Show Christy Mathewson Dies Saranac Lake N Y Christy pitchers pit Mathewson one of the greatest pit pit- chers of all time is dead lead in his moun- moun tam tain mountain camp A hero of the World war as well as of the diamond on which he was the first big college star he lied died of tuberculosis and pneumonia the result of being gassed while a captain in the chemical warfare fare ser ser- ser ser- vice service in France The end came while his buddies bud I in the American legion were holding their annual convention I in Omah Omaha and while Walter alter Johnson his greatest contemporary was being hailed as as- the hero in a world series such as Mathewson had been in the past I |