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Show the journal Pgo CPORTLIGHT 11 ankees' Chances Rest on the Bench GRANTLAND rice a year ago. That could make a big Thats easy, he said. It was our bench. We always had a good man ready for any gap. No other The 1950 Casey may have a different person ,Pjfsn entire team had a bench that matched few Inner twinges but outward1 of 1949. the Casey Stengel ours. Outside of first base, we ly he fairly exudes confidence. we this time, at f. TCar ago had Coleman, Stirnweiss, Rizzuto. He's the only manager I know baffled, Brown and Johnson bewildered, of who is willing to admit open-l- y d ready for oui Yankee infield. Outside of that he expects to win. DiMaggio and manager who adHenrich, we had Bauer, Woodling. mitted that he Mapes and Lindell for any vacant answers few knew The Yankee Bench spot in our outfield. The bench was to any questions ready to give us anything we neededAt that moment an ancient-lookinhis -all good men, too. It Involving pelican lighted for a few min- big difference what sortmakesre-a team. This is now of utes not so far away. serves you have. We had good ones, a new Casey. The I only wish I was half as smart all the time sun Is brighter, Mapes, Wood as that bird looks to be, Casey ling. Brown, Bauer, are etc. palms the Anything hapsaid. No one could be that smart. pened to Berra there was Silvera greener, the birds In the course of punching the in 58 games, batting ,3!8. iDtund Rice sing sweeter songs I asked Casey what he thought bag more look This is our weakest spot, td even the pelicans was the strongest feature of the Casey finally said. Our pitchers lllgent. Yankees the palm and BERING into the Casey Stengel of difference. in un-certa- g 1950 or Casey There are seven ways of preApples can be baked without cracking and every bit of flavor paring eggs: cooking in the shell, retained if a one-inc- h band is frying, poaching, scrambling, from the middle of each baking, broiling, and in omelets. peeled apple. Stuff the apple and Lake in a moderate oven. Orange juice can be fixed in half the usual time. The trick is to squeeze small oranges by cutting off the stem end only and extracting the juice in one operation. It works for lemons, too. Tailored Shirtwaister Is Tops in Summer Wear last year. answer la -i- Sox and all ng 'em along. Red set rest. The Yankees will be Q looso casters and drawer 'pulls easily with PLASTIC WO 00 ready. are far better off than we We a year ago," Casey said. Bow do you figure that one out, FOR PROUD BAKERS, ESPECIALLY e You lisked. lie havent added a r. 1 figure it this way, Casey BADIAH Jld. Joe DiMaggio reports In condition In many tars. I never saw Henrich or jizzuto look 1 better. Joe Page set. In addition to Allie all Reynolds, Vic Raschi, Tommy Jyrne, Ed Lopat and others, we five Bob Porterfield and Frank iii( our 1949 wounded, in harness with their band-e- s removed. Both expect to tea, two of ,ck opinion, Casey con-leReynolds is going to be a ing star this year. I mean a my d, t pitcher. He could also be a i pitcher close to Page. The ath-H-e fellow is a fine all-arou- nd was a backfield star at homa or one of those Oklahoma ges. Raschi will be among the again. And I have an idea my Byrne will soon find where plate is planted and when he is, look out. Hes got amazing Jf. Heres another thing. We've 'nnd ont we could suffer over wounds and still win. Weve liscovered we could have most our team on cratches and tiU win. Did you know that Di-lagg- io, Henrich and Berra, nee of our top dy in 19 or dead. him because he drove a sharp bargain and fore- closed mortgages Ion the minute. That was the situation that confronted Owen and me when we drove up to investi- 3... & ready. n was There were plenty who would be glad to hear that news. There were a great majority of others who didnt care a rap. Obadiah was a mean old man who lived alone on a farm 10 miles west of Fairview. Everyone hated best e LITTLE hitters, were maybe it was together aU season? We are bound to have better 3ks than we drew last year, tning cant hit the same spot in a season. This means should have our best men in Eton far oftener than we had them . footprints and hoofprints outside the window, and by the fact that Oscar Jones, another neighbor, had come by while Moses was looking in the window. So we discounted Moses as a possible suspect, and went to work on the others who had hated Obadiah. There was, for example, Roscoe Norbert, who lived a mile away, and who had been helping Obadiah with his haying. A neighbor had heard Obadiah and Roscoe quarreling over wages that very day. CALLED at Roscoes and struck a snag. Roscoe hadnt been home all night That looked bad, or good, depending on what side of the fence you were on. I sent Owen to hunt up Roscoe, and returned to Obadiahs gate. investigation rePreliminary vealed the following facts: Obadiah had been killed by a rock thrown through a window near which he was sitting, reading. We knew he had been 'sitting there farm. Quite a crowd had gathererd outreading because Moses Morris, a neighbor had passed by in the early side. Lights from automobiles illuevening and noticed the light in minated the house and grounds. Obadiahs window, and noticed Among the cars I noticed Doc Obadiah sitting beside it. Moses Orions little coupe. had gone up the road looking for He was inside, and had already a cow that had strayed. He found begun his investigation. the cow and started back and noHows it look? I asked him. his shifted had Obadiah ticed that "Let you know in about an hour. He glanced up and returned position. to his work. I scowled. Doc was Something about the way the usually more confident. old man looked aroused Moses I went back into the bedroom. curiosity, and he went up close Doc was stuffing things back into and saw - blood on Obadiaha his bag. temple. Moses went on home Been dead about five hours, and caUed the police. he said. We corrobrated this by talking to How? Some blunt Instrument. neighbors who had heard Moses calling the cow, and by discovering The rock, eh? Could have been. JOE Just then Owen came in. He MAHONEY had a tall, rawboned individual with him. 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