Welcome to Factoryville, Pennsylvania

Christy Mathewson Days
were held August 7-8, 2009

Eddie Frierson as Christy speaks to the crowd at Christy Mathewson Park 2008. New pictures will be posted soon...

One Mile Race Starts with lots of eager young runners!

Top Finishers For Christy Mathewson 2009

Overall Male	Time	Overall Female	Time
Rob Ahrens	20:32	Vicki McGrew	23:32




Youth Male	Time	Youth Female	Time
Jacob Ross	30:03:00	Grace Wetzel	44:31:00


Masters Male	Time	Masters Female	Time
Mark Ross	23:56	Linda Ross	27:33:00


Senior Male	Time	Senior Female	Time
Frank Rainey	24:59:00	Nancy Harmon	32:28:00

	One Mile Winners
	Male	Time	Female	Time
1	Connor Burdick	7:13	Natalie Whitney	8:56
2	Powell D'Angelo	7:19	Allison Strauch	10:10
3	Charlie Strickland	7:36	Anna Kane	10:10

	Full List of Results


	Name	Time
1	Rob Ahrens	20:32
2	Jeff Bachak	21:09
3	Conrad Goeringer	21:21
4	Gary Dennis	21:31
5	Sean Burke	21:56
6	John Evangelist	21:59
7	Nick Miller	22:01
8	Frank Spear	22:07
9	Kenny Burdick	22:20
10	Charles Gundrum	22:57
11	Luke Miller	23:07
12	Tim Nowakowski	23:25
13	Vicki McGrew	23:32	*
14	Justin Clark	23:46
15	Mark Ross	23:56
16	Richard Salemme	23:57
17	Peter Lengel	23:57
18	Mark Dorish	24:00:00
19	Samantha Snead	24:12:00	*
20	Arthur Jordan	24:37:00
21	Dan Toye	24:38:00
22	Frank Rainey	24:46:00
23	Jason Engle	24:49:00
24	Frank Rainey	24:59:00
25	John Palmieri	25:16:00
26	Steve Himka	25:24:00
27	Matt Voda	25:43:00
28	Chris Strein	25:44:00
29	Roland Gensel	25:54:00
30	Max Furek	26:29:00
31	Bill Lawrence	26:43:00
32	Ed Hoffman	26:53:00
33	Colin Dwyer	27:09:00
34	Zach Wetzel	27:11:00
35	Issac Barbolish	27:13:00
36	Maggie Dwyer	27:14:00	*
37	Linda Ross	27:33:00	*
38	Katy Martin	27:45:00	*
39	Keith Rapisardi	27:47:00
40	Gary Schemel	27:48:00
41	Ryan Gower	27:49:00
42	John Monchak	27:57:00
43	Nick Leonard	27:58:00
44	Kiernan Doiugherty	28:01:00	*
45	Irene Cobb	28:03:00	*
46	Ned Clarke	28:06:00
47	Dawn Strickland	28:07:00	*
48	Frank Grogan	28:12:00
49	Art Golembeski	28:18:00
	Name	Time
50	Taylor Ross	28:24:00	*
51	Richard Modafferi	28:28:00
52	Corey Burns	28:34:00
53	Sherry Dougherty	28:39:00	*
54	Mark Dickson	28:43:00
55	James Staffaroni	28:47:00
56	Frank Schuster	28:49:00
57	Dan Wells	28:57:00
58	Bill Fontanella	29:01:00
59	Eddie Ware	29:06:00

