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Show AS BASEBALL ROMANCE WiORDECAl BROWN'S HISTORY STANDS ALONE IS NOW MANAGER f ' y III r r? trr;V K teC,. KV.7' fC5 K ' " 7 ' - ' issM "J ; 83 THREE-FINGERED LEADER OF COLUMBUS TEAM. Three-fingered Mordeeal Brown, former for-mer str of the old Cubs, and recognized recog-nized at one time as one of the greatest great-est pitchers who ever worked for a big league baseball club, Is now a manager. man-ager. He was recently appointed as leader of the Columbus American Association As-sociation team. As a baseball romance Brown's history his-tory stands alone. His rise to fame as a bjg leaguer was meteoric, once' he shook the shackles of the minors from his feet, but if it hadn't been for a twist of fate Brown probably would have gone through the minors a third baseman. It was with Terre Ilaute, when that city had a club in the Three-I league, that Brown awakened to the fact that lie was a pitcher. When an accident happened to a flock of pitchers he was requisitioned from third base and sent Into the box, with such effect that he Surprised the natives by winning the game. From that time Brown was a hurler of class. He never had signed a contract con-tract with Terre Ilaute, so he signed with Omaha the following season. Pat Donovan, then managing the St. Louis Cardinals, purchased him, getting himself him-self into a scrap with Terre Haute, which still claimed him. With Chicago Brown remained unTil he was traded to Cincinnati. Brown managed the St. Louis Feds before he finished with big-league baseball and finally drifted to the American association. associa-tion. His sojourn as a star was troublesome, trouble-some, brilliant and measurably brief, but he leaves a record behind him that will bo hard to touch for years to come. His battles with Christy Mathewson when Matty was star of the Giant staff will live in baseball history for years to come. |