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' SCOTT tirfx "v/ "v v "vHEY " / ELMO 'LMOOLUAA LMOOLUAA : l HEY IiEY flEY celebrated celebratect ' ' Casey Caseyright CaseyNi CaseyII II NI right 1ht 1htI 1htIn < it I ' in Baltimore re receUY recentlY recently ceUY centlY centlYifl ; in ifl honor of thewho thewho the said to be the thegIns thegina1 theigmalCasey'of theigmalCaseyof , who is gIns gina1 } Casey CaseyI Caseyof I ' of the poemfamous poemfamous poem poeme e famous by De Wolfper Wolfper Wolf Wolft As a prologue to a at at per between the Bal Balore Balore t game Orioles and the J Jer- Jer JerCitY Jer-City Jer City er- er erCIty - - ore ) CIty Giants of the Internonal InteronaI Inter- Inter Interiional - nonal iional onaI league they had ared arI arged ar- ar ari - - I ged ed i to - have litiiTo the fhp oncft once onceghty oncftfllhj Casey " ttnke % trike out outas outas ghty fllhj hty " " " as he did more than half halfentury halffentury entury agop agoto agop agoto ago agoFp Fp p to the plate stepped steppedenty steppedt stepped'i steppedi stepped'ivanr t enty entyslyelr entysixyear ' . . sl\-yelr sl yelr six-year six year > . , \ . - -vanr vanr - : n1d old Dansey DanI Danof Dan Daney I sey ; ey of Silver SlIver Springs Spnngs Mders Mders Md Mders ers Hornsby lIornsby coach of the theoles theales theoles oles ales and pitcher for tills this thiscial thisoal " clal cial occasion wound upshot upshot up [ shot the ball across thete the thete thete te Casey swung - and anded anded andsed ed by a foot foott ' Again Agam the thed thed thed d upagam upagain up again agam the pitch and andn anda andun n a Casey mIssedd missed missedtod tod d now.the nowthe nowihe now . .the the . p tcher holds hold " , theand theand the theand and now 1 I e lets it go and arid andthe aridthe andr the ( he air is shatteredat shatteredut shattered ut ut , , v.alt valt vaitt . ait ! There s somethmg something somethingng somethmgI somethmgd somethingg I g d here herel ! Theie Thele goes the ball ballabng ballslung ballatang abng slung across the diamond out outleft outleft outleft left field It Its s a single smgle t ' ' For Fort Fore ForC e C tl ti t ! e last line Ime lme of the Immortal immortalm m isn iso t true Mighty Casey CaseyNOT CaseyNOT CaseyNOT NOT struck out outi outinyway ! nyway yway ysvay it was a good stunt stuntI stuntif stuntn it I if it didn dldn t come off accord accordto to schedule for it sen served sered ed Its Itsse itsse itspose se of being bemg a sort of cur curralSer curraiser curraiser ralSer raiser to ne-tt ne tt ne'Ct neCt ' ' - year s cele celelion celetim celeion lion tim of the centennial centenmal of Amer Amers s national game Also it re rea rea reid a * double header discust discusn discusa discus n a that has raged for years yearslo lo o 0 was the original ongmal Casey Caseyie Caseye e poem Casey at the Bat Bat7lo " ? o ci wrote that poem poem9icre " ? ere have been various claIm claImto claimi to the title of orIgmal original originally orIgmal'i 'i i 7 ' but officials of the two twoor twoor twoor or leagues and others m in mge inge inrge ge of the plans for the cen cena cenatseem cenualstem a atseem ! seem . to have decided that thatCasey thatCasey thatSasey Casey who d dn t strike out m in more inore inunore ore the other night mght is the theAnd theAnd thea And here is his version ofI ofincident of incident I cldent that has brought himball lum him lumeball himeball immortalityI | eball ( unmortalItywas immortalitywas immortality unmortalIty I was a left handed pitcher for forPhlll1es forPhillies forPhillies , Phlll1es Phillies I guess you d ca1l call ca1lthe callthe callthe , the Hubbellof Hubbell of my time We Wee Were e playing the Giants in m the thePluladelprua thePhiladelphia thePhiladelphia Pluladelprua Philadelphia ball park on Au Aut t 21 1887 