60	George Joseph	29:08:00
61	Danielle Carpenter	29:16:00	*
62	Robert Hunter	29:18:00
63	Scott Gower	29:18:00
64	Matttew Elliott	29:33:00
65	Sandra Tritt	29:39:00	*
66	Andrew Tritt	29:39:00
67	Nick Burruano	29:45:00
68	Kathleen Rogers	29:46:00
69	Scott Leet	29:47:00
70	Dan Naylor	29:54:00
71	Jack Hart	29:54:00
72	Dave Gower Jr	30:00:00
73	Melanie Call	30:02:00
74	Jacob Ross	30:03:00
75	Jerry Lynott	30:04:00
76	Stan Kardish	30:05:00
77	Theresa Rennekamp	30:05:00	*
78	Steve Hill	30:07:00
79	Peter Murrazi	30:10:00
80	Thomas Meagher	30:15:00
81	Josh Stankowski	30:23:00
82	Sandra Stauffer	30:25:00	*
83	Tristin Miracle	30:37:00	*
84	Mark Giblin	30:50:00
85	John Voda	30:52:00
86	Michele Jordan	30:57:00	*
87	Devon McIntyre	30:58:00
88	Patricia Bourgeois	30:59:00	*
89	Paul Turi	31:19:00
90	Nadine Matechak	31:24:00	*
91	Bridget White	31:25:00	*
92	Tom Dickson	31:27:00
93	Becky Evans	31:27:00	*
94	Michael Lavelle	31:42:00
95	Luanne Fisk	32:01:00	*
96	Rebecca Wick	32:06:00	*
97	Martin Reynolds	32:17:00
98	Thomas Holmes	32:22:00
99	Audrey Josephite	32:24:00	*
100	Nancy Harmon	32:28:00	*
	Name	Time
101	Mary Justis	32:29:00	*
102	Joe Gluck	32:31:00
103	Joe Naughton	32:37:00
104	Jacob Martin	32:37:00
105	Alexa Rzucidlo	32:38:00	*
106	Kristin Yarmey-Tylutki	32:46:00	*
107	Phil Connor	32:55:00
108	John Naegli	32:56:00
109	Barbara Kent	32:58:00	*
110	Phyllis Wells	33:06:00	*
111	Tim Dickson	33:18:00
112	Ethan Ross	33:27:00
113	John Zukauskas	33:49:00
114	Tom Hamlin	33:53:00
115	Judy Comerford	34:04:00	*
116	Angela Rapisardi	34:09:00	*
117	Gena Lengel	34:10:00	*
118	Seth Hendershot	34:25:00
119	Jerry Pitkus	34:33:00
120	Michele Gill	34:33:00	*
121	Jim Soya	34:41:00
122	Denise Maleski	34:47:00	*
123	William Surridge	34:49:00
124	Charles Rogers	35:01:00
125	Michael Perkovich	35:04:00
126	Tom Kilcullen	35:15:00
127	Ashley Kelley	35:16:00	*
128	Nicole Macedonio	35:30:00	*
129	Karen Andrews	35:40:00	*
130	Christopher Rogers	35:41:00
131	Molly Jordan	35:43:00	*
132	Tina Hoehn	35:44:00	*
133	Vic Milani	35:44:00
134	Bertye Dietrick	36:53:00	*
135	Rich Hause	36:53:00
136	Kristin Cupillari	38:08:00	*
137	Marc Andresen	38:11:00
138	Dee Eldridge	38:39:00	*
139	Carol Chaykosky	38:39:00	*
140	Doug Engle	38:56:00
141	Kim Hawk	39:28:00	*
142	Paul Maleski	39:47:00
143	Beth O'Malley	40:02:00	*
144	David Gower	40:12:00
145	Dawn Devita	40:23:00	*
146	Clarissa Eggleston	41:08:00	*
147	Bethany Leonard	41:14:00	*
148	Chris Atkinson	41:47:00
149	Joann Atkinson	42:04:00	*
150	Sandra Eggert	42:08:00	*
151	Jim Marsh	42:47:00
152	Doreen Klinkel	42:50:00	*
153	Liz Marsili	43:15:00	*
154	Lori Janiski	43:41:00	*

155	Anne Deremer	43:42:00	*
156	Janine Strauch	44:12:00	*
157	Meghan Leonard	44:27:00	*
158	Grace Wetzel	44:31:00	*
	Name	Time
159	Darwin Thomas	48:37:00
160	Matthew McLaughlin	48:42:00
161	Kristen Small	49:49:00	*
162	Debbie Butler	50:55:00	*
163	Theresa Schirg	50:56:00	*
164	Lauryn Maleski	54:27:00	*
165	Andrea Rivera-Brogan	54:58:00	*
166	Jill Wetzel	54:58:00	*
167	Bre Reynolds	57:22:00
168	George Martin	57:41:00
169	Curt Bogart	57:46:00
170	Jessica West	58:43:00	*
171	Barbara Jamison	1:01:01	*
172	Greta VonAhrens	1:01:11	*
173	Mike Kreidler	1:01:12
174	Colleen Carter	1:05:19

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Friday, August 7, 2009, Keystone College , La Plume, PA

Noon – Christy Mathewson Collection opened for the day in Gambal Gymnasium Lobby.

