| Show CUBS SLAB STAR TURNED misfortune INTO ASSET mordecal mordecai brown pitcher of the cubs and one of the most effective men who ever occupied the position of twirler has overcome obstacles that would make mot ball 1 ill hesitate hei tate before undertaking und er taking the IS 1130 started out to be a pitcher minus his forefinger of the right hand it Is thia this that gave him the name of three fingered brown the most difficult thing he had to master was control steady practise has made brodnan brown an absolute wonder in the matter of con arol it Is now his long suit great catchers like johnny kling who have stood in front of brown say they know almost to a certainty just where the ball Is coming he throws the ball in a groove right where the backstop signals it Is this super quality he possesses that makes the three fingered star the terror of all batsmen the absence of his finger enables brown to throw a tremendous curve ball it comes with a sweep and break that literally dazzles a batter who has neier faced him because oc of the injury in his youth that deprived him of his finger those which were spared him are stronger and more flexible than the digits of ordinary pitchers in fact he has made his misfortune an absolute asset |
