Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1917 — CASEY STENGEL IS POPULAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CASEY STENGEL IS POPULAR

Many Brooklyn Fans Get Pleasure Out of Outfielder’s Kidding—Sharp it Repartee. One point in favor of “Casey” Stengel is that he has more individuality than any other member of the Brooklyn team. Jake Daubert, for instance, has an immense personal following, and his brilliant playing makes him an

additional drawing card, but Jake ds not spectacular, except in accomplishing difficult feats. Stengel is spectacular, eVen when doing nothing in particular. He has more fans around the circuit who come out to the Brooklyn team’s games,, with the special idea of. kidding him, than any other three inen on the roster. ——: —; ■ T In Cincinnati and Boston, especially, ■where the right field bleachers do a good business, large numbers of lads .with the foghorn voices treasure up the bits of repartee they have heard in the winter to hurl at C. D. Stengel in the summer. They are willing to pay for the privilege of trying to kid him. We say “trying," because that is as far as they get. If a fan has put it 'over on Charles in the last three years It has not been mentioned, while the sharp retorts of Charles have become classics in the league.

Casey Stengel.