The Washington herald., 1907-08-05

"Cy' Cummings. Of Chevy Chase,
farmer, coach Of the George Washington
/ baseball team, former star Of the grid
iron and amateur diamond, and general
ali around athlete and good fellow, has
been nominated by the Democrats OF
Montgomery County, Md. as their candi-
date for the house OF delegates.
The announcement yesterday that An
drew ]. Cummings was among the sue
/ cessful candidates in the Montgomery
( County primaries conveyed little to many
who have long known Big Cy'' through
his association with athletics in the Dis
/ trict of Columbia, Andrew j. being his
/ baptismal name while "Cy' was selected
/ by his early contemporaries in baseball,
owing to his resemblance to Cy Young
/ Of Boston, then in the zenith Of his fame.
As "Cy'' he Is known not only in Wash
ington and Maryland, but throughout the
4 South
GiHntesque, but GOOd-natured.
I "Cy' is s feet 81 inches in height and
weighs 24O pounds. Therefore, as an ad-
versary in an athletic contest he was not
to be lightly regarded. as was demon
strated during his career as guard Of the
Columbian football team Of 1883, and Of
Georgetown in 1900.
Good-natured as he is big. however
"Cy" did not take advantage Of his
/ strength to show up" his opponent,
though on occasions he has intimated
that 1t would not be a wise policy 70
adopt any slugging methods.
This peevishness on his part at the dis
/ play Of rough play by the opposing team
was exhibited in a game in 1898 with the
/ Hampton Athletic Club, Of Hampton. Va
/ The Hampton team. under the coaching
/ OF Broncho' Armstrong. Of Yale. had
/ developed into one OF the fastest aggrega-
/ tions Of football players in the South
ana the former season had played two
games with the University of Virginia
each Of which resulted in a tie
"Cy" in a Memorable Game.
/ The Columbian team. on which "Cy"
was playing guard, arrived in Hampton
| on the morning Of the contest, with ten
players, and several Of them members Of
/ the scrub team. The manager, by COM
municating with William and Mary COL
lege. Of Williamsburg. secured the elev-
enth man, who was given the signals and
instructed 10 do his best In the mean
time the manager. who was personally ac-
/ quainted with the members Of the Hamp-
| ton team, intimated that II would be re-
garded as something Of a favor II they re-
[ Trained from rolling up a big score. as
the Washington boys had a picked-Up
team and were in poor shape. About IS
| TO 0 was conceded 70 be about right by
all, with the exception of a tackle. who
was known as Bad Man" Hull The bad
man, it was said, trained on hard crabs
and cider. and was deserving Of his name
/ He couldn't see the proposition at all
Football said ne. with some degree
/ OF truth, is not game for infants. II
those fellows want 10 switch TO croquet,
/ you can count me out; but If it's foot
/ ball. I'm there, and nothing doing in let
/ ting them down easy"
/ Takes Care of bad Man" Hull.
/ This information was conveyed to the
/ big fellow without apparently alarming
/ him TO a noticeable extent. My good
ness" he exclaimed. "ain't that Bad
/ Man Hull got the mean disposition %
Thereupon he requested the captain,
| Grenvilie Lewis. that he be permitted to
/ play tackle against Hull, and it was so
/ ordered. The referees whistle blew. the
/ game was on. and in a few minutes it
/ developed that instead Of Overwhelming
/ the Washington boys. the Hampton team
was 10 have its hands fun 20 prevent a
I defeat. Cy was engaged with the bad
man. and il was noticed that he was
surviving the onslaught with apparent
/ ease, and was not averse, when the ref
/ cree was not looking. to taking a punch
himself
/ The half ended with neither side scor-
/ Ing, and Immediately Hull betoOk himself
I TO the manager Of the Columbians. WHO
i is that big guy playing against me?" he
| inquired. with anger and evident sur
/ prise.
His name is Cummings. 'Cy' Cum
mings, replied the manager. Why this
| INTEREST,""
ooh, nothin'." replied the bad man;
/ only he's been slugging me all through
this half, and am getting weary Of IT,
You had better put him wise before the
/ next half, because I would hate TO hit
him and put him out OF the game"
THAT sure would be a shame, as we
would have TO finish the game with ten
men," said the manager. But he seems
TO be holding his own. so I reckon ! Will
have to let it go at that"
"Cy" Still Likes the Sport.
The game ended with the score 0 to Q,
"Cy'' repeating his tactics Of the first
half, though he said after the game that
Hull was the hardest man he ever played
against. A mutual respect and admira-
ton was conceived by each. and after
the contest, during which all sorts of
slugging methods were resorted 70, they
shook hands and agreed upon friendship.
"Cy" is no longer as active as he was
in athletic circles. though ne still enjoys
a game of football or baseball, either as
a participant or witness. Since entering
politics he has taken a more serious view
Of the affairs of life. In the late cam
paign he acquired considerable prestige
as a speaker, the number of votes he
received testifying to his personal popu-
iarity.
Though Montgomery County is normally
a Democratic stronghold, and a Demo-
cratic nomination usually assures success
at the polls, 'Cy" has announced his in
tention of making a vigorous campaign
Fo- in,