Evening star., 1955-11-07
WIN, LOSE or
DRAW !, ...ue,, SIAM
The Winningest Of All Pitchers

s IN PEoII OHIO, TODAY they laid Cy Young to rest
In less than 10 days followed Clark Grth join
other pitching mmorals Walter Johnson, Grover Ceve
land Alexander and Christy Mathewson valhala Talk
about dream pitching staf try to match that one
sg Grifith 235 games during his lifetime Yet
saH including Young Johnson Alexander and Mathewson
alive Gri would be the first say So The Old was
great little finger but those others were giants Especially
Young.
Tom Meany gifted baseball author tells Of time when
bill Terry managing the Giants took his pitchers to Hot
Springs Ark, to boil out before spring training visit TO
the spa paid by Young then past no. and New York
writer's the turned to Cy for such pearls Of wisdom
rs the od-tmer might drop.
Present but puzzled was tee-aged reporter for local
paper. who finally ysntured question of his own
Rouns aslsd aid SosssysE pltsh n s's major
~ replied. = ron mors hig league games than
cy young won sll games, 2el ii the National League
and s2O 2 the Aerican for record q fabulous that =
than Babe Ruth records Of 90 hoers IN and ia
iOr his lifetime.
WALTER JOHNSON MAY have been the fastest pitcher
Who lived and the a-time srkeout king butt while
so amazingly durable bis well the Big Train placed behind
Cv Young The Ohioan who died At ss not only won more
saes than any other pitcher but he also lost more and
pitched more
Denton True Young IKE Johnson was s6 years old be-
fore he pitched in his rst World Series It also happened
u Be the FIRST World SeresRed Sox versus Pratesand
toes scored with only two days between starts
There almost end 10 ~ Youngs records and feas
There far too to List In this space For instance
what other pitcher ever won ~ games IN season at the
age of 40 Cy did for Boston in 1907 accounting for
than one-third Of this seventh-place clubs wins.
Young pitched three nohitters, including perfect
same In which he set down n Athletics in and In
isOswhen he Al years old Today they call the only
ether triple not pitcher Bob Feler an old man because
he is 81.
Incredbly cy sti was pitching At 4 his arm s strong
That called 1T quits In the majors but
M his may have been premature farewell because IN
hts final effort he still was good enough to battle brilliant
pungster named Alexander ii 10 duel that went against
theveterans
H ITsEEAs MPIAUsIBLE that Young twice was secuted.
6nce third baseman and turned down by big league
ous Cap Anson Of Al people felt ne too wild 70 pitch
HDr Chicago Colts decision which prevented his having
Gy and Griff on the same stan.
But largely aforementioned man named George More
md who then managed Canton recognized the potential
~ the young farmer boy In 1880 and at great
the 6-foot2 2OOpounder Before the
Vas half the Cleveland Spiders as the indians were
called at the time bought him for $3.50 OF course Young
Nad to win ye In Including mo- hitter to warrant
shch an outlay Of cash.
Moreland it was who Just missed becoming the al-time
@ent hunter years later he cotoned TO another
sapping rgtnander and recommended him to pittsburgh.
Cor which club he oing at the time Instead, Washing
ton landed pitcher whose happened to be Walter
Perry Johnson Together Young and Johnson won 925 major
hague games.
ONLY PITCHER who accomplished the Homeric deeds
Young could have escaped frequent reference to the fact
nat when he began the distance from the box To
e plate was only feet instead OF the so feet inches
opted in 1898 and still iii effect cy won games In
@asons as loot pitcher but when the increased dis
nee was put into effect it made little difference to him.
Then he So LII the full seasons following the change
convinced everybody he could win pitchers had TO throw
&om second base
TITS not known whatever became cf the cub reporter
Om Hot Springs who asked Cy Young, back In 1888 IT. he
ser pitched the majors But II he started watching 20
g-league games each that year he finally will have
seen lis many games AS cy non sometime In 1868.
WEEK END FIGHTS
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