part they
done something inside this ball 1t goes faster and
mean from pitcher to batter but from batter to the
fences"
Il awful hard balls knocked" amiably
coded Dr. who hand to broadcast the Nationwide
game of the day"-Yankees Indians
/ Let tell you Casey began. Then he spied
New York baseball writer Hey" he called, tell how
far Busby hit that ball the other day."
The reporter pointed See that 42O-foot mark? He
hit ball line and it cleared the barrier big hop"
big hop"
"Busby?" asked Dean, incredulously Hes no power
hitter"
STENCIL THUNGPED THE BASEBALL on the bench
hard would pass inspection for in game
That's the point, snorted the Old Rambler "The pitching
is gone all to hell and it's partly because the guys
scared to death of this baseball
Nov I've got fellow on my staff Turley. You
know him, Dir"
"Yar," Dean said IAN he can fire that ball."
But he amt got nothin on it now" Casey protested
$50 tell him. don't worry about where it's going after you
pitch it. amt likely get killed by hit although
(winking broadly I'm not sure"
Them balls travel fast nowadays" Dean agreed,
pushing back his white 10-gallon hat.
"They travel fast both ways" Casey said, "and
that's what I'm trying to put across to pitchers Throw
1t hard and maybe it won't back quick But they
they get tmd."
But Mantle is on your own ball club" bench visitor
interrupted.
yeah amt that the hell of t?" Casey said my
pitchers of Mantle than anybody elses So they
get more timid than anybody elses"
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN stengel accepts defeat harder
than almost any other manager in the business which
figures nasmuch he's little adversely during
his regime with the speaking his club
had dSsipated good part of the 62game margin held
June /. But he didn't act panicky.
Il can still laugh" Casey was saying "even after
blowing 60 lead and losing to Cleveland, is to 8, like
did Saturday Only trouble is, don't get any fun out
of laughing"
I'm the press box reporter said "they were kidding
about that game and asking each other what was the
key play AL Schacht was up there and he said
The key play that neither manager shot himself
WELL I'll tell you," Casey said, 81 haven't shot myself
yet but there pitcher-one of mebbe half
dozen ball players who called Dusty Rhoades-and
he pitched nohtter in 1903 for Cleveland Now he's mil
lonaire around Kansas City and he visits out there
year because roommates.
This is before your time before yours too
Dir and am just rookie. So the first night see
this strap himself to the bedpos Had canvas strap
tied to his ankle and the post"
CASEY WATCHED VIC VERT of the Indians slam a
batngpractce pitch high into the righthed stands and
threw the baseball in his hand toward the baboy with an air
of resignation.
to ask what for that handcu but because I'm smart don't
and for three weeks this Dusty puts his strap tied to
the bedpost and don't say nothing only nearly crazy
wondering.
Then, day, find out. He walks in his sleep He's
the worrying type He might walk out of window and he
knows it.
We'll lot of you writing guys say I'm millionaire but
I'm no-athough this guy u.s. I'm not shooting myself
the way we're playing but WE'LL like said just occurred
to that my old roome had good dea tying himself uI
to keep from taking header out of window In seeI
of course.
IF really wanted to just take plain walk" Casey
concluded gumy Il might have my pitchers pitch to
Get To first base that Way ANYHOW"