Outstanding ALS twice-signed “Cy,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, March 18, 1943. Letter to Roy E. Moore. In full (spelling and grammar retained): “Your letter no. 2 came today and I just finished up looking for some clippings before I read your letter. So I will enclose a few will also send you a few papers for good measure. This will help out sos you can write some kind of a story. My Canton game of 1890 are not in the clipping in case you care to ad it I will give it on a separate page. How are all the folks John Bieden, Earl and yous give them my best, I am feeling fine had fine winter am sure good for my age. Sorry I did not see you last fall.” Second page is the “separate page” Young refers to, in which he describes the start of his career: “In 1890 joined Canton Tri State league. Pitched 26 full games finished 10 up till the 4th of July. Pitched 17 for Cleveland the same year. On the 26th of June pitched my last game in Canton, Canton vs. McKeesport. Shut them out no hits, no runs, struck out 18 batters in all I was in till I was in 53 games the 1st year out. You can use this if you like.” Pages mounted side-by-side by the corners to a larger board and framed to an overall size of 18 x 12. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases and toning, small dings and tears to the edges, rusty paperclip marks to upper left of both sheets, some paper loss to upper right corner of first page, and binding holes to left border. In 1890, Denton T. Young joined Canton club of the Ohio Tri-State League, and, after an impressive performance, left later that summer for the Cleveland Spiders with a new moniker—“Cy.” He later explained, ‘I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards off the grandstand with my fast ball. One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone,' but finally shortened it to 'Cy,' and it's been that ever since.’ A superb letter with fantastic historical baseball content from the winningest pitcher of all-time. RRAuction COA.
