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NEWS AND OBSERVER. RALEIGH. N. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1929. Ernie Shore, Tar Heel, Among Baseball's Pitching Immortals HURLED PERFECT GAME DURING Yadkin Native Is One of Six Big Leaguers On Perfection Roll RUTH'S LOSS OF TEMPER GAVE SHORE BIG CHANCE Babe 'Socked' Umpire and Ernie, Cold, Took Slab To Pitch To 26 Nats For 27 Putouts; Has Great Series Record; 'Chick' Doak Saw What McGraw Didn't fame to the that Babe nOW a Nemesis hurlers but a pitcher, lost temper on a afternoon in Ernest G.

is the Tar hurler among small group pitchers who achieved the lative performance of permitting a single runner (Note: This is the 22nd of daily series on North Carolinians, past and present, in major league baseball. TomorrowThree more batterymen added to State's long roll of pitchers and catchers.) By ANTHONY J. McKEVLIN. (News and Observer Sports Editor) In the 52 years of major league baseball, just six pitchers have reached that peak of perfection known as the perfect game. One of these is a North and he owes his place in Carolicining hall of McKEVLIN necessary 27 outs.

How It Happened. It all starts with Umpire "Brick" reach first base safely during a nine-innings. And Shore's ance, while not officially listed til this year in "The Little Book," generally regarded as authority in such things, is more unique than that of the Ave. The others pitched to 27 ters for 27 putouts, while pitched to only 26 batters for Owens, still calling 'em in the American, announcing George Herman Ruth as the starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a doubleheader with Wa.hington on the afternoon of June 23, 1917. Ray Morgan was the first Washington batter.

With three balls on Morgan, Ruth's next pitch was called umpire. The Babe squawked; the umpire was adamant. The Babe squawked some more, and "Brick" pointed to the gate. George Herman raised his arm, it landed back of the Umpire's ear; players intervened, and Mr. Ruth was through for the afternoon.

Jack Barry, skipper of the Red Sox in those days, wasn't prepared for anything like that. He had no pitcher warmed up; there wasn't often need for warming up pitchers when Ruth worked. So, Barry singled out his from North Carolina and a Shore, cold, a replaced Babe on the slab. Clicked Putout Register, The big North Carolinian threw the customary less handful of hours warmtosses, and than two later he was among baseball's immortal. Shore found a runner on first base when he went in the box, but Mr.

Morgan tried to steal second and Sam Agnew, Red Sox catcher, threw him out. The rest is case of one-twothree, as the youngsters say. Shore pitched perfect ball and received perfect support, winning by 4-0 score. While "The Little Red Book" has only now recognized Shore's performance in the perfect game class, it has long listed the game under the no authorities, no-run however, classification. have considered Other the game perfect one all the time.

Ernest J. Lanigan, one of baseball's most capable and most efficient statisticians, recalled in a recent Sporting News that at the time of the achievement "Ban Johnson or Will Harridge, possibly both of them, said the game would be considered a perfect combat." Justice, though delayed, has come to Shore in the pitching records. Other Perfect Games. Shore's was the only perfect pitching performance between 1908, when C. Joss pitched CleveJand to a 1-0 win over Chicago, and 1922 when Charlie Robertson hurled Chicago to a 2-0 victory over Detroit.

Other perfect games were: 1880- John Lee Richmond, Worcester vs. Cleveland, 1-0, and John Montgomery Ward, Providence vs. Buffalo, 5-0; 1904-Denton T. Young, Boston Red Sox vs. Philadelphia.

Thus the American League has produced the only perfect games since the National League turned in the Arst two record in 1880. Incidentally, Richmond and Ward achieved the peak of fame within a six-day period, June 12-17, 1880. His place in the pitching elite was won by Shore after he had been threatening to do something Bike that for long while. He had pitched four one-hit games prior to his perfect performance. Injury Cat Short Career.

