Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1916 — CY YOUNG’S RECORD NOT ENDANGERED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CY YOUNG’S RECORD NOT ENDANGERED

Cy Young’s sterling pitching record may endure for all time. Only one pitcher in the game today—Christy Mathewson—had a chance to eclipse it. But the sun seems to be setting on. Matty’s major league pitching life—and, wonderful as Is his work, it cannot compare with that of the old war horse. Young survived the terrific padp of 22 campaigns. He quit the game along in 1910 or 1911, and retired trf his farm after having taken part in 819 combats. Of these he won 608, giving him a grand pitching average around .620 for the entire period. / At the end of the 1915 season Mathewson’s record showed that over a stretch of 16 years under the big dlnvas he had worked In 614 games—2os less than Young figured in. To equal Woung’s record in games pitched, Mathewson must remain in the majors at l</st six years longer—a seeming impossibility. Mathewson has won 368 lost 185 of his games. The others did not figure In his won or lost column. Matty’s grand average to date is .665. Even should he by some miracle imnain in the major league spotlight until he has pitched more games than it is beyond the range of probability that he can win 60 per cent of games. And that is just about what thß weakening arm must accomplish to beat the record of loung. When one compares Young’s record with that of Mathewson and the other ereat pitchers of today, there comes the full knowledge of what an amazing twirler was Old Cy—a hurler whose like may never again illuminate and glorify —the baseball W>rld,

Two Sterling Pitchers of National Fame.