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Mordecai Brown
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from the first base coaching lines as the Giants went quietly, three up and three down, in the ninth, and the championship slipped from his grasp. The Cubs carried Brown off the field.
As McGraw left the field, one New York writer observed, “He started for the clubhouse, pursued by the ghost of a wasted season.” Christy Mathewson remained at his locker, long after many of his teammates had gone home. He seemed to blame himself for the loss, and reporters noticed his “eyes showed traces of tears.”