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OCTOBER 8, 1925. 'Christy . Mathewson, “Big Six’*Base -. ', j *1 ,u mi,. _Saranac Lake, N. Y., Oct. 7. Christy Mathewson, “Big’; Six” of baseball, and prfcefit and part owner of the Boston BraVefc,*died here at 11 o’clock tonight. Death,' accord-irity to his physician, Dr. Ed^rard N. Packard, was due to tubdrculouSpneumonia. , ■Until several days ago,' Mathewson war in excellent condition, hfa friends here were told, and, his death was unexpected.Mrs. Mathewson, who has,.boon ft constant attendances af ^nc, be Isjdeof her huSbfjpd eyer s'^ncc ,he w«f‘ forced' to give pp .aitiv^ participation in the affairs of the Boston Club, w8 with her husband .wheh. b,et.d*®d. Hirson, Christy Mathewrfoiir;.(|J^., is acollege. .. |Christy Mathewson, id 1 of the n'AM tion’s baseball fandom, over a spblvof more than two decades, andtlof the ‘greatest pitchers the game has ever known, was a symbol of the highest type of American sportsmanship.Running the full gamut of base hall fame, first as a play star, laUfc as a coach and . manager, Mafhewsop left the game to answer a greater caT during the World War; subsequently fought and won a battle for his life, threatened by after - effects of bis service, and then capped the .climax: of his diamond career by returnin as part owner and president of a ma jor league club.But after all the remarkabl achievements' of JVlathcwson’s /career;a’e recounted, the greatest tribute ojiill will be paid to his wonderful pitgh ing skill. For. on. the mound he w$ a master craftsman, the most con] summate and brilliant . artist of al time, »in the. opinion * of many* of th .game’s1' closest students.*“Big Six/’ — a sobriquet ’contract ed from “Big Six Footer*’ ^ startedbis major leagueIcareer with ’the Nev York Giants in 1900, and it?was A\^f ing his 17 seasons with' that cluf that he carved a lasting niche tpx himself in the* twirling hall of fame!.As hero of the World Series, .as well as of the diamond on which Kb was the first big college star. He dijqd: of tuberculosis and pneumonia, the result of being gassed while a captain in his chemical warfare service Mtx France. The end came while his bodies in the American ■ Legion ‘ weroj holding their annual convention, and; while Walter Johnson, his greatest contemporary, was being hailed as* a hero in the World Series., '
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Statesville Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina, US
Thu, Oct 08, 1925
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