Word: casey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Hugh Casey, 38, burly onetime relief pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who set a record in the 1947 World Series when he was called from the bullpen in six of the seven games; by his own hand; in Atlanta, Ga. Depressed by his fall from big-league to semi-pro ball, by a messy paternity suit, a $6,759 tax lien and a reported heart ailment, the onetime "Fat Fireman of Flatbush" telephoned to his estranged wife, told her "I'm all dead inside," then, as she listened, shot and killed himself...
...story concerns John McGraw; the occasion was a tight ball game, with the Giants one run behind in the ninth inning and a runner on first. The next batter, Casey Stengel, was ordered to bunt so as to sacrifice the runner into a position to tie the score. Stengel tried to bunt one and fouled . . . The next pitch . . . looked so good he took a full swing at it, knocked it over the fence, and won the ball game. Imagine the injured feelings of Stengel (the hero of the battle), when upon rounding third base, he heard Manager McGraw angrily bellow...
Novelty numbers will feature the singing. They include "Casey Jones," the "Old Harvard Medley," and the Harvard Hymn to open the program. G. Wallace Woodworth '24, professor of Music, will direct the glee club as usual...
...general invitation, "Stop me if you've heard it." But Ireland's Liam O'Flaherty, author of that fine old favorite, The Informer (which a lot of people think was written by Victor McLaglen), takes up the theme as if no O'Faolain, O'Casey or O'Flaherty had ever played a variation on it before-and in two ticks he has the frayed old harp twanging away as rich as the day it was strung...
Crime Photographer (alternate Thurs. 10:30 p.m., CBS-TV), after an eight-year stretch as a radio cops & robbers show, moves to television without leaving a single clue or cliche behind. News Photographer Casey, as played by Richard Carlyle, wears his hat on the back of his head, is a devil with the ladies, and is only halted in his headlong pursuit of justice by a hush-voiced announcer breathing: "Don't be half-safe, use Arrid...