Brown was born in Somersville , California , a mining town near San Francisco . His father Patrick was the local saloon keeper . When the Somersville mines flooded , the family moved to San Francisco , where Brown was a firsthand witness to the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake . Brown attended St. Ignatius College ( later renamed The University of San Francisco ) for his prep school as well as university years . During his college years Brown played baseball for the Sacramento minor league team in the summers
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Warren Brown (sportswriter)