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Found A Cool Old Photo Buried In My Closet - Is It Christy Mathewson?

MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,948 ✭✭✭
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I have a trunk with some very old stuff I swore I'd never sell unless I had to...well as some of you know from other posts I've been in a bit of a financial bind for a few years and I'm in the process of taking a good inventory and seeing exactly what I have. This trunk has been kept in the deep dark recesses of my closet lots of stuff piled on top so I am not tempted to get into it very often. A lot of stuff is very old so best left in the dark anyway.

When Lefty O'Doul died his estate was largely sold off and lots of stuff ended up in collector hands. I was lucky enough to grab some incredible stuff, some of which is gone but a lot of which I still have. I came across this photo which was in the stuff I bought...I believe it's Mathewson but not 100% sure. Anyone have some cards or photos of Matty?

The weird thing is it looks like a left handed batter in follow though and baseball-referencel.com says Matty batted right. I don't think it's O'Doul.

The picture is slashed in half but if it is Matty it would probably be worth matting and framing.

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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,630 ✭✭✭✭
    I think he looks a little too heavy to be Matty, but I don't know for certain.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • DerekDDerekD Posts: 388 ✭✭
    Doesn't look like him to me. I have a book of his that has a full page portrait that I'll check when I get home.


    Christy
  • scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭
    I would suggest posting on the Net 54 memorabilia board; the guys there are usually able to answer a question like this pretty quickly if it is a player of note.
  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,948 ✭✭✭
    Good idea. Just did that.
  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭
    Looks a little like John McGraw...

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  • DerekDDerekD Posts: 388 ✭✭
    Here's the portrait of Matty.....


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  • Ladder7Ladder7 Posts: 1,221 ✭
    Matty was a RHB. Also, Doesn't resemble any AL, NL or FL official uni's from 1900-1921. Great image though

    If it helps, this round-knob bat is circa 1910.
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    some cards
  • Tvac897Tvac897 Posts: 1,478
    Google image search his name...
    -Rome is Burning

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  • bhelserbhelser Posts: 667
    It may be Lefty O'doul........it's close

    here is lefty
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