14 • The Beacon June 23 , 2022
Cy Young Days Festival welcomes John Denny
By Teri Stein
John Denny , who won the Cy Young Award in 1983 when he was playing for the Philadelphia Phillies , will be the guest of honor at the annual Cy Young Days Festival June 24-26 .
The festival honors Cy Young and the game of baseball . It also promotes the youth and the village of Newcomerstown through family-oriented activities .
The group hopes to have different food vendors and new games at this year ’ s festival . Also at the festival will be a dunk tank that benefits the local high school softball team and another fundraiser that benefits the golf team . Blow-ups will be available for the younger children , and there will be a variety of other activities available .
“ We want people to have something to do when they get here ,” said Ed Gibson , president of the Cy Young Days Festival committee . “ Friday night we have a cornhole tournament . We ’ ve been doing that for a few years now . We try to do different things to bring in different people because some people like cornhole ; some people don ’ t . Some like to watch the bands ; other ones don ’ t . And some people like to go to car shows .”
The speed pitching machine proved to be so popular last year the committee purchased the game , and it will return this year . Also returning to the festival this year is the pet show , which will be held on Sunday at 3 p . m . on the Canal Street stage .
Gibson is looking forward to the old timer ’ s baseball games on Sunday .
“ They play in the 1860s style . There will be four teams . We ’ ll have our team and three other teams come in from different parts of Ohio that actually play quite often . Those guys dress in old uniforms like they did back in the 1860s , and they are a lot of fun to watch ,” Gibson said .
This will be the second year the tournament
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John Denny , who won the Cy Young Award in 1983 when he was playing for the Philadelphia Phillies , will be the guest of honor at the annual Cy Young Days Festival .
will be named after the late Ron Porcher .
“ Ron had been part of our festival for years before he passed away ,” Gibson said . “ We were deeply involved with the youth baseball program for years together , and then he got involved with the festival when I did . He ’ s sorely missed . He did a lot .”
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