Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, best known today for his unusual name and his more or less descriptive nickname of "Three Finger," was the ace right-hander of the great Chicago Cub teams of the first decade or so of the twentieth century Dream Believe Succeed Our partners Meet mORDECAI bROWN Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown best known today for his unusual name and his more or less descriptive nickname of Three Finger was the ace righthander of the great Chicago Cub teams of the first decade or so of the twentieth century. Three finger THE MORDECAI BROWN STORY On October 8 1908 Mordecai Brown clutched a halfdozen notes inside his coat pocket. The message of each was clear well kill you if you pitch and beat the Giants. A black handprint marked each note the signature of the Italian Mafia.