coined the nickname "The Sultan of Swat" for legendary baseball icon Babe Ruth. As a beat writer and columnist he was known for his acerbic wit and breezy reporting style. Following the 1945 World Series, he wrote a history of the Chicago Cubs as part of the Putnam series of books that covered all the major league baseball teams. Mr. Brown's famous quote from the 1945 World Series between the Cubs and Tigers of "I don't think either one of them is good enough to win it" usually surfaces as the Cubs reach rare playoff appearances. It was sufficiently well-received that The Chicago Cubs is one book in that series that has been periodically re-issued. In 1947 he wrote a memoir of sorts called Win, Lose or Draw. It was a collection of anecdotes about celebrated figures in sports Brown had crossed paths with in his first 30 years as a sportswriter. In late 1973, Brown was named a recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He was honored in ceremonies at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in August 1974, during the same ceremonies where Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Cool Papa Bell, and umpire Jocko Conlan were formally inducted to the Hall. Former Chicago White Sox player and Hall of Fame member Ted Lyons accepted the award on Brown's behalf. Personal life Brown's three sons were all athletes at the University of Notre Dame. Sons Bill and Pete were swimmers while youngest son, Roger, was a backup quarterback for the Fighting Irish on the 1946 and 1947 National Championship teams. Brown also had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Rempe (née Brown). Warren Brown died at age 84 in Forest Park, Illinois, and is buried in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, next to his beloved wife and best friend, Olive Burns Brown. Books Rockne (Chicago: Reilly & Lake, 1932) The Chicago Cubs (New York: Putnam, 1942) Win, Lose, or Draw (New York: Putnam, 1946) The Chicago White Sox (New York: Putnam, 1952) References External links Baseball Hall of Fame Sportswriters from Illinois University of San Francisco alumni 1894 births 1978 deaths BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients People from Contra Costa County, California Journalists from California Sportswriters from California 20th-century American journalists American male journalists