New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
rh.;r Records of Service
m Mound Bid Fair To
Be Lasting.
~ YEARS FOR ONE
AND 16 FOR OTHER
Wild Bill and His Crippled
Yankees Strike Trail for
the West.
Bv FRANK O'NEuLL.

a usmplcs TO the coming generations
l > yhst the pioneers OF baseball &C
.-,Ished. Shall the name OF a
| y,A,wson ever be heard by baseball
..a,,iast and fail TO call TO mind one
l 40, greatest pitchers that ever troa
=. diamond? Is there fan with soul
;,,d who will not argue the fame
:. sorv Of the mighty Cy Young!
-A.s. master pitchers will stand out
- and shoulders above the others.
a. -, .,ns Of Walter Johnson is secure,
h,, he blond shrapnel has still sew
- ,,.r. 20 work before he can boast
4, N,,hewson's sixteen years OF ser
.. or the twenty-five seasons spent
H. cy Young in the National League
| -, and then in the younger circuit.
-,s mighty Ed Walsh. once the hero
\ .,,bs Chicago White SoN, always Will
-, his fame. and none deserves II
90, richly than he. This list might
/, .y.enLcl TO include the heroes Of
..,,ber decade. who have written their
,,rss with Q clear. bold hand across
=. ,sres Of baseball history, but when
=. sr.l word shall be spoken Matty
| ,,d Young Will stand out.
Young Reigns Supreme.
Tin. was when Matty and his host
= admirers hoped TO equal the won
| ;,-fpl record of Cy Young. but that
i,,sm must now be abandoned, for s
| recent examination by a physician
| ascoyered the fact that couple OF
Y,ttv's ribs were detached from his
,,ine and that his pitching days were
| ever. In his sixteen years OF WORK OF
| \. mound Big Six has won 81 games
| I'D has lost l89. for an average OF .ooS'
| ,,5 this includes his three victories
| ,,s four defeats this season. ,
| In order 70 equal the wonderfu!
,,.ord Of the mighty Young the Old
V,,ter would have to pitch for at least
n. wears more, and would have 20 ap-
,v1imate his work Of 1910, when he
ycu 27 games and lost 9. That, OF
| ,oc-e. is beyond all reason, for iron
ans Of the sort possessed by Young
| A., no, 20 be had, even by the Mathew
| sons
Denton T. Young. which is the real
/ r.r, Of the wonderful veteran OF the
No major leagues. stands forth as the
s.'v nitcher in the history OF major
,,rue baseball who has won more than
| Id hall games. In twelve seasons in
:. National and ten more in the Amer
an Young won sos games and was
eaten in 81, for an average OF $40.
Z. worked in many other contests, re
.sying pitchers, and some Of these do
q, sppear In his record. He achieved
rs.,er success in the National League,
I .v, this is not TO be marvelled at, tor
!, started there, coming up from the
h-rn, a great. big. raw-boned boy wltn
4 curve ball that broke like ram
horn and Q fast ball that zipped Ike
hghtnlng bolt.
|, was nothing for Young to work IN
forty games in a season; as q matter
| Of fact, he took il as a slight on ms
/ sbii,y Il he were not called on every
tire. or four DAYS Between 1891 and
| 1900. in the good old days Of the Ma
honal League, Young never pitched IN
fever than IS games. In the National
League he won 29l games. lost l73, and
lad an average Of .64S. Young's great
a, wear was in 1892, his third season
il the big show. when he won Sc games
i,d lost 10.
Needed Lure OF Gold.
Young came up to the National
League with Cleveland in 1890. lie
remained in the Forest City through
1 he season OF 1898, when he won "a
games and lost II. The following year
B. went 70 ST. Louis and stayed there
ua.il.the great war between the Amerl-
tan and National leagues broke OUT IN
1901. Lured by shower Of gold' as
lgrsd a salary far In excess OF any ne
tad previously received, Young FOL
lowed IN the footsteps of many OF the
eihsr stars Of his day and cast his lot
with the American League. gong 10
iAe Boston Red Sox.
With that great team, which played
under the management OF the only
Jimmy Collins, who has been pro-
bounced BY experts one Of the great
Is, third basemen in all time, Young
ktp. up his wonderful work. He won
81 games and lost 10. and that was
one Of the reasons why Boston nnlsheo
second in the pennant race.
lhe following year he won 81 games
Ihe los, Y and the Sox finished third.
N 1903. however, Boston won the. pen
liant, and defeated the Pittsburgh Pl-
rates IN the first of the modern world 5
senes. IN 1904 the Red Sox again won
Sae American League pennant. but the
TylAnis, champions OF the National
League, refused 20 play the post-sea-
.oh series. So 1t happened that Young
''9s part in only one worlds series.
loung remained with the Red Sox
| cnnl 1908, and then went back TO
.!s'eland, where he got his start eigh-
zen years previous. Cy stayed with
he Indians through 1909 and 1910,
~. he truest Of steel will buckle un-
iIsl suncient strain and his right arm
;S'San 70 lose its power. The follow
I-s year he went back 10 the National
-s@sae, with the Boston Braves. but
\ retired. 81 '''''
~ 90 briefly. the story Of Young's
,ois issDeriul l career is outlined. The
~ o'aek type of the record which
aPPended below will tell in meas
SS Just What this peerless veteran
II riek = s tN a litdSults MS iAAN -
,,S N romantic story Of the diamond
n. BOOK might we'll be written OF
| m. many Interesting sidehghts Of his
H. oumce II 20 say, however, that
'Sme Will never die in baseball.
b,.,u uen m has been written and more has
lon, T aic OF the record of the marvel
hss ns'ty' Yet the story of "Big Six
fo- s0i been fully told, nor will it be
nav iohg time 70 come He never
4 Yog,.a aOpe now 70 equal the record OF
Lpon the diamond vet ne shall endure
,.GbngTer, in the story of the game His
wa. s, oe the kingly fame, though he
,hron.ot klhg, for he rose 10 the heights
skin I'M ms cunning as we'll as through
vbsn ,they can all soar to the heights
the bon ne strength is in the arm and