San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-21
NATTY' BACK
in BASEBALL
AS A MAGNATE
|athewson President Of
Concern That Buys Bos-
ton Nationals.
'INS DISEASE FIGHT
APPARENTLY Conquers Tu-
berculosis- PROMISES
Big Deal Right OFF.

New York, Feb. 21.-Baseball has
5afsytven back one of its most popu-
heroes, the man the back-lot boy
{hulates, Christy Mathewson, who
Twas announced in Boston last night,
burns from his successful battle
fth tuberculosis TO the diamond
lain as president of the Boston Ma
fnal League Baseball Club, which
been purchased by a New York
Indicate.
|"Big Six, thus becomes one of the
|hyers who became business execu-
Res of the first rank, another being
G.. Spaulding. one of the sports
|Brly fathers. More than that, Matty
one of the few toasted men who
Is kept a level head through all
|hudits and reverses to emerge as
Ich an idol when he finished his
|htarnished playing days as at the
yday Of his career.
Mathewson's success as club
lancier and general executive will be
lie source of attention of the nations
llowers of the game who watched
m succeed as a pitcher until he was
|garded as without peer, as man.
Ter who worked wonders with I'M
fvorable material and as a pitchers
bach where his achievements were
| IS spectacular.
Fought for Long Time.
For two years and half the base
| ll-loving public has turned its eyes
ward a cottage on Saranac Lake,
| Y, in the Adirondacks, where
atty fought the onslaught of dis
|se Dispatches from Boston say
Il still is under physicians orders, so
|rhaps the last stronghold of the
|ague has not been reduced by him.
Turning from the success of de-
de and half as player TO take
be reins of the Cincinnati Club,
|hich previously had ben regarded as
\ e nemesis of the biggest managerial
opacity, Mathewson was on the road
established success when he stepped
hide to get into the war. He served
i France as an officer in the intel
|gence service.
His career is full of picturesque
|rns and dramatic cOmbats with the
|val moundsmen of his time. He was
|ns..of the first college men in base
|ill, when a sheepskin on the dia-
| ond was subject of caricature.
The Boston Club was sold by
Gorge Washington Grant to a syndi-
bite headed by Mathewson. Asso-
lated with Mathewson are James
and Emil Fuchs, both
/ New York. The price paid was
lot announced. Mr.. Grant said that
was stipulated in the deal that
Fred Mitchell continue as manager OF
he Braves.
Announced at Dinner.
President Grant announced the
bile of the club Monday night at 4
Inner attended by Mathewsou, Mr..
fuchs and Manager Mitchell. Mr..
.iacDonough. a New York banker, re-
urnPd 10 that city after the COM
Iletion of the deal. Mr.. Fuchs, who
as elected vice president, is for
her Judge and a former deputy attor-
ew general of New York. 1t was
laid that the new owners intended
hat the board of directors should be
Imposed principally Of Boston men.
Mathewson's return to major league
baseball ms president Of the Braves
marks also his return to the scene OF
lis debut in professional baseball.
lie embarked on his career as pitch
n with the Taunton Club of the old
Sew England League.
The deal leaves undisturbed the
of Braves Field by James
}. Gaffney of New York, who was
PRESIDENT of the club when the Braves
Won the worlds championship in
914. Gaffney and Judge Fuchs arc
lose friends. :.
Mr.. Grant said that he got his
,rice to the last penny of his de-
nands," which were known to be
Ugh. .,,.
In discussing the teams possibili-
les, President Mathewson said that