Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-11
THE BASEBALL
BEA T
The Mighty Casey Has Struck Out
by BURTON HAWKINS

NEW YORK, OCT. ll-As a recipe for pandemonium
take space about three times the OF your living
room Into that space jam rs delriousy happy bapayers
their coaches manager and trainer all whoopng 1t up.
Add $50 scrambng reporters so policemen so still photog
raphers and q covey of club officials.
Now spice the congestion with cumbersome tele-
vision camera punked platform squarey in the
center OF things. few feet away to provide elevation
for those being interviewed, clutter the with
training table.
Toss in about 10 newsree cameras several radio
mcrophones and eight tape recorders Add hundreds Of
feet OF cable and wires and the engineering necessary
to provide the proper tang for utter chaos Bake all this
under Keig lights and you have miserable rude
joyous screaming profane kpounding wlted human
ity This was Mwaukee's clubhouse at Yankee Stadium
yesterday after the Braves World Series victory in the
decisive seventh game.
THE SCENE IN Manager Fred Haney's 9-by-i2 Office
on the clubhouse incredible and terrifying Phoog
raphers packed closely together that couldn't
raise their cameras for shot. Those who could
cursing at those in front to get down.
1t was If a jar had been filed with jelly beans.
then an attempt made to pack EN- tighter jam EN- down.
get EN- in there although the jar might Shatter Seem
ngy the walls in the visiting clubhouse had to
bulge They didn't. Flesh yielded instead.
And when the mob OF reporters and photographers
gushed from Haneys small room into the crammed larger
room where players dress 1t II human dam had
burst 1t unbelievable that so many humans could
be wedged into such limited space
There the scene riotouS 1t different in
other recess Of the vast stadium Manager Casey Senge
accustomed to victory with eight remnants in nine years.
had failed to win seventh world championship.
AFTER EDDIE MATHEWS stepped on third base for
the final out, Casey his strobe grimy into
their clubhouse through double line Of police Reporters
restrained few minutes and then permitted enter
STENCILS Office like the visiting managers is
OF the players Those who got to Caseys first
saw the beaten old gentleman raise weary hands to his
head couple of photographers snapped it. Then Casey
Tho IN
of perhaps rs reporters.
What impressed you about the SERIES Casey2"
reporter asked.
"Grounders" replied Casey Now you're gonna ask
why Well you hit those ground balls he
dette makes you hit ground balls He pitched better
three games so close together than pitcher I've
long time
They outplayed US" Casey continued quietly with no
prodding THE main thing the pitcher. He stopped
our hitters and he stopped them games There's
nothing wrong with that He had hitting the ground
He should get the credit"
STENCIL DREW NIENTLY at cigarette and talked
on You have to give in when pitch that many
innings against you and can't beat him. pitcher
OF that type is very valuable TO ball club don't think
they're going to trade him.
1T woulda been a good idea to get rid of him early
That was an idea had But you might say he had other
ideas think fellows little shocked They never
hit so many balls that didn't sound good Nothing
any terrific distance. He remembers what you did last
time up and he pitches himself accordingly and he's
tough one.
They beat honestly and decently and they win
He put our htters in big slump. If they weren't in
slump 1t looks like he's good pitcher And is good
pitcher guy like that gives you lot to think about
I'm sorry for everybody in New York but there's only
one thing to dogo after the damned thing again or
you never hear Of the players the manager again.
photographer interrupted to say, Casey about
putting your hands to your head like you did when we
came IMP"
NO." Stengel said 81 feel all right now amt gonna
faint for you. I'm going there want to say
something to them can't take away from them what
they got although I'd like to- so better tell them what
fine job they did
POLICE ESCORTED STENCIL to the bedlam under
meath the stands the third side Casey knitted his
way through the crush into Haneys office Once again
photographers and reporters behaved as If they were
covering the end of the world
I want to congratulate you for winning and the
way you handled your men" Casey told Haney and 1
mean that right from the heart You beat us and you
beat good
Later, back in his Office, Casey was asked If he
was suspicious of Lew Burdette Yankees threetne
conqueror, throwing a sptbal
i don't like to anybody with those six umpires
out there and all the games he pitched in the other
league with nobody coming up with any proof That ball
sure moves around when he's throwing it. We threw out
enough balls on him and couldn't hit the other balls
they put in.
THE story is the pitcher. He made us hit those
grounders or maybe once in awhile pop fly Go over
there, boys, that's where the story is"
Casey started peeling of his uniform and reporters
retreated The old tired and defeated Casey had
struck out But you'd have to say he was champion in
defeat As of the Yankees he's used to winning
but he can take big loss, too.
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