Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-14
ABOUT CY YOUNG.


There Il at least "9a story ia CON
nect tion with cy Young's break into
cL~t company that has never be u told.
says baseball writer.
ilr originally camr from "A lttlr
town III TuS, Ar;tWaS county. o.. where
ne chopped logs and gained the strength
which later made him famous and
permitted the throwing If tn" cannon
like balls. which hc @trrts aero S tn.
plate. FOR. AZ IL tnrwn. ~ 4 pends
more upon speed than curves.
~ tn" solicitation mi :,al Iends
ho consented tn pitch = faw ganr"s in :.
h"rl" team ana did :" Well that hc at
tratttd tho attention az tIc man Ger Of
the Canton Club in the mi state
League H. was signed ana III ca or
the payroll. That was in the early
nineties on the team ut tn time
were Jack Doyle. now captain aud
fiIsi haseman Of lhr Cnicdgo \. tional
League team. ana ~ t,y Mile. tight
ficIdcr for the TolcdoS.
iio remained with tho Cantor. dur
ing that year and pant of the next.
when the mana geInent. weary ~ con
stantly losing money. gave Up III"
II llt Allst I!t itlt u Iitl W us lltl 't
several Of the players We're sllI and
among Them Young. VINO went t. the
Cleveland league for $500. This was
in the palmy days of the old Clevc-
lands. when Patsy Tcbeau was cap
tain.
Selr.al d.E~ before he was to- pitch
5is first game in fast company Young
strolled into town. carrying Il car
p-tsack filed with clothes and feel
ing uf h0mesickness. He reported at
the grounds daily FOR practice and did
50 we'll that Tebeau and thinner. the
catcher. encouraged him. On the
afternoon that he was scheduled to
make his debut Young could not b."
found. either at the ball grounds or the
hotel. Two Of the Canton manage
ment. Thomas Turner. Esq. now a
prominent attorney and always
baseball enthusiast. and Cash Mi Ter.
a manufa cturcr. We're both in Cleve-
land Ia rec, i've the promised $500 ana
cheer their old pitcher on To victory.
In his disappointment and despera
tion Tebeau hunted them up.
Where is Young" he demanded. n
cannot find him anywhere. II he does
not report ! will let him so and YOU
Will not get your money"
The Cantonians started out ami
finally learned that Young was at the
Union depot with carpetsack packed
ready to leave the city. They caught
him just before Il" train pulled out.
Come back here. ~. This won't
~. What's the natter" they asked.
Its no use. boys. ! can't do H.
They'll knock me out Of the box. ald
NJ Ccing home"
by threats ana cXppStulations they
landed him in a hack and under hurry
up orders the driver rushed back to
the grounds. In a jiny he had been
put into a suit. and as he went out to
the box thinner whispered in his car:
Never mind the curves. lust throw
them as hard as you can
Instructions We're followed to the
letter and Cleveland won the game.
but after it vas over thinner said
that he had never had such an after
noon in all his life. His hands needed
tn attention Of a surgeon.
Turner ana Miller got their $500
ana Young was added as "A regular
member of the pitching staff. For more
than ten years ne has been among the
star pitchers of the country, but if he
hadn't been caught at the depot the
baseball world would perhaps never
have heard of Young and he might
still be splitting rails in Tuscarawas
county.