From a 1914 Kansas City Federals team photo	Dan (Rube) Adams Played under the name Casey Identity not confirmed Born: June 19, 1887 Died: October 6, 1964 Goto Baseball Reference for Dan (Rube) Adams p Majors: Yes
	St. Louis Position: p First game: June 12, 1913 Last game: June 26, 1913 # of games: 3	Identified in the St. Louis Star on July 6, 1913 when he reportedly signed with Chicago.

It wasn't until a few weeks after that final appearance that the identity of Casey was revealed in a St. Louis papers. On July 6, the St. Louis Star noted that "Rube Adams, who pitched under the name Casey for the Terriers up to two weeks ago, expects to sign a Chicago contract today, in which event he is likely to be used by Manager Keeley on the mound." (pg. 12). So it seems that "Casey" wasn't Casey at all.

(That same article noted Chicago also signed "Kennefic", who started one game for Chicago, against St. Louis on July 5, 1913, which he lost 3-2. That was St. Louis pitcher Will Kenefick, according to the St. Louis Star on September 21, 1913, pg. 14.)

Did Casey (Adams) pitch for Chicago?

On July 8, 1913, the Chicago Tribune noted "McGuire was charged in reports with the loss of a game at St. Louis when he was sitting on the bench watching Adams twirl" (July 8, 1913, pg.11) McGuire is identified in the box scores as pitching the game between Chicago and St. Louis on July 6, the same day the St. Louis Star noted that Chicago signed Casey. Did Adams in fact pitch that game? The St. Louis papers all indicated that McGuire pitched, but one could imagine that he was scheduled to start, and none of the papers had a reported at the game to verify that.

Daniel "Rube" Adams

"Rube" Adams was Daniel Adams, who pitched for the Kansas City Federal League club in 1914 and 1915. He was 19-8 during the summer of 1910 with a club in Bonne Terre, MO, and in 1911 he signed to pitch with Hyde Park in the St. Louis Trolley League, where he was a teammate of Larry Casey (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 16, 1911). About one month into the season, Adams signed with the Hannibal club and manager Jake Beckley. He spent the next few years in the Central Association, where he was well known as "Babe" Adams, but also "the wild man of Borneo". In 1913, he was playing for Cedar Rapids when he was released on June 9. He resurfaced in July with Ottumwa in the Central Association. (There is no evidence he played with the Chicago club.) That gap corresponds perfectly with the period where Casey played with the Terriers. Ottumwa sold him to St. Joseph in early 1914, and in May of 1914 he jumped to Kansas City, for whom he played in the Federal League.

In addition to playing baseball, Adams played soccer in the local Muny League, playing forwad for the powerful St. Leos club, among others (St. Louis Star, December 24, 1914, pg. 10).

His notice of death in October, 1964, identifies him as Daniel (Rube) Adams, even though it doesn't mention his baseball career.

There were three other 'Caseys' identified pitching in/around St.Louis while researching the identity of Casey.

Just a few days before the June 12 game, Paul Casey pitched the final game of the season for CBC against the team from Concordia Seminary. According to the St. Louis papers, Paul graduated on June 20, so if he had been pitching in Covington on June 19, either he missed his graduation, or he took an overnight train back home. That bumped him out of the running. Paul moved back to his hometown of Potosi MO, lived a long life, and died in the 1960s. There was no mention at any point in the papers of his playing professional baseball.

Then there was Elmer Casey, who received a tryout with the St. Louis Browns in the spring of 1913, but was cut fairly quickly. He later signed with Peoria for the 1913 season to play first base. On June 20, 1913, he told the St. Louis papers that he was a Federal League ballplayer. However, he told the papers that in connection with his involvement in a car accident in St. Louis early on the morning of June 20. There is no way he could get back from Covington that quickly; more likely he was trying to use the name as a way to get out of trouble for the car accident. He was a ball player named Casey, after all. But the car accident took him out of the running.

Finally, there was Larry Casey, a Trolley League pitcher in St. Louis in 1910 and 1911 whom the St. Louis Star and Times called "Worthy of Big League Trial" in a large headline on May 31, 1912. Larry was 24 years old in 1912, and the brother of Pat Casey. It may have been Larry Casey that inspired the use of the name Casey by Dan Adams.

There is no absolute proof that Dan Adams is specifically the player identified as Rube Adams, aka Casey. But his career profile fits many of the Terriers players that season - St. Louis locals from the Trolley League and the minor leagues being given a shot.