The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-01-05
By GEORGE L. noRELAND.

~ oEoR1E II. HohELAND.
How i Diseovered N~cy- Young.
Back in the spring of Isss was
manager Of the Canton. Ohio. base
ball club. then a member OF the Ohio
League.
On the team were such players as
Virtue. who afterward played first
for Cleveland: Delaney. who went to
the same club the following year after
Virtue; Jack Doyle. who turned out
to be one OF the grandest catchers
In the game.
had ordered the boys TO report 10
Canton in April to start training. and
We were getting into condition when
the manager of a small town team
came up to see me REGARDING taking
the Canton team down TO play his
club.
Had Long Hike.
After arranging for the amount we
were TO get and the day We were to
play. the manager left. and We
thought no more OF the contest until
we arrived at the town It was
Paoli. Ohio. a small place near New
Philadelphia, Ohio.
When we got of the train we dis
covered that the grounds were about
two miles from that point. We were
looking around for something to take
Us out when a rube came UP and
asked one Of the boys IL we were the
baseball team that was going to play
there that day. After being assured
that we were, he said jump in and /
will take you out to the grounds.
Jump in what? / asked him Hay
wagon was the answer. and sure
enough IL was a hay wagon.
When We arrived at the hotel CD
that question mark goes-we dressed.
after getting lunch, and started for
the grounds. We soon discovered
what we were up against An orchard
covered the best part Of the field
New Receiving Wrinkle.
The diamond. heaven help Us. Sec
ono base was about ten feet higher
than home plate. When looked
around / discovered a hole about two
feet deep behind the plate.
What's that for? / asked Are you
going to fill up that hole?
No. Our catcher uses that TO stand
in.
Well. our catcher is not going to
stand in it, I replied
Well. let him stand behind II then.
1t won't hurt him
Thus we started with a diamond like
that
AS we had to 60 20 bat we soon dis
covered what the hole was for The
local catcher just stood in II. and let
the fast ones that Young was shoot
ing at the halter. hit the catching
protector, and then all he had to DO
was pick il up. And believe me he
had to pick up many of them for
that big rube famed 10 of our players.
A Young Phenom.
I saw at a glance that he was a
! find. and began to feel out the folks
as to Whist he had ever done. There
is his father over there, you can talk
to him
Oven I went to where the old gent
was sitting and ] found out all /
wanted about Cy.
asked his father how much his son
got
Ten dollars and found
That was a new one on me. and /
had TO ask him what the found" was.
That's his board and lodging.
I asked him IL cy was getting 80
per week in addition to his board
Land-sakes, no sir. he gets SO per
month.
It's a shame to ask a big boy like
that TO work for that amount ] shot
at him Why we will pay him four
times that amount
You couldn't afford it. could you?
go n Month.
Why certainly we can. Why some ~
our players are getting twice that
amount We had at that time sew
eral players who were getting $50.
I asked the elder Young II he knew
any one in the bank in Canton. and he
informed me he had a nephew that
was cashier at the Harter Bank.
Good. said /. that gentleman is