Show YOU TEll DAD SAID BRO BROWN WHEN VUN UE ilE BROi E illS HIS fiNGERS Great Pitcher of Chicago Cubs Was PlucKy When a Little Lad I When hren yon you meet Brown Drown the I won wonderful Cub pitcher you naturally look at his ri right ht hand an and 1 wonder how lie pitches so o well Tire Tho first joint of hi- hi little l finger n or is 18 at ri right ht an angles with the tine rest The next er Inns lias no ire bono bone in in 1 f tie line Jl fist first joint and arid his iris middle finger iS is n- n cached fearfully The first fin finger r ism is isa a m slump Such deformities arc not generally subjects to the victim but iut Brown is not riot s Possibly this is true truc because bo he has Iras won his way to Tame fame through h these same mutilated di dig dig- its At an any rate he lie is willing to discuss dis dis- cuss the accident which winch made him him n u national character I I I was a kid of o S j and lived Ji in yule villo me Ind lad Brown said when asked askea to teJ how mow ho Inc lost his fin ringers fingers er lC My brother broth broth- er r u used cd to cut feed for the tho horses borses in a patent box fitted flUell with circular knives mi c One day I was feeding the knives s and amI J my hand slipped in amon among the knives kni ni es j. j finger was chopped to ribbons but the doctor mana managed ed to ew sew e them together though you jou see he didn't nt t do 10 much of a jobE joh job E I carried that hand band around in splints and was wab doin doing fairly well when about five weeks after the accident m my sister sifter arid and I 1 were playing in with a p pet t rabbit We had har it in in a tub partly filled with water an and 1 I was makin making ft it t swim swim- swim Suddenly I lost Jost my may balance and tumbled into tho the tub tuh my right hand haud smashing n against the bottom breaking six bones althou although h I didn't know it itt t then on u Dont Don t tell da dad I 1 warned my mr sister sister sis sis sis- ter tel because I knew hed he'd tan me mc good oo and ami plenty plenty- She Sine promised and we re re- bandaged the tire hand an any old waIt way wa It must have o been painful Yes it was said Brown His Ills cold gray ray eyes regular eyes regular sharpshooter eyes arc are arc twinkled Brown Drown has never shown a yellow streak and it would be bc hard to find that color in a 1 bo boy who wino carried those broken bones arou around d for days nays rather than tha 1 tell his dad l i I played third has base when I was a 1 ki kid continued the boss bos Cub and got ol to bo be n 8 pretty good third baseman I played for Coxville against Brazil a ne nearby rby town for 60 60 aut aud auni 40 per cent cont It was a n great game ame all tho the villagers lining up for blood I T field and anni throw to beat the baud bana but coul couldn't nt hit bit They got ot our pitcher full aud aird w we lund haLl no no one ono to take tako his Iris place I man hall never rne pitched but I took the slab rind find we wc worm won Ion 9 0 to 3 All An I had hod was wag smoke In fact 1 r never had a n curve until I signed signet w w tb tb Terre Haute I was 21 l then linen Jim Hart went to Rockford to In look Jook over o big Hi Elliott but he lie took mm mo instead I j 1 found mv curve in the middle of ofa a game I hail bail been trying to pitch it underhand I took a chance on some sonic fellow nn and bent one and found I r had a It drop that curved l with th tine the wei weight ht I can throw a now hut but CHance wont won't t let mine me My y underhand underhand underhand under under- hand ball bail has a raise but I use it to pinch out |