Editing Christy Mathewson (section)

==College career==
He attended college at [[Bucknell University]], where he served as class president and played on the school's [[American football|football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] teams.<ref name="historicbaseball">{{cite web|title=Christy Mathewson|publisher=HistoricBaseball.com|url=http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/m/mathewson_christy.html|access-date=October 28, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515091612/http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/m/mathewson_christy.html|archive-date=May 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mathewson was also a member of the [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] of [[Phi Gamma Delta]].<ref name="famousfijis">{{cite web|title=Christy Mathewson|publisher=Phigam.org|url=http://www.phigam.org/famousFijis.aspx?famid=57&pageid=96|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194847/http://www.phigam.org/famousFijis.aspx?famid=57&pageid=96|archive-date=September 27, 2007|access-date=March 16, 2007}}</ref> His first experience of semi-professional baseball came in 1895, when he was just 14 years old.<ref name="kashatus27">Kashatus, William C. (2002). ''Diamonds in the Coalfields: 21 Remarkable Baseball Players, Managers, and Umpires from Northeast Pennsylvania''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company., p. 27.</ref> The manager of the Factoryville ball club asked Mathewson to pitch in a game with a rival team in Mill City, Pennsylvania.<ref name="kashatus27" /> Mathewson helped his hometown team to a 19–17 victory, but with his batting rather than his pitching.<ref name="kashatus27" /> He continued to play baseball during his years at Bucknell, pitching for minor league teams in [[Honesdale, Pennsylvania|Honesdale]] and [[Meridian, Pennsylvania|Meridian]], Pennsylvania.<ref name="kashatus33">Kashatus, William C. (2002). ''Diamonds in the Coalfields: 21 Remarkable Baseball Players, Managers, and Umpires from Northeast Pennsylvania''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company., p. 33.</ref> Mathewson was selected to the [[Walter Camp]] All-American football team in 1900. He was a [[Drop kick|drop-kicker]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Fred |date=1958-12-22 |title=Little-Known Fact About Matty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-little-known-fact-about/158492745/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |work=Nashville Banner |page=35 |publication-place=Nashville, Tennessee |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>