New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09
Record of twenty-five Years on
Diamond a Target for the
Best to Shoot At.
HAD FIVE N0-HIT GAMES
Remarkable Career of Ohio
Boy Not Likely To Be
Equalled for Many
Seasons TO Come.

sncu cot called Gilmore. IL has a popu-
Iatjcu Of about one hundred and sixteen
living souls and perhaps twice that num-
hsr of dead ones To-day Gilmore Ohio.
mas tsker lie place I'm line with other
famous sfots on tie face OF old mother
earth. because born within its portals
forty-Gvc years ago was 4 child. and al
ter the christening ceremony was over
,he child was cloaked with the impress
i've name OF Denton Tecumseh Young
4 name in itself; no matter who wore it,
i would attract more OF less attention.
Bi, the owner in this case WAS destined
n make il famous beyond all expectation.
And by and through the baseball route
did Denton Tocumseh Young. better
known by the name Of ICY" Young, make
4 name for himself in the national game
trait will live as Ions a baseball is
Waved Not just as bah player alone.
but as a man. real man. a man in mind
and body-else how could he have made
the glorious record. extending through
qualification necessary for an athlete 10
asst all these years pitching ball in the
highest company of the national game.
and each and every year adding new
lsurels to an already glorious wreath?
We have no records in the annals OF
aseban where any pitcher ever APP
preached Young record for continuous
and successful service in major leagues.
outside Of his start with the Canton club,
of the Ohio State League, in 1870, and he
hooked up with Cleveland in August, 1890
cyrus p. put in every year in the biz
leagues.
4 magnificent heritage was bestowed on
Young by nature in the way OF a power
ful and healthy body and ii might he
aided. hcalthful mind. Living his boy
mood days Oh farm and reared among
the ields and brooks ne grew up free
from the evils that sap the strength OF
mind and body Of many youths. His days
were spent at good, husky labor and IN
healthful exercise. When mere Toy ne
discovered that he had wonderful power
in his right arm 10 throw things and 10
hurl them with a deadly accuracy.
II was in 1888. in Red Cloud. Neb.'
where "Cy' first attracted attention az a
hall player fllins different positions in the
amateur team that represented the Sioux
trading post town. lilo finally decided 10
become a pitcher. and was such success
that he received several hattertnc offers.
lie accepted the offer made by the can
ton ohio club. of the Tri-State League
and with that club in 1890 his FIRST real
on August 8, 1880. he made his first APP
pearance in the National League. The
box score reads: Young Cleveland's new
col. pitcher was given trial, and on mis-
debut was very successful indeed An
sons men made but three scattering
singles off him. In the early part OF the
game he struck out FIVE men. after mat
taking il easy, depending more on his
feeders" lie won the game by score
Of 10 ]. So il will he seen that ICY
vas foxy from the very jump. always
aayine that arm and never extending
himself only when The occasion re-
CURED it,
This accounts for Young lack Of
breaking into the sensational in his ear
l.er years. Barring 1892 his work up I'M
III 1901 would be just effective enough TO
win. for as a general rule he was hit
freely, but always kept the hits well
scattered From 1901 Young pitched many
sensational games. In fact, he hurled
much better ball the last ten years Of
nj. career than his frst twelve, when
based on effectiveness regarding hits,
strikeouts and shutouts
The most remarkable feature about
"Cy's' work as pitcher is he seemed 70
get more effective as the years rolled by
He was never considered a stiikeout
pitcher About 1901 he changed his deliv-
cry. using a curve ball more, and for sew
erai seasons he made records whiting
batters. In 1905 he famed lss men In 30
games. almost 6 20 game, getting Y on
three different occasions. and in game
against the Boston Nationals in the inter-
city series that fall he caused 10 10 strike
OFT II was wonderful work for a man
Gowding forty at that time.
Young holds the record for pitching nit
less games. having five 20 his credit and
IN 1901 he made a record In this line, On
April % he finished or rather pitched.
seven innings OF a game against cash
mgton. holding them hitcss. and his work
vas perfect, twenty one men going ont In
order
On May Nc pitched HIS famous game
against the Athletics one Of the few per-
ieet games in the annals OF baseball.
Tnis made sixteen. innings where batters
we're retired In order. In two Of his other
no-hit games the only pitching errors t.
mar perfect work was In passing man
N each game.
During his entire career "Cy' Young
pitched some 200 games where he didn't
i'suc q pass, make wild pitch or hit
atter In other words, didn't make
Aichng error i'm 200 games. In twenty
"o seasons. more than $4,000 batsineh
isced the great and only ICY" Young.
ana out Of this great army s,666 base hits
we're made. an average OF STA per game.
AZ even 100 home runs were made. "a
snail number considering the multitude
heayy htters that aspired TO the
honor. Young held the opposition run
'sss In eighty games A peculiar feature
ABOUT his work In this respect was that
"e Tailed to register a shutout game In
Hs FIRST two seasons in professional ball,
e"G not until 1892 did he get his first
shu'out. That season he placed nine to
MS credit. In $50 games he held his OPP
ponents 10 five hits or less.
counting every game he ever pitched
~ parts Of games also exhibition games,
would total about 900. II can be put
"a record that when D. Y. Young failed
reach the lo00th mark. no twirer now
ntehing will ever reach That number. or