 The lone highlight of those years came when Giants' attorney Emil Fuchs bought the team in 1923 to bring his longtime friend, pitching great Christy Mathewson, back into the game.Although original plans called for Mathewson to be the principal owner, he had never recovered from tuberculosis that he'd contracted after being gassed during World War I.By the end of the 1923 season, it was obvious Mathewson couldn't continue even in a reduced role, and he would die two year later, with the result that Fuchs was permanently given the presidency.