Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-20
TRIBUTE TO OLD CY YOUNG
Dean Of All the Pitchers is Released
BY the Cleveland Maps.
ONLY MAN TO WIN 500 GAMES
started Hts Career an Nebraska ne
Guide ROck-Has Failed bat
Twice 60 win More Than
Half His Games.


Old CD. Young. the dean Of ali pitchers,
Internationally released by Cleveland dur
ing the week, has passed the sge OF A.
having pitched twenty-five years oonseou-
lively In maior leagues He began his
pitching in Nebraska at Guide Rock Here
is an interesting sketch Of the grand old
man by Henry p. Edwards Of the cleve-
land Plain Dealer;
In releasing Denton Tseumseh tcy)
Young. cleveland parts with the only
pitcher who has ever won 500 games. In
fact, Chrlstv Msthewaon IL the only enc
who has ever won over $50 games and HE
wsnlns. In Tact While base bali VIII 80 on
TO the end of time, 4 is doubtful II there
ever will be another cy Young. a man who
can pitch big league hasepsi tor twen "
and over
In parting with Cy Young the Maps have
also severed connections with one OF the
two pitchers who, in the later day history
OF the game, succeeded In pitching a nine
inning game without allowing a single
member Of the opposing club to resch first
base. And the game In question was
pitched against the Athletics, one OF the
strongest and best batting teams IN ne
country at that tms; IN sddition' CS
In his twenty-five years OF big league
base ball. Young has failed but four times
to win more than half OF his games, And
twice when he failed TO break even he did
succeed in finishing the season with a bet
ter mark than was owned by the Boston
club, of which he was then a memper,
but two bad years as pitcher 1910, when
he won seven and lost ten games and this
year, when his record shows three VIC.
tories and four defeats, Getting rtght
down TO the inside of facts, however, his
1910 record was great deal better then
the figures show. for he was handicapped
by bad catching and very weak team
behind him the first half Ct the season.
When the Maps were strengthened toward
the latter part Of the season and Land and
Smith were added at catchers, Cy was a
This year n, has been handicapped by
illness, which kept him out OF the game
until the middle Of June. Even with hat
late start. which caused him TO have 20
get into condition twice within Few
months. he has won three and lost four
Cy fret nitched for Guide Rock Neb,
but his initial professional experience was
gained at Canton, where he distinguished
himself by banking McKeesport without a
hit which showed that he acquired the
no-hit habit tarly In his career. II was his
work for Canton that caused him to be
the Cleveland National league club. Mr.
Hawley decided to give him trial and
his first Cleveland game was against An
sons Chicago club. Cy won his game 8
to 1, and was a star from then on In
fact, he was Pat Tcbeaus ma,nstay in the
box during the remainder of the National
league CLUBS stay IN CleNelhnu, OF uHtli
1899 He all but pitched into the champion
ship in 1892 and did succeed in capturing
possession Of the Temple cup for one year
as member of the Tebeau outfit,
When the old Sniders were transferred
to St Louis Cy went along. but he never
liked St Louis, claiming the climate did
not agree with him, and when the oppor-
tunity came tn join the American league,
he cast his fortunes in with the Boston
club under Jimmy Collins. With Young
and Dinneen now umpiring, the princi-
pal pitchers. Boston won two pennants.
CY Young's record for twenty-five wears