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1. Matty as an officer playing checkers with "the boys". - It is said that checkers was "The Christian Gentleman's" only vice. Christy Mathewson was an accomplished checkers player, once having defeated Newell Banks, world champion checkers player from 1917-22 and 1933-34? I AM CURRENTLY IN COOPERSTOWN AND JUST SAW SOME OF CHRISTY'S PERSONALLY OWNED CHECKERS DISPLAYED. PRETTY DARN COOL... 1918 TYPE 1 PHOTO ![]() COOPERSTOWN TODAY: ![]() ![]() 2. CHRISTY IN FULL UNIFORM BEING SENT HOME WITH CHEMICALLY INDUCED SICKNESS. -In 1918, Mathewson enlisted in the United States Army for World War I. He served overseas as a Captain in the newly formed Chemical Service along with Ty Cobb. While in France, during a training exercise he was accidentally gassed and consequently developed tuberculosis which ultimately killed him prematurely. 1919 TYPE 1 PHOTO ![]() ![]()
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[I]"When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls." ~Ted Grant Www.weingartensvintage.com https://www.facebook.com/WeingartensVintage http://www.psacard.com/Articles/Arti...ben-weingarten ALWAYS BUYING BABE RUTH RED SOX TYPE 1 PHOTOGRAPHS--->To add to my collection Last edited by Forever Young; 08-10-2010 at 06:49 PM. |
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