The Second of the Christy Mathewson Series -- November 8, 2014

Moving Picture World, 07-November-1914

Christy Mathewson was one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. He won three games for the New York Giants in the 1905 World Series. He was widely considered the best human being in baseball. He served in the army during the First World War and was exposed to gas during a training exercise and developed tuberculosis. This led to his early death at the age of 45. He was a member of the first class of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1914, Mathewson signed with Universal to do a series of movies.

This article mentions that the first movie, "Love and Baseball," was a big hit, and that the second movie, "The Umpire" is coming.