Death and legacy Christy Mathewson

mathewson s private cure cottage in saranac lake



mathewson s gravesite @ lewisburg cemetery in lewisburg, pennsylvania

after contracting tuberculosis effects of chemical gas, mathewson moved frigid climate of saranac lake, new york in adirondack mountains sought treatment edward livingston trudeau @ renowned adirondack cottage sanitarium. died in saranac lake, new york, of tuberculosis on october 7, 1925. mathewson buried @ lewisburg cemetery in lewisburg, pennsylvania, adjacent bucknell university. members of pittsburgh pirates , washington senators wore black armbands during 1925 world series. mathewson had died on day series began, october 7. according ken burns documentary series, baseball, of mathewson s last words wife: jane, want go outside , have cry. don t make long one; can t helped.

christy mathewson day celebrated holiday in hometown of factoryville, pennsylvania, on saturday closest birthday.
christy mathewson day , factoryville, pennsylvania, subjects of documentary, christy mathewson day
bucknell s football stadium named christy mathewson–memorial stadium .
the baseball field @ keystone college named christy mathewson field.
christy mathewson park in factoryville home community s little league field, basketball courts , other athletic facilities, public gardens, walking trails , picnic pavilion.
the former whittenton ballfield in taunton, massachusetts, named in memory of christy mathewson, played taunton team in new england baseball league before joined new york giants.
mathewson mentioned in poem line-up yesterday ogden nash.
jazz pianist dave frishberg, composer of several baseball-themed songs, wrote 1 called matty mathewson.
mathewson central character in eric rolfe greenberg s historical novel celebrant, chronicles turn-of-the-century american life weaving mathewson s story life of immigrant jewish family in new york. in 2002, book selected 1 of top 100 sports books of time sports illustrated.




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^ greenberg, eric rolfe (1983). celebrant: novel. lincoln: university of nebraska press. isbn 978-0-8032-7037-4.  |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ mcentegart, pete. top 100 sports books of time . si.com. sports illustrated. retrieved 4 july 2017.