Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-19
cY YouNG,s RECORD.
TwirIed g Seasons in Big Leasue
 Company.

the southeast corner or the county is
 a speck or small dot called Gilmore. :. It has a population of about 116 1iv- ing souls and perhaps twice that num- Der of dead ones. Today Gilmore. O.. has taken it's place in line with other
 famous spots the face of old xfoth- CT earth because born within it's
 portals 45 years ago was . child. and after the christening ceremony waS I over the child cloaked with the im- I pressive name of Denton Tecumseh | Young A name in itself; no matter 1 who wore it, 1t would attract more or I less attention. But the owner in this | case was destined to make 1t famous beyond all expectation.
 l And by and through the baseball l route did Denton Tecumseh Young l better known by the name of 'sCy's ikYoung, make name for himself in the national game that will live as long as baseball is played Not just as 8 ball player alone, but as 8 man,
 a real man, man in mind and body l else how could he have made the glori-
 ous record, extending through 23 years,
 if he hadn't every qualification neces-
 Sary for an athlete, to last all these
 years pitching ball in the highest cou-
 pany of the national game. and each
 and every year adding new laurels to
 an already glorious wreath?
 We have no records in the annals Of
 baseball where any pitcher ever ap- 1 preached Young's record for continu-
 
 leagues. Outside of his start with the i Canton club of the Ohio State league. 1 in 1890, and he hooked up with Cleve- land in August; 1890; Cyrus D. put in It was in 1889. in Red Cloud, Neb., l where "'Cy'' first attracted attention
 as a ball player, filling different posi- tions in the amateur team that repre-
 sented the Sioux trading post town. He finally decided to become pitch
 CT, and was such a success that he received several f1attering offers. He accepted the, offer made by the Canton (Ohio) club, of the Tri-State league, and with that club in 1890. his first real tryout came.
 On August 6, 1890, he made his first appearance in the National league.
 The papers said: Young, Cleye- lands new colt pitcher, was given . trial, and on his debut was very suc- cessful indeed Anson,s men made but three scattering singIes off him. In the cary part of the game he struck out five men. after that taking it easy, depending more on his delders.'' He So it will be seen that "Cy'' vas foxy from the very jump, always saving that arm and never extending R1msef
 only when the occasion required iE
 This accounts for Young's lack of breaking into the sensational in his earlier years. Barring 1892, his work up until 1901 would be just effective enough to win, for as general rule l1S WAS IlI IIeGlN. Dut AlWdyS Kept the hits well scattered. From 1901 Young pitched many sensational games. In fact, he hurled much better ball the last 10 years of his career then his l first 12, when based on effectiveness l regarding hits, strikeouts and shut ] outs.
 The most remarkable feature about 1 ACy's'' work as pitcher is he seemed 1 to get more effective as the years l rolled by. He was never considered a strikecut pitcher. About 1904 he char ed h1s delivery, using a curve bal ball !. more, and for. se1fraI seasons he he famed 1S9 men inI B games, al most six to a game, getting 12 on 1 three different oeeasions, and in gan3.e against the Boston Nationals in D to strike cat. It's was wonderful work for a-lnan croWding 40 at that ime
 Ycune holds the record for pitching litless games. having five to his cred |, and in 1904 he made a record in his line. On April 30 he finished or ! athef pitched, seven innings of a 6 anne against Washington, holding hem hitless, and his work was per- ect 21 men going out in order.
 On May he pitched his famous anne against the Athletics, one of the CIV perfect games in the annals of aseball. This made 16 innings where atters were retired in order In two K i hls ether no-hit games the only itchlng errors to mar perfect work B Fas in passing a man in each game. k
 During his entire career t'Cy'' Young itcled some 20e games where he Idfl issue q rass, or make a wild E itch or hit a batter; in other words idn't make a pitching error in 200 ames. In P seasons, more than 4,D0Q batsn1en faced the great and E nly "Cy' Young. and out of this great flny 6,66S base hits were made, a3l verage Of S. If per game. An even 100 E oHle IG5s were made, . small number E onsfCaring the multitude of heavy E filters that aspired to the honor E soung held the opposition runless in k 0 games. A peculiar feature about E is work in this respect was that he E ailed to register q ehatout game in his k rst two seasons in professional ball. nd not until 1892 did he get his first E hUtout. That season he placed nine K 9 his credit. In iS0 games he held k is opponents to five hits CT less: Counting every game he ever pitched T parts of garras. also exhibition anes, it would total about 800. It can an be put on record that when D. T. oung failed to reach the 1000th yer reach that number or even ap- roach it. So Denton Tecumseh Young an settle back in his old a$e feeling erfectly satisfied that he has hung p and established one lasting record nat will never be broken. and will Eand for all time. No one deserves lis honor and all honors the game m bestow more than the Grand Old < Ian" of our national game. B fAHMEp,c 1oTL NEaD sC pI hNED