Baseball's first superstar : the lost life story of Christy Mathewson
Gaff, Alan D.
Paper Book
If there was a first face of baseball, it was arguably Christopher "Christy" Mathewson. At the opening of the twentieth century, baseball was considered an undignified game played by ruffians for gamblers' benefit. Mathewson changed all that. When he signed with the Giants in 1900, his contract...