Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-07

dent that his knowledge of pitching
was rather limited, but he showed
enough natural ability to warrant that
he be carried for development Late
in June the Giants took part in a
game which Manager McGraw decided
was just the contest to give Shore his
chance to break In as a big Lacquer.
In game played at Boston on June
% the veteran Wiltse started for the
Giants. The New York club was in
smuggling mood and at the close Of
the first half of the ninth inning the
score stood 81 to in favor OF Nc
Graw's charges. McGraw figured this
was the very spot to drop Shore into
the fray, and give him chance to
pick up some confidence at the eX-
pense Of the feeble Bostonians.
Shore was sent to the mound to re-
lieye Wiltse in the ninth. With
19-run lead it is only natural to believe
that tn Giants took things easy in the
final inning, it is also possible they
enjoyed the batting slaughter that
was started at the expense Of the tall,
lanky youngster McGraw had sent in
to make his big league debut. 1t was
q wild half inning ii there ever was
one, a session that Shore will prob
ably never forget as long as he does
the curving stunt. Before Shore, with
the assistance of his teammates, man
aged to retire the Boston team, the
players of that club had made nine
hits, including home run, which,
coupled with a base on balls and
few boots, Melted 10 large, juicy runs.
Only Game Players Come Back.
Unless fellow was made Of the
proper stuff, that start would have put
a crimp in his aspirations to shine as
a big Lacquer. Shore, while probably
disappointed and disguised at his
showing, didn't quit for minute. He
wasn't sore when sent back to the
bushes, but made the best of the stu
alton. Last season his showing with
the Baltimore club of the Information
al league so impressed Manager Carrt-
gan that he bought the pitcher for the
Red Sox. From the time he joined
the club to the very end of the season
Shore performed brilliantly. He shat.
tered the theory that bad start in
yariably ruins players career.
On September of last season Pitch
err George Davis of the Boston club
startled the baseball world by pitch
ing a no hit game against the hard
hitting Philadelphia club. Many fans
were hardly aware of the fact that
Stallings had pitcher on his staff by
the name of Davis. Stallings pointed
to the performance with pride, as a
proof of the statement he had often
made during the season, that his sec
ond string of pitchers were not nearly
as weak as the scribes had painted
them. What made the performance
of Davis all the more noteworthy was
the fact that he turned the feat in the
very first game he had played the
role Of pinch pitcher. -
Few fans as they perused the &C
count of the game which lauded the
work of Davis to the sky, recalled
what the youngster had done in his
| debut as an American league pitcher.
Davis in 1912 was a member of the
New York Americans. as was Shore
OF the Nationals. Now Shore is a star
in the American league, while great
things are predicted for Davis in the
National, Davis was secured from the
Williams college team. Trainer Bar
| rett of the New York Club. who also
| looked after the athletics at Williams
was sponsor for the collegian twirler