Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-02
'Cy Young" Decides to Retire From Base
 ball After Making a Remarkable Career
Veteran Has Record of More Than 300 Victories in Twenty Two Sea-
 sons of Pitching
HAS WORKED IN A
 THOUSAND GAMES
By W. ]. M'6ETH

NAeSh Aecuhsen fOlng has pas sed from basebalrs activities.
 The grand old man of the game aIter twenty-three years in harness has decided to capitulate to the in -eVltable. The grip of time has man acled an arm of iron that for almost quarter of a century proved the greatest stumbling block ever thrown anto the middle of a diamond.
 Cy Young passes out of the ma. tlonal pastime, but his name will live as long as the great summer sport fiourishes.
 This honored veteran, who has pass, ed the forty-eighth milestone of flies Journey decided recently that he had outlived his days of major; league use tulness. He notified t7la Boston Ma ruonals that it was impossible for him to round in to winning form. A sore arnf which afflicteT him this spring for the first time in his bril- liant career, failed 10 respond.
 Rather than besmirch the most won erful pitching record of; all history, Cy Young decided to retire to his Ohio farm to sTSnd the rest Of his days tilling the soil. No minor league ball could satisfy a spirit that had triumphed for almost twenty-three years in the fastest company.
 There is nothing tragic in the pas. sing of "Cy': He lived, both on and of the field, a life Of which the best might be proud. One of the most unasumming characters that ever graced the diamond, he always set perfect example to both teammates and associates. As a veteran he was always free with good advice 10 the youngsters and many star pitcher of recent years owes much of his sue. cess to the wisdom of the retired star.
 May Never Be Approached
 in point of effectiveness and term oF usefulness it is doubtful if Youngs remarkable record will ever be ap- preached. In the twenty-two seasons of his eXperience-he did not appear in the box this year for the Hub team 5-.Gy Young undoubtedly worked in more than 1000 games. He is official. ,ly credited with S22. of which he won '5O9 and lost 3l3. Two hundred games is very conservative effort for those pastimes in which he helped, without being credited either with victory or defeat, in the twenty-two years of his activities.
 Last June Young made his 1911 debut at Washington, and clnched shis 500th ViEtery.s He vas a mem Der of the Cleveland club at the time, but later in tue gear was uncouditiOu. ally released. Boston picked him up and he celebrated his re-entry into the National league, aftsv an absence of ten years by blanking the hard. hitting Pirates The night tba. Young won his 500th victory @ year ago, Christy Mathewson exclaimed in admiration.
 Young is the greatest pitcher thar ever lived. If only ] can ever last to win five hundred games I'll be will. ing to lie right down after the battle and die happy
 George Moreland, then manager of Canton in the O. and F. league, dis. covered 'Cy" in 1890 Young pitch. ed against his club and showed a To. of class.
 That boy of yours should be play ing bail" said George to the elder Young after the game He ought 10 be getting $50 a month" This intor nation almost knocked the old man dead. Will you give him that?" he finally managed to ask Denton T was engaged on the spot. That day marked the end of the Tai1-splittng career of the Tuscawaras county youth.
 Grotesque Appearance
 When Young was uniformed he pre- se nted a STotesque appearance for his shirt was much too small for his rellike chest and his collar wouldn't button by an inch and half. The White stocking, led by Captain An SOr, F-F-f ;9 nests ana the laugh l- .- E. .Jud and derisive But ,.HyH oung breezcd home on the chin strap an easy vic. tor there were ten thousand cheers for every previous jeer. He held the hard-hitting Sox to widely scattered hits. had famed three of their best batters in a row, including the .e- doubtable Anson- That game made ,,"Cy' Young. He prlzes it to-sdy- lS- beyond any other performance of 1is life
 "Cy" Young can afford to take his