A shoulder injury received while serving in the Navy during the World War cut short Ernie Shore's baseball career which was begun at Guilford College, where they have habit of making fine ball players, and a career which ried Shore to the heights of American League and world's series pitching. Shore, now engaged in the automobile business in Winston-Salem, retired from the playing end of baseball at the close of the 1921 season. Has Great Series Record. There are pitchers who can boast perfect marks for world's series competition. Ernie Shore can't do would be hard to match Shore for effectiveness in the blue ribbon classis.

He pitched in four ratio la dad ERNIE EARNS TOP RANK Here's Tar Heel Member Baseball's Big Six and Also the Fiery Mr. Ruth Ernie Shore, left, and Babe hurler. Mr. Ruth stands 6 feet, 2 world's series games, and in those four games he allowed just 25 hits, despite the fact that in one game he gave 10 hits-an average of 6 1-4 hits per game. He allowed just ten runs, earned and unearned, or an average 1-2 runs per event.

"In only one of those four world's series games was Shore defeated, and then he lost 8 decision to Grover Cleveland Alexander-the same "Old Alec" now performing for the Cards but then with the Phillies. Accounts of that game have it that Shore outpitched his opponent. That was Ernie's world's series debut--the first game of the 1915 series- he lost, 3-1. Shore gave only five hits in all, while was touched for eight. Incidentally, George Whitted, another Tar Heel, played for the Phillies in that series.

Shore's loss to Alexander in the opening game mound duel was the only Boston setback of that series. Red frowned on in the curtain raiser, turned around and won the next four games. Shore went back at the Phils in the fourth game of the series and this time got tangled up in a pitching battle with George Chalmers. Ernie won, 2-1, and the Phils' lone run was unearned. The Red Sox of those days corresponded to the Yankees of these days in the matter of getting into world's series.

And they almost made AS quick work of the inter-league games as do the Yanks. The Bostonians were in the series again in 1916, this time with Brooklyn, and once more they won four games in five, dropping the middle contest. Shore was again called on for duty in the opening game, being opposed by Rube Marquard, who didn't go the route. It this game that Ernie gave ten 1 hits, but his club made its licks count and he turned in a 6-5 vietory, having the game won handily until the Robins rallied in the ninth to score four runs. Three-Hit Serles Game.

Having started the Red Sox off right, Shore came back in the fifth game to pitch his best world's series contest and clinch the championship for the Bean City club. The Robins got just three hits off Ernie on that October 12 afternoon and the game went down as a 4-1 victory for Boston. The victory was gained over Jess Pfeffer, whom you'll readily recall. That game was played exactly one year after Ernie's first world's series victory. Evidently, Octol or 12 is a day for him to attempt big things.

The teams he was trimming weren't the only folks made unhappy by Shore's fine pitching in the 1915 and 1916 world's series--to say nothing about his consistently fine work durthose and other seasons he was a big leaguer. Every time Shore turned in a fine performance it was the signal for John McGraw to make efforts at becoming a contortionist so he could kick himself. McGraw had had his chance at Shore, but he had turned him down. But, where John McGraw couldn't Doak Saw: McGraw or wouldn't see possibilities in Shore, there was a man who could and did. Chas.

"Chick" Doak, now coach at N. C. State College here, knew Shore was big league timber. "Chick," who 'had coached Ernie at Guilford, was managing the Greensboro club of the Carolina Association in 1913 and he signed his protege for the Gate City team. Shore had spent the previous summer with the Giants, being suddenly cut loose near the end of the season.

Just why he was turned away is something McGraw knows; Ernie contended in those times that it Was because the Giants wanted to ease him out of a share in the world's series money. McGraw had thought enough of him to keep him around for three months after the college season had ended, but not to keep him around during the remaining short space of time. It was under "Chick" Doak that Shore got the fundamental training which equipped him for the main circuit. As a college pitcher Shore won 38 games while losing eight. And so Doak knew what he was about in taking Shore on his Greensboro club in 1913.

