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Show GREAT PITCHER ; MINUS FINGERS Mordecai Brown, the greatest,, on this season's form, of all the Chicago pitch-art, pitch-art, practically won tha flag for the Cuba by his matchless work. "Three-fingered Brown!' is one of the real marvel of the profession. He lost the forefinger and half of the neart finger on his right hit pitching hand early in life. 1 et be baa overcome this heavy handicap and twirls superbly with the half of the band that is left to him, -His control is splendid and he has wonderful curves, which seem beyond be-yond all understanding when bis disability disa-bility is considered. . Brown is 28 years old and baa lived nearly all his life in Terra Haute, Ind. He nsed to be a coal miner around Terra Haute, and learned to play ball with teama of the neighborhood. In 1901 be got bis first professional job with the Terra Haute team. In 1902 he was with Omaha in the Western league. The ' St. Louis Nationals Na-tionals took him in 1S03. Next year Chicago traded Taylor and McLean for Brown and Jack O'Neil, and ouch are the vicissitudes of fortune in baseball. Chicago has both Brown ana Taylor now. Brown did fairly well in 1904, and was very unlucky in 1905, losing sine successive games Dy one run. This year things have broken right for him, and his career has been wonderful. Brown has now won twenty-three games and lost only five, Sam Leerer beica the 1 only pitcher with a higher winning average. Sam, however, has not been worked nearly as often. ' Browir is of medium size, pleasant of face, and extremely gentlemanly in his ways. Ho is mimed, and a model citi-gen. citi-gen. The Chicago players think the world of him, and he fans believe him the greatest pitcher in the game. |