The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-14

Tn the southeastern corner of Iuscara- was county, in the State of Ohio, with the aid of a microscope, you will be able to discern the unpretentious town of Peoli
 In spite of the fact that no railroad has wound it's way within the radius or ten miles of this village, in spite or the 1ace that the smoke of no furnace, nor the hum of machinery has marred or disturb ed the inhabitants thereof, in spite or the fact that no skyscraper rears its head into the clouds that hover with rare delight over the peaceful surroundings, the reader is cautioned not to pass the tiny spot without lingering, nor snub the tooth of curiosity that this essay prompts to prick.
 Forty -one years ago, there occurred m this village. Peoli, the birth of lad, des- tined by his deeds of valor to make the name of his place of nativity thrice famed, even as is Mount Vernon in its Washington, or Salem in its William Bryan.
 Denton Tecumseh the Youngs called their son. but the boys named him "Cy, :" and "Cv,, 1t is today on the tongues of tens of thousands.
 
 Yesterday, in the city of Boston, 2OOOo people attended a game of baseball-a ben eft game in honor of "Cy" Young, the veteran of a hundred diamonds, and a star of the first magnitude.
 It is a conservative estimate that no less than $lO,O0O was paid by these 2O,ooo fans to witness the sport, and in so doing, honor the veteran who has done such veoman service for the home of the Beaneaters.
 In addition, Young was presented with cups, trophies of gold, silver, and bronze and with that which more than any other thing. perhaps, cheered his heart-the un- stinted shouts of the populace, the unre- strainable bursts of enthusiasm of the huddled multitude, and the ringing cheers that greeted his every appearance.
 Ten thousand dollars in a lump A for tune in itself!
 Yet, this amount of money in one after noon was dumped gratuitously into the lap of a ballplayer, was given without dissenting voice, unaccompanied by a sin gle ache of the proud purse. or qualm of the poverty stricken.
 "Cy" Young has been pitching on pro- fessional diamonds for years upon years It Is told In story that he saw the hills about Boston begin their growth from the fiattened earth. No gigantic oak of the forest has. sprung from its mother shoot unnoted by the aged "Cy." And vet, in spite of his venerable years, in spite of the grating of the muscles of the arm when he heaves the sphere across the platter, the iron man of the diamond Is still able to measure shoulder to shoulder with the young giants of prowess unsur- passed, with the modern Hercules or sinews of steel assisted by the cunning and science of these later years.
 In the life of Denton Tecumseh Young one Is presented with a psychological problem of immeasurable depths.
 Consider. if you will, that Peoli, Q. is virgin to the tread of the locomotive. that 1t Is a village of a few hundred inhabi- tants. none of whom, 1t is possible, has ever known the sight of a great city. Consider, if you will, that Peoli is so small that the merry widow hat is still an unfathomable mystery, and news of the directiore gown has never penetrated.
 "Cy" was born there; in that untamed section grew to manhood.
 Then, how Tn the name of the great horn spoon did he master the art of twirl- ing to such a degree of excellence that