Tim Keefe was washmg waslung washing hmg lung against agamst me and he hada hadf hadstuff hadstuff had a at ) f stuff but I was no slow low poke pokeelf pokeelf pokeself ninthI elf It was the last of the nm ninth ninthNew th thNew New York was leading leadmg 4 to 3 3o 3Omenwere 3omen o Omenwere men were out and therelere there \lere lere lereers \ wereaers iere iereers AA Ak AIc ers on second and third A k Ic before I d busted up a game game1 gamea a lucky homer and folks folksughtI folkseght folkslight ughtI ughtIcould eght Icould I could repeatut repeatutbe repeat jut repeatjut ut utbe he d dn dii t repeat Instead he heck heck hepA ck ckout out and the baseball fans [ fansPhiladelphia fansIuladelphla fansluladeiphia theyt theye Iuladelphla luladeiphia forgot that they | e tit cit crtzens zens of the City of offitwiy ofherly they'just theyjust theye herly Love Instead they e ' Just as enraged as any rabIdof rabidof rabid ' of i any Mudville in m theed theed the thea ed < a States would be v . v . I en their theirar their"ar theirar " ar heroes fail fall themThe themThe them "ie ie The " D V Vis ) s Versions "erslOnta " % Version "erslOn erslOn ersion ersionti s to ta ti the authorship of the poem poemt claimantsmat claimantsthat of poemof poemf f th the persistent claImants claImantsat t that at honor Wys was George W YS who spent his last years years"8 years8 yearse " e Porre Poire as for Aged and Infirm . Mass1S ambndge alnbridge Infirmambndge Infirmalnbridge Masss Mass Massi5"of i-5"of i 5"of 5of toLe toe 1S ' s - vers ' " " on " " of how he ' tame 'ame ame to Le e ' 'the the the poem which mCldentalmakes incidentalmakes mCldental incidental incidental'makes incidentalmakes ' makes msteadan insteadan Mike Kelly instead mstead instead"ffl "ffl ffl the6 thee " an Casey y the e hero of the e is thiswas this thist t was backIn back in August 18S6 1886 n I KellyWith Isaw 18S6Isaw 1886n saw the great M Mke ke Kellyto Kelly With " " " Ghicago Chicago to toWith ton . ) n n then club Hnt\ Hnt HntTr \ Tr .11 11 . against agamst . . _ the - Babeof Kelly the Babe ol of his day had a chance to the fulle fufle game With the bases full fufl e nInth moth but he struck out re outre oute e a huge and andspellbound spellbound ng spellboundng spellboundI I The Boston fans were e weree tvt"eved tvteved grieved " to t see Kelly fan fanlwmand they theirWm theirwin Were happy to see their theire lwmand Wm win and I felt something somethmg e * Same somethmgSame ame thing thmg tooI toonext toonext too Dext next day , a Sunday I I , , IlIng lying ng on the lIng Park ark Frankark arkIn grass in m Frank Franktth1 In " Boston Bosto the . , " thinkIngptthe thinking ptthe game and Kelly KeUyandthe theIIOmtment T and the IIOmtment PPomtment IIOmtmentof PPomtmentof of the fans and my andmy 'f f ' mmd mind mmdcame mindCaIne "id id " came CaIne the openinghat opening openmg openingSft Sft hat night ght 1 I finished 13 " the poem t ft to the poemY % . Y York Yorkanonymously one k kthe anonymously annnviv annnvivi Sporting Sportmg . . . -i i - . . Times i--- i its - - - _ mfafu m in fafu fafuanonymously father er becauseer a because becaused burly sea captam captain captamherUPO d herUPO herUPOi herUPOPOetry he Upon POetry etry with horror horrorude ude tide udeJ udemants J claimants i mants ts to that honorValeo honor honorinn Valeo Joseph Ph QUinlan QuirIa Valentine : Murphy Murphyto to Whc hlne and finally the thed thecrw d dcredit crw credit e Om for most inost ItS authorities authoritiesest _ est L Le Thayer authorshlp authorship atnbrldtyer once a resIdent resIdentta amnbrge , ta Barb Barbe Barbara ara mara e and CalIf now lIvIng m in s ayerants ayerant CalIfayerant Califayer ayer waive was as Worcesteras a native of Worcester WorcesterR R Harva 1885arvard graduated graduatedm graduatedin m in 1885 