The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
"Cy" Young Began Career
 Quarter Century Ago Today

This day marks an anniversary of peculiar intrest to the baseball fans, for it was just quarter of a century Eago today that Denton Tecumseh. eung. afterward known sto fame as FsOld Cy,'s pitched his first big league game. Young passed out of the na- tionaI pastirne and retired to his Ohio farm in 1911. leaving behind him a record for durab bility- that no other twirler is ever likely to equal Christy. Mathewson, venerabIe veteran that he Is, has long way to go if he succeeds fins sticking in the big show as long. as the immortal "O1d Cy.s' When ' oung entered the big lea que. the twir1ing stars were Lady Bald win, Bobby Caruthers. Dave F,outz,. i WeIeh, Charlie Budnton and Tim Ksefe. most of whom have long since; passed from the memory Of the fans At a. later period of Young career his rivals for twirling honors included Joe. Corbett Charlie Nichols. Billy Rhines. Jack Sttvetts. Sever Leever. Theodore Breitensten, Tom Loyett. Jouett Nee kin, Amos Rusie and others of note ssCy' survived them all and was still 1 out there putting them over in great style when. the pitching honorsp assed l to Christy MatheWson, Walter John son, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Joe Wood and other stars of the present.
 It was on the third day of August l1S90. that oung pitched his first big league game for the Cleveland Ma tfonals, letting Chicago down with three hits During his long career he one of them not a player reached first tbase- His last appearance in the role of a no-hit hero was in 1908, with the New York Americans as his victims.
 sCy'' made his professional debut with Canton. O.. in 1890. and in Aug 1o6 fn he Ieyn nd
 then in the National League. He l played with Cleveland until 1899, when he spent two seasons with the St Louis. Nationals In 1901z he pitched with the Red Sox until 1909, when he was sold to the Cleveland Americans. In 1911 he went back to the National League, with the Boston l Braves. but his. arm refused longer I service, and he quit while the quitting
 was good. He did not quit until he had hung up total of 5o7s victories, lasc ompared with s21 defeats suffered
 in his major league career.
 George Moreland, famous as a
 baseball authority. discovered "Cy.'
 Moreland was manager of the Canton hclub of the Ohio and Pennsylvan mia League in 1890, and, after seeing Y oung, then a farm boy, in action, he offered him a job at $3o a month
 .Ctys snapped at the chance, and Elaters in the season was given 8 joh lby Cleveland.
 Cap Anson's Chicago club; the fla | nous Old White Stockings, were the lguests of Cleveland when ''Cy'' made
 his debut. The ungainly farm boy
 excited cheers of derision when he
 went into the box His grotesque ap- lpearance was accentuated by the fact that the shirt supplied him was muck I too small. The laughter. died dowr |when Young began to work. tCy' didn't suffer in the least from stage fright, and he put in his best Hcks 1T
 his endeavor to show up the "cit5
 feIlers.'' He struck out Cap, AnsoI land several of the hardest hitters od ! the White Stockings. Chicago got Eonly three hits off his delivery an6 ] these were widely scattered Youns
 was never in trouble and he breezec
 home an easy victor over the re
 doubtable Cap Anson's club
 In his younger days on the diamond E Young, like many of the other play
 ers wore a cute little mustache, bu in later years he discarded that facia
 establishment. He always took tht best of care of himself, especially O
 that great right arm of his. Early il Ihis career he drank little. but latel he cut it out. His winters were spen in hard work on his farm. and to tfa lhe attributed his good condition.
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