Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-29
I'll CONE BACK,
SAYS CY YOUNG;
DOCT0R|NC ARM
By Denton T. Young.

II AOLI. OHIO. May 29.-I am
not through with baseball
yet, and I hope to round out
my career rs a major Lacquer and
baseball player for all time in Old
Boston.
l know that my statement that
l was withdrawing from the Bos-
ton Nationals and coming back to
my farm has been taken as mean
ing that I have said farewell to
baseball.
But, While it is true that my arm
is sore and weak, still I can not
make myself believe that it has
outlived its usefulness. And I have
hopes that I will Aound to before
long and win enough games for
Boston to land the team in the
first division.
First Time Ever Had Lame Arm.
A sore arm is something decid-
eddy new to the old man" In all
my experience on the diamond l
never was troubled with a sore arm
until this spring. can't recall do
ing anything different than I have
been doing each spring for almost
the past quarter of a century.
If | thought my arm had run it's
race" / would be the first to tell
Manager King I do not want to
take anybody's money under false
pretenses. feel confident that it
is only a cold in my arm which
contracted this spring and it per
sists in hanging on so long that it
has become annoying.
However. l intend to convince
myself as to the truth about my
arm and plan to consult 'Boneset-
ter Reese at Youngstown within a
day or two If he tells me my good
right arm is no more I will wire
Manager King that he need not
look for "Old Cy" to join his team
again, for it would be useless for
me to have my heart in the game
without the necessary strength and
cunning in my arm to follow the
dictates of my heart
In intend to remain at my Paoli
farm and enjoy a sort of vacation
for a couple of weeks. Probably l
ought not to say enjoy" as l want
to be frank when l say I am great
ly concerned about my arm.
OF course, I realize that can't go
and pitch forever
But it was my ambition in life to
pitch for a quarter Of a century.
felt certain that with such a rec
ord in the big leagues no other
twirier would ever equal it.
Don't misunderstood me and
think that 1 just wanted to hang
on" and round out rs years of serv-
ice a major league pitcher Not
me. I hoped to complete a quarter
of century and be as useful to
my team in the twenty fifth year as
l was in my most balmy days.
It would indeed be feat of
which any pitcher could we'll feel
proud to pitch for % years and
then after it was all over turn to
his final year and say, We'll I won
more games than l lost. and now
I am satisfied to retire from the
grand old game.
A Word to Boston Fans"
What has to be. must be-thats
all there is to it. But. boys, it will
be hard on me if 1 have to quit I
have loved the grand old game as
the one big thing in my life. 1t
was dearer to me than everything
else.
Next to my parting with the
sport itself is that I will have to
separate from my thousands upon
thousands of friends and admirers
in Boston and New England
They are the fairest and squar-
est of all the fans" in the coun-
try They have been mighty good
to "Old Cy" in the last decade of
service 1 have seen there with the
American and National league
teams, and l wish I could have
them all here with me on the farm
to tell them how much I.really care
for them and appreciate their many