Harvawhere arvard w where h dent ident ! he was wasorator of thLere Lere th thw the Lampoon ampoon and and1l1g orator orat oratof he of his IS class 1l1g log colleIS After colle College ge he 01 of thege started on the a anCISCO nCISCO flems00 nCISCOr'orld inn r'orld rorld long ' " ' San"g Sang Sanong ong " " , r1d , enough paUsIng P- P Pin - " " " to in m get San a 9 4gw 94gw : i . , / \ 7 % _ : * ' & : 1 ' 1 _ _ _ _ c c4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; _ _ _ /4 4 / _ _ _ _ _ _ " t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; _ _ _ , " _ _ _ _ _ _ ' , . ' r s Vs * , I 9I i * b ' < 4n : 9/ 9 / recreatmgthe recreatingthe Dan Casey the orlgmal Original Casey at the Bat ' IS shown recreatmg recreating the hIstoriC scene when nughty mighty Casey struck out Behmd Relund 111m him IS Bucky ISBucky Crouse catcher and 1nanager manager of the BaltImore OrIoles and Umpire andUmpire Roy Van Graflm Graffin I Jobas ) job ob obas as a reporter on the paper paperoned paperosned paperowned o\\ned o ned osned \ \ by his friend and fellow fellowHarvard fellowHarvard Harvard man WiUie WIllIe Wiilie Hearst HearstWhile HearstWhile I WhlIe While thus employed he hevrote heHote \vrote vrote \Hote Hote \ rote a apoem apoem apoem poem called Casey at the Bat a aBallad aBallad aBallad Ballad of the Republic Sung m in mthe inthe inthe the Year 1888 which appeared appearedm appearedin m in Hearst s San Francisco E\.am E.am E .am am Exam E.ammer Exammer E " \ . ammer mer June 3 1888Tha 1888Tha3 1888 1888Thaler Tha Tha3 Thaler ) er Has Best ClaimDespite ClaimDespite Claim ClaimDespite Despite the fact that others othersha othersha othersha\e othersha e ha\ ha hae ha \ e claimed the authorship ofCasey ofCasey of ofCasey Casey at the Bat Thayer s srIght sright sright rIght to it seems to be pretty well wellestablIshed wellestablished wellestabhshed establIshed Albert G Spauldmg Spaulding Spauldmggives Spauldinggives Spauldinggives gives him credit for it in m his ac account account account count of the poem m in America s sNational sNational sNational National Game a history of ofbaseba1l ofbaseball ofbaseball baseba1l baseball Several years ago agoTha agoThaer agoThaler Tha Thaer ) er himself m In defending defendmg his hisclaIm hisclaim hisclaim claIm wrote to the New York YorkTimes YorkTimes YorkTimes Times as follows * ' I note m In the Times a dispatch dispatchfrom dispatchfrom dispatchfrom from Cambridge Mass m In which whichG whichG whichG G W D Vys is reported as claim claimmg claiming claiming mg ing the authorship of Casey at the theBat theBat theBat Bat He says he sent the poem poemm poemin poemin m in 1886 to the New York Sportmg Sporting SportmgTimes SportingTimes SportingTimes Times Timeshere \ where \\here here \ it was publIshed publIshedanonymously publishedanonymously publishedanonymously publishedanonymouslyThe anonymously anonymouslyThe The first number of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Sporting Sportmg Times appearedin appearedm appeared m in 1888 and the first or a httle little httlelater littlelater littlelater later number printed Casey at atthe atthe atthe the Bat as a clipping clIppmg and duly dulycredIted dulycredited dulycredited credIted it to the San FrancIsco FrancIscor'Cammer FranciscoE'ammner FranciscoExaminer r'Cammer rCammer E'ammner Eammner : ' ' where it originally orIgmally ap- ap appeared appeared ap appeared - - peared over my initials lllitIals m In June June1888 June1888In 1888 1888In In the Christmas 1908 Issue Issueof issueof issueof of the Scrap Book an e exhaustive exhaustiveexamination exhaustiveexamination haustIve haustIveexammatIon exammatIon examination of the question Who Whowrote Whowrote Whowrote wrote Casey at the Bat Bat7 ? ap appeared appeared appeared peared o o\ o 0\ 0 oer 0er \ er the signature of Har