Show Casey Offers to Let Van Mungo Pitch at Giant Batting Drill i rNe Pilot Figures Bill Terry Wishes Dodger f r Chucker Would Get Out of League By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Feb 24 2 UP UP Mr Casey Stengel's first official act after agreeing to ride herd on the mavericks mily-ericks that are the Brooklyn Dodgers was to toss off oft a couple of martini cocktails His second was to make mak a bet with this department payable in October The bet involves Mr Stengel's weight on that date Today h he h weighs and if he is within 14 pounds of that thit in Octo October r we get live five dollars According to Mr Stengel Sten gel tel there isn't any more chance of my getting paid Vaid than there is of Dill BUI Terry and his Giants Glan failing to learn that the are aro still very ery much in th the National league You see he be said If It the Dodgers get rd hot and anti finish up there In the first division III ill easily eully weight in the And if they co ro Into reverse and land down there amon among the sweet peas peu and anel Cincinnati tI Ill I'll be a flyweight You wont won't have to o look at the standings of at the clubs durin the season euon to f hid find out oat how the Dodt- Dodt en era en are faring AU All you'll have todo to todo do is IJ W take look at me Im I'm the human barometer I lose a pound when my ray shortstop muffs one or one of my men men strikes strike out And I gain gains a pound when some lome body gets refs a two twe what Max Carey was was' talking talk talk- ing InK about when he told reporters down in Miami that he didn't beli believe ve my strength would hold out as a. man ager ger He knows that I suffer the theT T agony gony of the d damned when my club takes lakes a licking When the Giants lick lickUs lickus Us- Us us ILS' UsI I 1 go through the tortures of the double What did Mr Stengel think of Bill Bil Terry going around asking if the theD D Dodgers were still in the Offers Two Answers Ive got two answers for that One is b Bill thinks thinks' so poorly of us w j why do does s he always manage to have hav Hubbell ready to pitch against us If were we're such a bunch of tramps wh why does he waste his Sunday pitcher pilcher My ty second answer is that any time tim Bill fe feels like the Giants need a little batting hatting practice hes he's welcome elcome to bring em em around and Ill I'll let Van Mung Mungo 3 throw em up For your Information and In order lorder that Mr Stengel's tine fine sarcasm sac sar casin wont won't be wasted Van Mungo Mun Mun- CO go o licked the Giants GIant five times last Jut season they couldn't ret get a afoul foul toul off oft him Mr Stengel feels hes he's going t to tot t I I help the Dodgers A ASk him for a reason for this belief Mid and hell he'll te tell you that he always has improved th the teams hes he's managed There was Wo Wore War I cester In IIi the East Eastern rn league for c Cx- Cx x ample They were in sixth pla place when he moved in ih and two wo months later he had em era in the first division noo Boosted d Toledo They h handed him an n eighth place Toledo club and the next year he hewon hewon hewon won the p pennant He d docent promise any pennant for E Brooklyn next year but hes he's going to have a fighting hustling club I cant can't help but have that sort of club he says If If t the boy boys wont won't wont won work and work hard they'll travel from dear old Flatbush In large num hers bers and tr travel fast I |