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Show MORDECAI BROWN'S PENNANT-WINNING j FIELDING FEAT LON'O after Morilernl'a wonderful right arm of bone and sinew has paid tbe toll of BKe seuaons ufler the threo lingered marvel of the din ; nionil baa pitched hla last baxetiall attired as a major leaguer, win . Iho memory of his startling play of biuln and skill one bright October day at Detroit cling to thoso wbo were forlunalo enouKh lo see the exhibition. The Chicago Cubs with their niatrbleas niachlna Intact bud beaten tho , Tigers twice and George Mullln's great pitching gave the Jungle flghtera their only victory. Kllmlniite the womlerlul play of Drown and Hetrolt might havn woo the fouitb game, evuu up the scries and taken tho world's champion-ship champion-ship of lung. df'wW, Hlngularly enough llrown's pivotal P'"T was not a pitching feat, although fc.'y It helped win his own game, but a iJ fielding achievement In which quirk rMSl thinking and clever maneuvering ' 1 ,h8 " l" ortiint fuctors. d t 4he lirown'a great pitching on that day fA was effective enough to win tho game "H wltb good fielding. Tlukera llelillng lf J spectaculur all the wuy through. Vv I"" Hrown'a play coining at the dan aV "r point, bordered on the marvelous ' "T " WJ" pronounced the greatest pluy my ul the world'a series of l!HH. "d "Hrowme" fulled to think In - r, ,. tbst crlala, Cobb'a greot speed anu T .4 t rjri !""! bunt would have tilled the Lit.jf Xrfl' LSJ ,or Hotrolt and the series might in.-ir' fjT' llv "too,l t"" 11 Wl" W) ('uo" won, practically clinching theli fvJ r,P on a second worlds burning. V"! I'hnrlcy O'I.eary brought a gleam I J fpTl of '"Pe to the Tiger funs In tin I J f"urh Inning when be balled a Hlnglf II 10 "Wahoo Hum" Crawlord drove Jl crowd wild with cl ring when I jw.j&4r r l--l b?, "Hushed out a drive to Ml. I IT -' ."JlJE a 0 U"Y halting ut second Thoae ilea j.v itsTsJ I'"'te fane knew the great Cobb was '"I,'0 con" ,0 ''ut- '""'y ,'l'il1 Mordecal Brown. B," run that would put Hetrolt In the lead. Ilrown was fully alive to the situation. h ninod , ,Kmt ng th line for Harry Btelnfeldt to be ready for a surprise at third '1 he Cub pitch. er'a brain was at work to outwit the gr.at..t Dll, f u, , UK8 ,(9 figured Cobb would bunt and bunt be dU. It law down perfectly. , V," 1" m'W.!",' ,0m KroD "o" '" " ro"D,, lungo madly at the ball, whirl and fire the ,pher, t0 H,e,Iireat. Tbe mrow came half a step ahead of 0'I.eary rushing Uown on third The crowd was duxxled and Crawford at aecond ao bewildered t(,at Jonnny Kllng re,ayed the ball lo Tinker, practically completing a doubi, pi.y that aared tha day foi the Cuba and gave Chance another pennant. ICopyrtaM, Hit, by Joeaph B. u,,,, I i hi - , |