Harry Harry Harry ry Thurston Peck at that tIme tImeprofessor timeprofessor timeprofessor professor of Latin Latm at Columbia ( , * ' &g\ &g g & &gI \ I t , 4i 14M 4i14M I Iv Ir v r ; , S ( John Henry Titus recitinff recdmg reciting ' The TheFace TheFace TheFace Face on the Barroom floor rloor " university In the light hght of all the theeVidence theevidence theevidence eVidence Professor Peck reached reachedthe reachedthe reachedthe the conclusion that for this perhaps per perhaps perhaps haps the greatest of my sins sms , I IWlS Iwas Iwas WlS was : exclusively to blameMore blame ' More difficult to establish pstablIsh ' or orIgmal ormgmnal origmal Igmal mgmnal authorship is the case of ofanother ofanother ofanother another famous poem known by byt bytvo bytv.o bytvo t\\ t t0 tvo \ . 0 titles The Face on the Bar BarRoom BarRoom BarRoom Room Floor noor rloor and The Face FaceUpon FaceUpon FaceUpon Upon the Floor rloor rioor The rivals for forrecogrutIon forrecognition forrecognition recogrutIon recognition as the author of thIs thIsclassIc thisclassic thisclassic classIc are John Henry Titus TitusstIll Titusstill Titusstill stIll living livmg at the age of ninety ninetyone ninetyone ninetyone one and Hugh Antome Antoine DArcy D ID Arcy Arcywho , , who died dlCd November 11 1925Titus 1925Titus 1925 1925Titus Titus born m In Jefferson Oluo Oluobegan Oluobegan Ohiobegan began writing wrItmg poetry at an early earlyage earlyage earlyage age and in m 1872 produced produceda a seven sevenclnto sevencanto sevencanto clnto canto : poem called ' The Ideal IdealSoul IdealSoul IdealSoul Soul The fifth episode in it he hecllled hecalled hecalled cllled called : The Face on the Barroom BarroomFloor BarroomFloor BarroomFloor Floor The frst &ta ta sta & ! > ta iza ua was WlS : v T\ T 1\ 1 \ Tas 1as \ as s a barmy autumn night and agoodly agoodly a thereThat goodly lot ' v \ .as as . as s there That oversaw Joe s b barroom : > rroom as courtupon courtupon court courtupon upon the square squareAnd sQuareArid And Arid as a song in 10 wit and story ekes doorA through ekesthrough the oaken door A vagabond slept stept slowly sIo\\1y sIo 1y sio1y \ In askan aikan uoon upon the uoonthe uponthe floorAccording floor floorAccording According Accordmg to Titus the scene of oftlus ofthis oftins tlus this incident mCldent was a tavern in m Jef ferson Jefferson Ohio and his use of the theword theword theword word barroom meant court courtroom courtroom courtroom room since smce the tavern taverT taver'i taveri ! ' was once oncethe oncethe oncethe the site of county ) judicial udicial ses sesslons sessions sessions sessionsA slons sions slonsA sionsA A D Different ferent LocaleIn LocaleIn Locale LocaleIn In the version of the poem wnt writ wntten written written ten by DArcy D Arcy which appeared In in1887 1887 under the title of The Face FaceUpon FaceUpon FaceUpon Upon the Floor the locale is m in mNew inNew inNew . New York city instead mstead of the ht lit littie littie tle tie Ohio Oluo town The clrclImstances circumstances clrclImstancesI clrclImstancesunder circumstancesunder circumstancesunder under which it was written ac accordmg according according I cordmg cording to Porter J White a vet veteran veteran veteran eran actor who died in 1934 and andwho andwho andwho who claimed to be the first man manto manto manto to recite the poem in public were werethese werethese werethese weretheseOne these theseOne One night mght in m August 1887 White Whitewas Whitewas Whitewas was a\\ a awakened aakened \ \ akened m in his room In InMcPike inMcFike inMcPike McPike McFike s hotel in New York city cityto cityto cityto to find his neighbor from the next nextroom nextroom nextroom room Hugh Antome Antoine DArcy DArcycharacter D Arcy Arcycharacter Arcycharacter character actor and theatricalmanager theatrIcal |