Casey Stengel Portrait
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph of Casey Stengel from the stomach up. Stengel is wearing a New York Mets home uniform jersey and holding a New York Yankees cap. He is looking up at the photographer and is combing his hair. There is a caption on the photograph that reads as follows: "Cincinnati, Ohio, June 16 --- Chief of Old-Timers --- Casey Stengel, the Ole Professor of baseball, prepared himself before the game Saturday between a team made up of the 1953 All-Stars and the 1953 Reds at Riverfront Stadium. Stengel was here to manage a team made up of such players as Stan Musial, Johnny Mize, Del Rice, Mickey Vernon, Pee Wee Reese, and Carl Erskine. The 1953 All-Stars won the abbreviated game 6-0. (APWirePhoto) (blt 71725 stf.blt) 1973" Information on the slide reads, "1973"