Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Christy Mathewson
Born: August 12, 1880
Died: October 7, 1925 (aged 45)
Bio: Christopher "Christy" Mathewson, nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "The Gentleman's Hurler" was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants.
Known for:
- Won in the ninth (1910)
- Pitcher Pollock (1914)
- Second base Sloan (1917)
- Catcher Craig (1915)
- The Battle of Base-Ball (1912)