Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
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Cusey's Children

FOR The FIRST TIME since becoming the MASTER
mind of the Yankees in 1s4s Casey stengel finds himself
not only out of the pennan but fighting to finish in
the first division But the old gafer always amiable
winner, is gracious loser, too
In fact Casey talking in the New York dugout before
the Yankees left town Sunday broadly limiting that
he was pretty proud Of the White Sox genius level
"A Lopez is smart manager" Casey rumbled Hes got
thinking mans ball club you might Tony Cuccinello is
great third base coach He knows his WELL
and they know him. Those fellows driving everybody
crazy, including my And Ray Berries fine pitching
coach
Nov will tell you something you may not know or
maybe you do but had Lopez with Brooklyn and
Boston for nine years And had Cuccneo-I talked him
into playing out his string in the American League And
had Berries. They're all my boys" winkng broadly "and
they're all right"
"Are you roofing for the White sox to beat the
Indians?" visitor asked Stengel
Again the big wink. well, now can't root you might
say, but the White Sox better club than Cleveland.
AT least, think So They can beat you more ways"
THE YANKEES WERE TAKING infeld practice when
stengel, almost as If talking to himself went
"Ths is the first time Chicago ever beat me over
season. They did it good too They stole bases from my
fellows who don't know how to play against running team
"Those two little fellows Nellie Fox and Luis Aparcio)
fake bunt and my ned goes all to pieces and somebody
steals on US Or they bunt and back their
heels or out of position They must have five games
from us that way"
George Case saying on the Washington bench
that it isn't just stolen that's important what
it does to the other clubs inheld," remarked
Nov that fellow is right" Casey nodded IT have a
bad third baseman obviously Hector Lopez lately an
outfieder) and green shorstop Clets Boyer and the
Sox loused them up AL Lopez will have on second
base and nobody out and the hitter will bat into slow
double play.
what happens2 The guy on second base don't stop at
third He scores They did it to us all season.
"YOU TAKE THAT OLD GUY, Rivera He's on second
base and the batter hits third base or shortstop He
don't 20 feet off second baSe but the throw to
first base he takes of and slides his belly into third He
stopped doing that stunt five he's doing
it again.
81 got to like that Early Wynn Everybody says how old
he Is My pitchers should be smart They should think
like the old guy Old? pitched him in the A-Sar game
didn't I?
Lopez has got fellow in centereld Jim Landis) and
lot of people don't pay any attention to him. But he
great in that outeld and he's great running and he gives
my club the shakes.
II tell my men, Look don't pay no more attention to
those fellows than you do to anybody else Relax But they
don't do it. Half the time my taking their eyes off
the ball and throwing before they catch it, Just because
that Aparicio or Lands somebody else is running"
NOW YOU TAKE THIS CLUB here" stengel said
waving toward the Senator dugout They're just Ike my
men, They're all taking the big swing and counting the
home runsNo 81, No SO, No. A. Those Chicago fellows
just scrunch up on their bats and win games
near Lopez fellows QOnt score runs. Well, got
beat to and to and did all the other clubs That is
If we can get six or seven off Chicago"
Casey fell into a brooding silence for short SPELL
another thing about a running ball club" he mused
1T helps your hitters played couple of years at Pitts
burgh with Max Carey and he batted ahead Of me.
will run the first second pitch If get on base
he would tell me-
oh, take your time would tell him. There's no
hurry Why shouldn't say it? When Carey is first base
know the pitcher isn't going to throw fancy curves
and KNOCKERS and spers I'm going to get that fast ball
so the catcher gets chance in Carey runs That's
what the White Sox getting and got to hand 1t to
them, they're smart"