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...Others who have pitched four shutouts in a row: Mordecai ("Three Finger") Brown, Ed Ruelbach and Bill Lee, all of the Chicago Cubs; Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Sep. 18, 1950 | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

Varsity C Team vs. Newton Square Squash and Tennis Club; Mischell defeated Peterson (H), 3-0; Reese (H) defeated Klein, 3-0; Sears (H) defeated Stoneberg (default); Mordecai defeated Doerman (H), 3-2; Purvis (H) defeated Daytz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UC Blues Defeat Varsity B Squad In Squash Match | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

...years running he has won 20 or more. If he repeats this season, Sain will become the first National League pitcher to string four 20-game seasons together since the great Carl Hubbell. Others who turned the trick: Dizzy Dean, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Christy Mathewson, Joe Mc-Ginnity and Mordecai ("Three-Fingered") Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jug-Handle Johnny | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...Died. Mordecai ("Three-Fingered") Peter Centennial Brown, 71, wheelhorse pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance era; after long illness; in Terre Haute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 23, 1948 | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

...Glasgow early last summer, two young Polish Jews named Mordecai Szulc and Manick Kuper met a mysterious stranger whom they knew only as George. They were veterans of the Polish Army, and they were anxious to get to Canada. George was willing to help them, for $1,500 apiece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Pipeline for D.P.s | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

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