Authors: Frank Deford
in World War I,
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â5,
215
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writings,
129
â30
Mathewson, Gilbert,
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Mathewson, Jane Stoughton,
71
,
82
,
92
,
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,
105
,
196
almost trampled by mob,
145
â46
beginning of relationship with Mathewson,
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Christy Jr. and,
89
,
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,
170
,
173
â74,
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concerns about Mathewson's health,
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death,
224
on Mathewson,
215
Mathewson's death and,
219
,
220
,
223
â24
on Mathewson's presidency,
217
McGraw on,
119
McGraw's concern for,
71
purchased shares of Giants,
60
road trip to Cincinnati,
196
wedding,
64
Mathewson, Minerva Capell (“Nervy”),
62
,
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â78,
130
â31
Matson, Joe,
128
â29
McAleer, Jimmy,
126
McBride, Harry T.,
146
McCormack, John,
100
McCormick, Moose,
140
McGeehan, W. O.,
221
McGillicuddy, Cornelius (Connie Mack),
110
,
118
,
165
,
167
,
168
.
See also
Philadelphia Athletics
brought Athletics back to preeminence,
212
Freedman and,
46
as ideal managerial model,
43
McGraw as managerial rival of,
20
Philadelphia franchise taken over by,
43
photograph of,
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McGinnity, Joe “Iron Man,”
88
,
119
,
120
as coach,
141
Frank Chance and,
146
McGraw and,
57
as number-two Giant pitcher,
69
photograph of,
55
replaced by Marquard,
161
McGraw, Anna,
73
McGraw, Blanche Sindall,
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after McGraw's death,
223
â24
background and life history,
92
biography of McGraw,
224
Chase and,
206
in Cuba,
170
â72
death,
224
family of origin,
92
Jane Mathewson and,
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â66,
82
,
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,
224
Jane Mathewson's first meeting with,
65
living in New York,
60
â61,
64
,
66
and Mathewson's death,
220
McGraw's courtship with,
92
â94
McGraw's first meeting with,
92
McGraw's marriage to,
94
McGraw's relations with,
71
,
94
â95,
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,
153
,
196
,
213
,
215
in Paris,
211
road trip to Cincinnati,
196
traveling with McGraw,
71
McGraw, Ellen Comerford,
74
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McGraw, John, Sr.,
73
â74
McGraw, John Joseph (“Muggsy”/“Johnny”),
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.
See also specific topics
aggressive behavior,
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86
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See also
umpires
alcohol consumption,
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,
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,
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“baby tactics,”
109
background and life history,
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â82,
86
in Baltimore,
39
â54
with Baltimore Orioles,
21
â32,
42
,
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,
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baseball skills and performance,
27
batting averages,
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,
21
,
45
,
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,
85
birth,
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captivated by baseball,
74
characterizations of,
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,
66
,
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,
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,
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childhood,
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remembered after,
221
â24
on the demands of baseball,
82
depression over leaving baseball,
211
â13
ejected from game for having conniption fit,
8
â9
finances,
94
fires Robinson,
191
first marriage and daughter,
73
George Bernard Shaw on,
211
as Giants' manager
first game,
57
first managerial triumph,
24
health problems,
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,
85
,
210
â11,
213
horse racing and,
23
last baseball game seen by,
214
marriage to Minnie Doyle,
86
â88
Mathewson contrasted with,
1
â2,
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,
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,
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Mathewson's discussion of baseball with,
66
â67
Mathewson's first encounter with,
1
,
3
,
8
â9,
51
Mathewsons living with,
66
Mathewson's relations with,
57
,
72
,
126
â28,
132
media and,
57
â58
memoirs,
24
Merkle Boner,
142
money loaned to Oriole franchise,
54
as most famous athlete in America,
7
other sports and games played by,
171
â72
overview,
2
â3
personal losses,
88
,
89
,
211
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personality,
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,
85
â86,
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94
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107
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photographs of,
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physical description,
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â6,
21
as pitcher,
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reaction to third defeat at World Series,
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religiosity,
93
rumors of suicide of,
190
in St. Louis,
43
start of big league career,
21
tips on technique given to Mathewson,
67
took over the club,
56
tour of Europe,
83
tricks,
27
â29
trip around the world,
173
â74
umpires and,
28
,
87
,
89
,
109
,
168
â69,
192
women and,
61
McGraw, Minnie Doyle,
86
â88,
92
,
94
death,
87
â88
McGrawism,
110
McGreevey, Nuf Ced,
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â80
McGunnigle, Bill,
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McKinley, William,
47
McRae, Manager,
129
use of players' first and last names,
58
,
59
Memorial Gateway to Mathewson,
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Mencken, H. L.,
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Mendez, José,
170
â71
Mercer, Steve,
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Merkle, Fred,
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,
147
â49,
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at 1912 World Series,
183
â87
embarrassing mistake,
141
â43
photograph of,
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Meusel, Irish,
159
Meyers, “Chief,”
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,
163
,
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,
184
â85,
187
Mill City,
78
muckerism,
36
Muggsy Ball,
103
â4
Murphy, Charles F.,
207
National Collegiate Athletic Association,
35
batting averages,
40
peace pact between American League and,
107
playing rules,
105
New England League,
38
New York.
See also specific topics
public transportation in,
104
of the Roaring Twenties,
95
â98
Sunday baseball in,
62
with two teams,
42
World Series in.
See
World Series, of 1905
New York Athletic Club,
148
New York Giants.
See also specific topics
alternative names for,
4
,
56
,
57
,
103
early victories,
9
New York's attitude about,
105
other cities' animosity toward,
107
purchased by Freedman,
17
termination in 1957,
222
New York Herald
,
15
New York-Pennsylvania minor league,
76
New York Times
,
14
franchise,
63
vs.
Giants in World Series,
114
newspapers.
See
media
nicknames,
134
â35.
See also under specific individuals
Norfolk,
10
Odiva (“Goldfish Lady”),
173
officiating,
47
Oldring, Rube,
167
Orange Athletic Club,
59
Oriole franchise,
54
Orioles
Brooklyn ownership,
42
games played against,
27
Keeler in,
25
â27
names for,
42
removed from National League,
41
â42
O'Rourke, “Voiceless Jim,”
20
parade, baseball,
125
Pastor, Tony,
30
Patten, Gilbert,
34
â36
Pershing, General,
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Pfiester, Jack “the Giant Killer,”
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,
140
,
147
Giants' road trip to,
71
World Series in,
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