Show SPORT LIGHT casey dreams Dream sUp up some trouble X by GRANTLAND RICE 4 ASEY STENGEL the hardluck hard luck C CASEY goodluck good luck miracle man who suffered over 70 team concussions last lait season had a dream adream recently it was waa a dream that turned into it a nightmare and casey care to talk about it it seems that in this thi dream the eminent C stengel jaw BOW his team go through the season without a single blemish no injury or accident or illness assailed any of his sturdy athletes joe DI 01 Mag maggiol gios heel cost ost its vulnerability ner ability and joe fought fough far the brantl grantland nd rice nice Y a n L k e 0 s in games no replacements were needed to help reinforce outfield or infield I 1 I 1 but at the end ena of the dr dream earil the yankees twin the pennant the red sox did i haunted by the cleveland indians why mr core caro t to talk too much about it but this s is what happ happened ined 1 jerry coleman a brilliant rholdo last season jeason had the same sophomore 0 shingles that at alvin baht Pak kand and a hock flock of other freshmen the second sea son la Is always ae te toughest the same disen distaste dis easte sh struck the other 1949 1041 D rookies r S 2 phil the star of the 1819 1049 group dipped dippe d from bis his lofty peak 3 the pitching sta staff it i quite as good as 99 it was last 1 year when reynolds vio lopat and tommy ayme who all had big biff years spent part of their time on the soapy chute they were good but not its aa good as they had been 4 minus so many accidents in t juries etc the yankees no longer had any light fight against late fate they lost part of their 1949 hustle 4 8 5 prof stengel suddenly ills dis covered that red ked sox pitching was far better than it was last season sea son with parnell kinder and mcder mott outon out on the happy highway 0 the pennant saving joe rage WAS goodbub good but not the vase rage of 1949 joe has been great every other year 1945 1947 1949 1919 this was 1950 I 1 ay iy this was the dream C stengel A the potentate failed to enjoy ther next day do dreams como come true casey asked it if they do I 1 may decide to stay out here and ass ass up st petersburg and new york this season 0 that mark when the rather young ralph kiner moved into the 50 or better home run bracket tor for the second time there were increasing murmurs about the possibility of some slugger passing the babes old mark ralph la Is 0 feet I 1 inch and he weighs pounds lie has hai a pair of powerful hands and a pair of exceedingly strong wrists this Is where most of hitting power cornea comes from when corruptly applied 1 I might do aitor it ier someone else might do it relph said but I 1 dont think sooil was meeting the ball well lost last season in the last 30 gamesh hit 20 home runs a lot ot of home runs run a to hit in 30 games I 1 probably do that well again in a lifetime I 1 mean ir n i my apt 30 almes amis where the tens tension ion begins to build up I 1 sud that to beat 66 60 homo homai i rune run youve got to get abood start and keep on an hitting em you canle afford any bad months you ca cant nt blow yourself to any slumps sixty home horns runs a year Is a home r run un about every evera pvn games I 1 hit better belter chah n one every three games last year bof that good enough since johnny mick alza was dropped as a regular there dont seem to be any big home run hitters in sight agh except kiner ted williams Is usually somewhere in the high or the one trouble with ted is that he wont swing at a ball an inch ortho or two inches off of I 1 t tinplate hi he say day to himself im going to belt Ws this next one it its close if 11 its an inch oft off its a ball and ted never swings at a ball there are few pitchers who get any thrills from having one of their last fast balls hammered out of the ball park they view such a proceeding with practically no cheer bounding dodgers in a strict florida fishing accent the rt hon burt shotton the dodgers high gun issued one of the most truthful statements of the year ile he asked in effect lust just why the dodgers win the next national league pennant sinco they had much the best ball club in their league including catchers pitchers infielders and outfielders youve got to admire admira a statement of this sort for it puts manager shotton on the hot seat |