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Show 1 wouldn't look until his home In Buffalo Buf-falo was reached. - "I wonder what he Bald when he opened It?" queried Brown. "Why?" "I had six ordinary bricks wrapped In that paper," was his answer. When ft comes to making friends in a strange port there are few hall players who have anything on the popular pitcher. And w It was In Cuba. It will be remembered that the majority of the all stars caught the boat bound for the United States In a hurry. Thoy did not wait to Inform In-form the 3,000 or 1,000 people who had gathered to witness the game between be-tween the boys from the United States and Cuba that there would be no game. Not so Brown. He wanted to remain In Cuba. So when the boat had gone he rodo out to the ball park and Informed the waiting multitude that thfie would h no national pastime. pas-time. Tho speech did not make a tremendous tre-mendous hit with the crowd. But did Brown fear? Not he. Instead he stood about and informed the people that it was no fault of his. Want Brown to Stay. Well, tho Cuban fans figured that a man who had the nerve to do that was all right. Brownie was over whelmed with Invitations to remain as long; as he llkcd. "I kept no track of the Invitations with pen and paper," said the ihree-fingerod ihree-fingerod fellow. But at a rough estimate esti-mate I should say that If I accepted all the Invitations that I conld have remained for several years without paying board. Even the proprietor of the hotel where wc were staying wanted me to remain a week as his guest." The illn6s from which Brown suffered suf-fered on the homeward Journey has done him no harm. The pitcher pays he is In great form and believes that ho will have a great year. that a curve ball gets the Cubans going every time. It will be remembered that Brown-lo Brown-lo traveled to the Island with a bunch of all stars. Well, he is in Chicago today attempting to Invest In a business. busi-ness. He still has time to talk baseball. base-ball. , ' Cubans Can't Hit Curve Bali: "Strange, but those Cubans can't hit a curve ball," said he. "Take tho game that Addle. Joks pitched apalnst them, for instance. Addle fanned eleven men. That would be almost a record in this country. Well, every man that fanned struck at the curve ball. 'Hand thom ono of the roundhouse, brand and the. little fellows were lost. They would begin to swing at th ball when it wan far from the plate, They would keep reaching and reaching until un-til tboy couldn't have touched that ball with a ten-foot pole. "Surprised? The most surprised bunch yon ever saw. Man after man fanned. I do not believe -that ono of the Cubans an much fouled ono of Jons curved balls. "CamnlU followed. He fanned ton men. And ho used nothing save curvb balls. It was a carve ball and then another one. The islanders certainly certain-ly caused much' laughter as they swung at the wido ones. "But hand thom a fast straight oat and yon." outfielders had something to chase." Brown handed out another hot one when ho said that the Cuban pitchers knew nothing about the curve ball. "Who Is th best pitcher on the Island Is-land 7" queried the three fingered lad. "Mendea," came the answer. "Mendet la rlgit," was the comment of Brown. "But he hasn't a curve ball. All he can throw I9 a fast one. And it's certainly fast. There Is no question about the Cuban pitcher having hav-ing speed. When it comes to a dim ball, however, he is not there. He doesn't know how to throw one, "The curve ball has not yet made. Its appearance on the Island " This M. Brown 16 something of a JokeT of the practical variety. And! Jimmy Archer, the Cub pitcher, will remember this for many day6 to come. Archer Starts With First Crew. Archer, it will bo remembered, was with the all star acgregatlon that Journeyed Jour-neyed to Cuba and back again. Well, Archer came home with the first crew, while Brown remained on the Island Before the start home Brown called Archer to ono side. "See here, he began, and the catch er was all attention. "I want to make you a Christmas present, . But I don't want you to know what It Is. Understand?" Under-stand?" I do," from Archer. "Well, you let me place It in your grip. But you must promise not to take the wrapper oft until Christmas morning. Do you promise?" "I do," from Archer. Whereupon Brown placed the pres ent In the grip. It was heavy. It was very heavy, it filled more than halt the space in tho grip. Archer could scarcely carry the case after the present pres-ent had 'been Inserted. Still ho kept to his part of the bargain he did not look. Every time there was a change of trains he paid a transfer man to carry it from one depot to another. Pulltnan porters swore when they had to carry It even the length of an aisle. Prestnt Is Mystery. When Chicago was reached Archer was wondering what Brownie had given him for Christmas. But he CMS COULD NOT HIH CURVE: (By Bill Bailey.) A tip to the next bunch of major leagues who Invade Cuba on a barnstorming barn-storming tour have the pltchor throw nothing save curve balls The brown men of tho sand cannot hit a curve ball. Strange? Perhaps. But one Morde-cal Morde-cal Brown, the Cub pitcher, says It's the truth. And Brownie certainly should know, lie worked against tho Cubans. He also watched such well known avtfsts as Addle Joss and Howard How-ard Camnitz work against them. And Brownie clings to the theory |