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Old 05-29-2013, 09:30 PM
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Five or six years ago the wife and I made an antique run from that area up to New Hampshire while on a trip. Antique stores are so much better up North IMO. Found a shop outside of Dartmouth that had Exhibits priced at 25 cents in a post card bin. Good luck.
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It's funny that this thread appeared on the board now. I was going to wait a few weeks, then start a thread asking if anyone was going to Christy Mathewson Days in mid August in his hometown of Factoryville, Pa. The town of Factoryville, Pa., celebrates with a two-day festival on the weekend closest to Mathewson's August 12 birthday every year.

I am planning to make my first visit to Christy Mathewson Days this year. The local Keystone College, which was a prep school when Matty attended, always brings out an amazing display of Matty artifacts every year for the celebration. Sadly, the collection was the victim of a theft about a decade ago of Matty's 1905 Giants jersey as well as several Matty contracts. The items were stolen from behind their glass case after the college closed for the evening, and have apparently never resurfaced.

I know from reading other information about Christy Mathewson Days that Eddie Frierson often attends and gives a performance of his one man play "An Evening With Christy Mathewson." Last year, there was also a book signing with author Robert Gaines ("The Three Mathewsons"). In addition, a card and memorabilia expert on hand last year was willing to give appraisals of attendees' Christy Mathewson items. Lots of shiny stuff, I imagine.

Here is a site that talks about Christy Mathewson days and shows the super cool sign in town of Matty.

http://www.endlessmountains.org/even...Mathewson_Days

The Factoryville, Pa., town website that talks more about Christy Mathewson Days.

http://factoryville.org/community/ch...mathewson-days

Cool video of Factoryville, Pa., during Christy Mathewson Days. Check it out; definitely worth looking at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9CppMoD1g

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Here is an article detailing the 1905 Mathewson jersey and two signed Mathewson contracts that were stolen from Keystone College during Christy Mathewson Days in 1999. AFAIK, the jersey and the contracts have never been found.

http://www.matty.org/mathewson_items_stolen.htm

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Thanks for the info! I'll most likely be home by then, but I'd love to attend the Christy Mathewson Days!


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It's funny that this thread appeared on the board now. I was going to wait a few weeks, then start a thread asking if anyone was going to Christy Mathewson Days in mid August in his hometown of Factoryville, Pa. The town of Factoryville, Pa., celebrates with a two-day festival on the weekend closest to Mathewson's August 12 birthday every year.

I am planning to make my first visit to Christy Mathewson Days this year. The local Keystone College, which was a prep school when Matty attended, always brings out an amazing display of Matty artifacts every year for the celebration. Sadly, the collection was the victim of a theft about a decade ago of Matty's 1905 Giants jersey as well as several Matty contracts. The items were stolen from behind their glass case after the college closed for the evening, and have apparently never resurfaced.

I know from reading other information about Christy Mathewson Days that Eddie Frierson often attends and gives a performance of his one man play "An Evening With Christy Mathewson." Last year, there was also a book signing with author Robert Gaines ("The Three Mathewsons"). In addition, a card and memorabilia expert on hand last year was willing to give appraisals of attendees' Christy Mathewson items. Lots of shiny stuff, I imagine.

Here is a site that talks about Christy Mathewson days and shows the super cool sign in town of Matty.

http://www.endlessmountains.org/even...Mathewson_Days

The Factoryville, Pa., town website that talks more about Christy Mathewson Days.

http://factoryville.org/community/ch...mathewson-days

Cool video of Factoryville, Pa., during Christy Mathewson Days. Check it out; definitely worth looking at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9CppMoD1g
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Hi all...I'm only about 10-15 minutes outside of (financially strapped) Scranton! The Scranton area is very rich with baseball history. My great uncle (Paul Foytack) grew up in Scranton and went on to pitch for the Tigers and Angels. I don't live very far from where Hughie Jennings is buried. 'Big' Ed Walsh was from Pittston, PA, which is only about 10 minutes from Scranton, as well.

All in all, Scranton has a great baseball history!

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In relation to the Matty thread, I found myself traveling through Lewisburg, PA last summer and stopped at Bucknell. There is a rather large gate in front of the football field that bears Matty's name. The gate has a large plaque honoring Matty.

I believe that the gate was constructed in hopes of luring the LLWS to the area, but that obviously didn't pan out. So there now stands a gate that sits in front of the school and really doesn't lead anywhere. I still thought it was very interesting, and was glad that I stopped.

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In relation to the Matty thread, I found myself traveling through Lewisburg, PA last summer and stopped at Bucknell. There is a rather large gate in front of the football field that bears Matty's name. The gate has a large plaque honoring Matty.

I believe that the gate was constructed in hopes of luring the LLWS to the area, but that obviously didn't pan out. So there now stands a gate that sits in front of the school and really doesn't lead anywhere. I still thought it was very interesting, and was glad that I stopped.

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Matty played football, baseball and basketball at Bucknell and is also buried in Lewisburg Cemetery adjacent to the University.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...e=gr&GRid=1577

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Thanks for the info! I'll most likely be home by then, but I'd love to attend the Christy Mathewson Days!


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This will be my first time attending, and I am really looking forward to it. I have passed the roadside sign many times touting Factoryville as the birthplace of Christy Mathewson, but I never realized what a big celebration the town has every August until I started doing some reading online. I am about two hours from Factoryville, Pa., but I plan on going Friday night to check out the display of Mathewson artifacts at Keystone College and to see Eddie Frierson's one-man play about Mathewson.
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