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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451351903321

Autore

Robinson Ray

Titolo

Matty [[electronic resource] ] : An American Hero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1994

ISBN

0-19-028244-4

1-280-53496-6

0-19-535777-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

796.357092

Soggetti

Baseball players

Mathewson, Christy

Baseball players - Biography - United States

Social Sciences

Recreation & Sports

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Heroes; 2. Growing Up in Factoryville; 3. "" 'Ray, Bucknell!""; 4. With the Giants; 5. Matty and Little Napoleon; 6. In Matty's Time; 7. The Rise of the Giants; 8. Big Six at His Peak; 9. Joy and Sorrow; 10. A Memorable Year; 11. Death in the Family; 12. On Top Again; 13. Snodgrass Muffs One; 14. A Last Series; 15. Declining Years; 16. ""My Eyes Are Very Misty for Christy""; 17. A Sentimental Duel; 18. America Enters the War; 19. Captain Matty; 20. Back with the Giants; 21. At Saranac Lake; 22. In Boston's Front Office; 23. The Last Days; 24. The Matty Legend

25. After Matty Was GoneIndex

Sommario/riassunto

When all-time pitching great Christy Mathewson died of tuberculosis in 1925 at the age of 45, it touched off a wave of national mourning that remains without precedent for an American athlete. The World Series was underway, and the game the day after Mathewson's death took on the trappings of a state funeral: officials slowly lowered the flag to half-mast, each ballplayer wore a black armband, and fans joined



together in a chorus of ""Nearer My God to Thee."" Newspaper editorials recalled Mathewson's glorious career with the New York Giants, but also emphasized his unstinting good sportsmanshi