Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-14
GREATEST GAME EVER PITCHED
cV VouNo's FEAT REmARKABLE
M TIE HISTORY or BAsE SAIL.
PITCHED ONLY i35 BALLS

W. ~" '"' Niaiii'NA TOT INunlnki thfoW
INK. fielding. batting. etc. but Cy
Young the veteran rail splitter pitch
or for the Boston Americans. cham
pions OF the world. figured ln a record
brcak,1g performance Thursday. NAY
2. AZ Boston when he faced Connie
hacka strong aggregation ~ Phna
dolphia BAN players aud shut tho An.
lctica out without a ne. without run.
and without a single runner rcachine
first base Score 3 90 o.
Cy famed out eight mon ana did
not issue a single pass 20 first base.
nor hit q player and he Is now the
possoasor uf an cnviablo record N the
history OF base ban
Young performed the remarkablo
I feat of shutting out tho hard.hittinr
| philadelphia tcam without a hit or "a
run or "a base ON balls Twontyaavon
I men walked to tho plate. each with
I hiH mind bent on reaching first ETA.
uor. Each player had three chances
ana They walked back to the bench m
order
in tho ias, inning of the samo the
/ three hatterH went Co the rubber amid
| doathllko silence Monte Cross was
| tanned hy Cy schrcckcngost was
holdod out AZ first by Parent Tho
/ only Ruhe Waddoll was the last bat
/ ter ic drove a long ny 90 center field
and the crowd laid back as Chick Rtahl
went after the bail When ho nailed u
the 10000 fans present gave Young
! the ovation OF hts life
Tho veteran was nt his very best
having good speed good curves and
perfect control. tie was novoF fore.
Cd TO shorten his preliminary swing.
aa thoro were mo- runners on the bases
tu watch
The claim 10 made that this feat
was accomplished Ia 1880 by John
Montgomery Ward. pitching for Prov
idcnco against Buffalo. aud Ice Rich
mond pitching Cor Worcester
against Cleveland Youngs work
was done under different and more
difficult conditions There we're no
restrictions on the pitchers IN 1850
They ran about the box and iet the
ball 30 from a distance OF f0rtyflyo
feet Now tho pitchers are practical
/ ~ tied 20 the pitchers slab sixty feet
awuy
Sine. lha. time about every new
rulc made has booI framed 20 ham.
per The pitchers. until now great per.
iurmancca are the result of hcadwork
and phenomenal skin
let us see what Youns actually Old
in numoraly
d reads like ono OF those pamcs
hat fans dream about
Tho score showed that tRontyso,.
On men went TO bat for toe Athletes.
and that tho game Was won IN eighty
three minutes. This means that OLD
Cy used only nino and wothirds min.
utod 90 end each inning or say nvo
for bis ond--thc Bostons' end 81 IT,
with three men 20 dispose OF
J Good bali'
WOll'
Now, Il ID took fye minutes 10 put
out three men. an that Cy gave each
batter TO DO business in was one and
twothlrda minutes
Think OF ~ One hundred socnnd.
90 leave your seat. walk 20 the home
plate. pick up your bat, spi, on your
hands. tell the assembled multitude
what you were going 20 Do with Cy
and thon got yours.
Pretty good ninginI
Let's sect Twenty seven mon az
bat There must be something de-.
Ink barring foula-in Blx pitched
balls 20 each man-hattsr haa 20
strike out or hit the hall or yea hit
himself Yesg
Not Tor Cy n you viii got out
your pencil and figure q bic you will
+ find that Cy pitched 1856 balls On en-
or shout five balls 20 each batter that
faced him. And that there mast have
boon whole inninFa in that maFveious
, game in Boston Thursday who's che
/ ball never touched the Eround-jusi
iourneyed from o. 10 the catcher
from bat TO fielder and thence N hrst
base
Wonderful
u will 90 ringing down 10 base
bali ages a. no gamo the present gen
b eration OF fans ever clapped their Gel
escapes on and O. YounR T.
b the y0ungoatold twirier OF base
b ball that ever moamerized the senses
. % twenty seven pieeyod gal0ois Who
, thought they were hitting az some
; thing
, Maybe Cy didn't pitch a ball afer
that Maybe ho just made motions
People 10 Philadelphia are making ail
. sorts u charges regarding that gnme
ollie Mack IN a letter 20 q. A. Maj
son, who books attractions Tor the
/. Eiks opera house. says that he will
. bo in the southwest noxt January with
X q musIcal company and desires 90 play
q Around tho Town" 10 Albuquerque
January o. Ollie MackH "A Night on
broadway" which appeared Oh the
boards here last winter. was veil re
b colyod and n tho coming company b.
b half as good az Il, a guarantee can be-
made that the patronage will be- sat.
} iRiactory Mr. Mack speaks very high
! ly OF the Around the Town" com.
. pany
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