The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-14
GIANT RECRUIT
 DOUBLE PLAYS
 IVORY HUNTERS
Red Davis Substitutes for Brother When Signing
 Contract
BY PAUL sCHEFFELS


 New York, - (UP) - One of the biggest reconstruction jobs in the history of the New York Giants will be undertaken this winter to make the club over into a National League pennant contender for 1922.
 In fact, the rebuilding job got underway in September with sev. eral new names being inserted into the boxscore picture for seasoning. One of the best of these newcomers is inflelder Red Davis.
 Davis Is strictly of the pepper. box school player. Opportunity never had to knock twice at the Davis doorstep. Actually anywhere along the street that such a tap came on anybody's door would have brought Red out flying two steps ahead of the people living there.
 The first baseball tryout he won belonged to somebody else. He played two years under the other fellows name. Te out-scouted the scout who secuted him, because he was playing second base the day the scout liked the shortStop.
 It's Brother Act
 It's a brother act, so no laws were broken and nothing damaged except the scouts reputation as an ivory hunter. Here's the way 1t goes:
 Two red-haired youths from Laurel Run, Pa, in the hard coal hills near Wilkesbarre, palyed sec. ond and short for semi-pro team. Enter the scout. He picked the shortstop, had a chat and every. thing was fine. Tn due course came a contract to the Davis homestead, addressed to Robert (shortstop) Davis. But Bob, aged 8 and con- servative, figured he'd rather keep his home job, play bill with the gang and build for the future rather than go way down to Georgia to try his luck.
 Whereupoa John Humphrey (sec- ond baseman) Davis, aged 20, took the contract and the double-play began. With due regard for the nice- ties, John Humphrey Davis signed the contract with the name specified therein, namely, Robert Davis"
 So as Robert Davis, John Hurl- phrey Davis scintilated in Geor- gia and Greensburg, Pa, in 1895. then galloped so good at Daytona Beach in lg36 that he was sold to Columbus of the American Asso- citation. In 1887 Houston needed rush order of inflelder so Colum- bus forwarded the Davis boy.
 Slip Comes To Light
 A slip of the pen in signing his Houston contract unveiled the tnagle. Red signed his right name. Houston corresponding with Col umbus about social security num- bers found that the John H. Davis signed to 6 Houston contract Hep- resented the Robert Davis as of Columbus. What a mixupl
 Yet for ell practical purposes, 1t really made no difference. John or Robert, he was Red Davis in any league. Soon he was top shortstop of Texas. Playing third base last year, with no big numbers in the batting averages, he delivered the pinch slaps which provided the run for Houston to clean up the Shaugh- messy playoffs and make the Dixie Series a double in the 10th with the score tied to beat Beaumont, 3-2. last September ie.
 Jersey City drafted Davis last October and although he hit only .2s6 In the International League. here's the kind of batter he is. The llttel Giants were tied in the 10th at Rochester with the bases full. Robert John Humphrey Davis came IkD hak @lngle; 1all ghme.