Evening star., 1958-07-14
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ), FRANCE, .rAuu
Trendex Reports on the Yonks

ACCORDING TO CASEY STENCILS testimony before
the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
body hates the Yankees because they win often Accord
ing to the latest Trendex poll this Is not precisely correct
Only 49, per cent of the fans in major league cities and
suburbs want to the Yankees brought down to the
playing level of other American League teams.
True, there were some asking vigorous anti-Yankee
action. Detroit chropractor said, "Its longer
sport" wholesale grocer in Kansas City said THE
Yankees are in league by themselves and should be
put of the American League completely" Milwaukee
engineer suggested Send some Yankees to the weaker
teams"
slightly larger percentage-465 to be specifc-was
opposed to weakening the Yankees A bank official in
New Jersey said, when you have good thing,
tear it down." Washington schoolteacher is
quoted saying, "This is competitive world and it is
up to the other teams to pull up to the Yankee level"
THE ANSWER TO THE YANKEES continued success
bunty to be simply superior front-oice opera
tion the likes of which the White Sox and the Senators
and the other clubs can't match.
Stengel is no superman, super genius. He managed
the Dodgers and Braves in the National League for
total of six years and he finished in the first
division Five of his teams wound up next to last Yet
with the Yankees he his way to his ninth in
10 years.
Are his players so superior? Well that one calls
for yes-and-no Take right now, for instance
when at the approximate halfway mark of the season
the Yankees ostensby have ended the Yogi Berr
his catcher is hitting in the 2sOs AS matter of
fact, stengel hasn't .SOO-hitting regular.
"oUR SECRET is PITCHING and that big double
play" Jim Turner saying Florida back in
February People think that Casey can push button
and order home Or that he can push another
button and If he needs an outhelder or pitcher, he
gets from farm club Oh That's done upstairs
BY upstairs" Turner referring chiefly to George
Weiss general manager who usually is few jumps
ahead of everybody else What the Yankees can't develop
they acquire from other teams Somehow bapayers who
quite cut the mustard before often become helpful
with the Yankees
That's Weiss, plus Stengel and Turner and frankie
Croset operating team For a club that about
dozen games in front, the Yankees didn't place too
many the All-Star team less than week ago. Only
Mickey Mantle and Bill Skowron started excepting the
pitcher which wouldn't indicate that rival players who
picked the Al-Stars, were overawed The Red Sox
and the White Sox had many
AS Stengel told the Senate subcommittee when asked
why the Yankees all-winnng 81 needed some help
real bad in Baltimore and don't find it on my club
but that other fellow who don't belong the Orioles
Billy oDelD, he the situation and hope that
answers your question"
THAT REAL GOOD YANKEE pitching staff isn't
homegrown by any means. Don Larsen and Bob Turley
and Ryne Duren and Bobby Shantz and Duke Mas all
came from other clubs. All from second-dvision teams
at the time, too.
And over the years, when no other American League
club seemed able to Johnny Mize and Sal Maglie
Johnny Sain they proved invaluable to the Yankees
And who landed emp Weiss, it's assumed.
1t not easy to glamorize large, paunchy man who
Is forever stabbng himself in the mouth with cigar
but Weiss appears to be the No man, close to it. as
regards the Yankees success the dugout Sengel
does his job probably better than in his doorous days
with Braves Dodgers but these past 10 years he's
had the material with which to work.
AS matter of fact Casey obliquely suggested to
Senator Kefauver & Co. that maybe Weiss and the
Yankee front office were doing too good job in supply
ing him with ballplayers.
II am managing the Al-Star team and got two
of my in the lineup, which not including
Turley, my pitcher, but also have three young men
which couldn't at time Bob Cerv, Gus Triandos
and Jackie jensen and which 1 need to put the ALI
Stars on the field Now would say I'm getting little
worried on account of letting these fellows go and
then having them come back that way
He should have the troubles Of Goldfine another
millionaire.
4 ! )