Friday, August 7, 2009, PNC Field, Moosic, PA

Factoryville Night at the Scranton Wilkes Barre Yankees - Factoryville and Keystone College attended a ball game to see our local Yankees versus the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs!

7:00 p.m. –Keystone College and Factoryville celebrated an evening with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees at PNC Field.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

7 a.m. - Keystone College Gambal Center, Christy Mathewson Collection opened for the day

8 a.m. - One mile fun run for kids, then at 8:30 a.m. was the start of the Big 6K run/walk

9 a.m. – Awards presented to race winners

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Free breakfast was offered for the run/walk and parade participants, courtesy of
Keystone College

11 a.m. – Parade Started at Keystone College and proceeded down College Avenue and ended at Christy Mathewson Park, Factoryville

CHRISTY MATHEWSON PARK , FACTORYVILLE

Noon -- Post-Parade Ceremony at Christy Mathewson Park, Factoryville:
~Remarks and presentation of parade trophies.
~U-8 Soccer All-Star game.
~Gin's grilled a variety of delicious food.
~Childrens fair was held in the Basketball complex.
~Battle of the bands competition.
~Vendors, raffles, and other Activities held throughout the afternoon.

This year we had a wonderful Battle of the Bands!

1st place went to Captain John and the Explorers

2nd place went to Limits Lie

3rd place went to Consume Your Fellow Man

Featured Band was Awkward Silence!

Thanks to all the Bands that participatied The Apollos and Casmir Funk....

Big thanks go out to Justin Shaw and Tyler Spickerman for organizing the event!

Christy Mathewson Days

The Factoryville Women's Civic League organizes the Big 6K run/walk every Christy Mathewson Day to raise funds for our scholarships and other charitable activities throughout the year.

Eddie Frierson as "Christy", College Avenue, Factoryville

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT FACTORYVILLE'S CHRISTY

Birth name: Christopher Mathewson
Nicknames: Big Six, Matty

Birth date: August 12, 1880
Birth place: Factoryville, Pennsylvania
Death date: October 7, 1925
Death place: Saranac Lake, New York

Height: 6'1 1/2"
Weight: 195 lbs.

Position: Pitcher
Threw: Right
Athletic teams: New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds

He was the most dominant pitcher during the first two decades of the 1900's.
His 373 career wins is third on the all-time list.
He had a career winning percentage of .665 which is sixth best of all time.
His career ERA was 2.13, which is fifth best of all time.
During his 17 year career, he led the league in ERA five times.
He pitched a record three shutouts in six days against the Philadelphia Athletics, leading the Giants to win the 1905 World Series.
From 1907 to 1911, his ERA was under a 2.00.
In 15 full seasons of pitching, his ERA was above 3.00 only once.
He led the league in wins four times, in strikeouts five times, and in shutouts four times.
He won 20 games 13 times and 30 games 4 times.
He won at least 20 games for 12 consecutive years (1903-1914).
He is third on the all-time list for shutouts with 80.
His best season was in 1908 when he led the league in wins (37), ERAs (1.43), games pitched (56), games started (44), complete games (34), innings pitched (390.2), strikeouts (259), and shutouts (12).
Christy Mathewson had the most wins in Giant franchise history - 372 with 83 shutouts and over 2500 strikeouts.
A man of high moral convictions and a great right arm, Mathewson was a posthumous member of the original Baseball Hall of Fame class of 1936.

BIOGRAPHY

Christy Mathewson was a college man, with a range of interests, who mowed down opposing hitters in his spare time. While at Bucknell University, Mathewson sang in the glee club, belonged to a literary society, played football and served as a model of clean living. On top of these achievements, Mathewson also wrote a series of children's books. In a time when baseball was known for hard-living, hard-drinking baseball players, there was Christy Mathewson to prove that there was another way for athletes to live. He was the role model after whom every parent wanted their children to shape their lives.

On the mound, Mathewson was a fierce competitor who became arguably the most dominating pitcher of all time. During his illustrious 17-year career, he led the league in wins four times, won five strikeout titles, won 30 or more games four times, pitched four shutouts and ten complete games in World Series competition, and won 373 games in his career.

In 1936, he joined Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson as the first class of baseball Hall of Famers.

Information obtained from: http://www.christymathewson.com/cmcare.html

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