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Article: From the Ivy League to the big leagues.
- Article from:
- The National Pastime
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
- Author:
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Professional baseball at the turn of the century was hardly a gentleman's game. Fights between players and among fans, and abusive language and behavior toward umpires and base coaches were as much a part of the game as stolen bases. And baseball players, to be sure, were hardly regarded as well-mannered or highly cultured. Because it was an era of such rowdyism, Christy Mathewson is remembered as much for his gentility and intelligence as he is for his 373 pitching victories, so not all professional players were uneducated, boorish, and Philistine. In fact, a good number of big leaguers were high-achieving academics with degrees from the most distinguished and storied ...
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