Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1918 — REMINDS YOUNG OF OLD DAYS [ARTICLE]

REMINDS YOUNG OF OLD DAYS

Only Pitcher Who Ever Won 500 Games Comments on Playing of Wood and Ruth. “It reminds me of the old days when, we pitchers used to have to play the outfield when not working in the box,” remarked Cy Young, the only pitcher who ever won 500 games, as he sqt In the press box at Cleveland and watched Joe Wood playing left field for Cleveland and Babe Ruth the same garden for Boston. .

The news that Nick Altrock was pitching for Washington was broken to him and caused him to declare that if his arm were a little stronger he would come back and try to pitch again himself. “A lot of new faces down there,” he mused. “Not many In the game that were in the American league when I quit. I guess Joe Wood and Speaker are about the only ones in the game X used to know, those two and Terry Turner, Jack Graney and Heine Wagner.”’