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Autore: | Robinson Ray |
Titolo: | Matty [[electronic resource] ] : An American Hero |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina: | 796.357092 |
Soggetto topico: | Baseball players |
Mathewson, Christy | |
Baseball players - Biography - United States | |
Social Sciences | |
Recreation & Sports | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Matty |
ISBN: | 0-19-028244-4 |
1-280-53496-6 | |
0-19-535777-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451351903321 |
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