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...what profession was three-fingered Mordecai Brown...
...hour. After that, even if only a little, and although pushed rather by ill-luck than any failure in himself, he began to slip. In 1908 he pitched and lost the celebrated 12-inning play-off game against the Cubs which decided the National League pennant. Mordecai Brown-the pitcher with the pirate's name-worsted him in that struggle, "the hardest game," Mathewson said, "of my life." In 1914 he injured his right shoulder. Still, with speed impaired, he could win games with his curves, his strategy, his matchless fadeaway. For a while, he tried without much success...
...asserted: "The Jewish faith is predominantly the faith of liberty." He listed "some among the merchants who unhesitatingly signed the nonimportation resolution of 1765: Isaac Moses, Benjamin Levy, Samson Levy, David Franks, Joseph Jacobs, Hayman Levy Jr., Matthias Bush, Michael Gratz, Bernard Gratz, Isaac Franks, Moses Mordecai, Benjamin Jacobs, Samuel Lyon and Manuel Mordecai Noah...
...York is best adapted for a World's Fair because (1) its position on the seaboard renders it most advantageous for importation of freight (2) its advantages for travelers are unsurpassed on account of (a) hotel accommodations (b) means of local transportation (c) suburban attractions. Mordecai, Terminal facilities of the port of New York, esp. P. 63. Black, Storage and Transportation in the Port of New York. Appleton, New York Illustrated...