By the way, Ernie had reported to the Giants again that year but McGraw told him he wasn't needed. Shore's work -mith Greensboro Close Contests Feature Semi- of Tourney Last-minute Goal By Smith, Raleigh, Defeats Shelby, 17 To 16 DURHAM ELIMINATES STRONG WILSON FIVE Apex, Wake's Class 0 Hope, Loses 19-17 Tilt To New London; Welcome Trims Derita, 20-11; Mebane and Williamston Win Class Semi- Close competition marked play in the semi-finals yesterday morning of the annual high school basketball tournament at N. O. State College here. Raleigh's defending champions in Class A had a close call in their contest with Shelby but managed to nose out a 17-16 victory, while in the other game in this group Durham defeated, Tiny Me Wherter's Wilson Apex, which had carried Wake county colors into the final day of the meet, went down in the second closest game of the morning.

The Apex boys were nosed out by New London, 19-17, in Class C. Apex had rallied nicely in the second half after trailing by five points at the end of the first period. The other game in this group resulted in a 20-11 victory for Welcome over Derita. Mebane and Williamston went to the finals in Class the former defeating Oxford, 20-10, and the other easing out over Roanoke Rapids, 18-13. 'A' SEMI-FINALS RALEIGH, 171 SHELBY, 16.

A last-minute fleld goal by Moody Smith, fending forward, champions kept in the Class A Raleigh's running and defeated Shelby, 17-16, in yesterday morning's semi-finals of Class A. Shelby held a 16-15 lead when Smith, who counted 11 points for high honors of the game, dropped in his victory shot. Raleigh trailed by five points as the second half got under way. Casey Morris' boys from Cleveland county held a 13-8 advantage at the turn. The Morsons showed vast 1m- provement in the third period, in which S' elby was held scoreless.

Milky Gold, all-around Shelby athlets, shared with Poston leading honors for the Clevelanders. Line-ups: Raleigh (17) Shelby, (16) Rogers (1) (2) Smith (11) Gold (5) Duke Poston (6) Nelms (2) Bridges Roberts (2) Lee (3) Substicutions: Raleigh, Rand (1). Shelby none, Referee: Drenan (Springfeld). DURHAM, 23; WILSON, 15. Durham went into the final game of the Class A division with a victory over the stubborn Wilson five 23 to 15.

Scoring honors were about evenly divided, Alexander of Durham, leading with 8 points A8 compared with six by Vick for Wilson. Durham clicked together well, using a long passing system which has developed several stars of recent years for the Carolina Tar Heels. Wilson's clever defensive tactics were again in vogue, numberg of Durham passes being broken up by Mc Whorter's guards, Powell and Agnew. Line-ups: Wilson (15) Darham (23) Vick (6) Markham (5) Futrell (3) Alexander (8) Glover Holloway (5) Powell (2) Sher (2) Agnew Hayes (2) Substitutions: Wilson, Bell, Ashe, (2). For Durham, Howell (2), Giobi.

Referee: Doak (Guilford). 'B' SEMI-FINALS WILLIAMSTON 18, JACKETS 13. Williamson stepped of their Into defeat Class of finals Roanoke Rapids, 18-13, yesterday morning. wards, Shearon and Holding, Williamston's pair of focal the scoring for the winners with 9 and points, respectively. Goodman with 6 points, was Roanoke Rapids' leader.

Williamston (18) Jackets (13 -ups: Shearon (9) Jones (4) Holding (5) Goodman (6) Liverman (4) Thomason (1) Hardison Cannon Cobb Sullivan (2) Substitutions: Willlamston, James. Roanoke Rapids, Wertz. Referee: Sermon (Missouri). MEBANE, 20, OXFORD, 10. moved into Class finals with a 20 to 10 victory over Oxford, Lewis Riggs, crack Mebane forward, taking individual honors with 12 points.

Riggs burned 'em down for halt of the game, until Oxford guards, Dickerson and Williams, began smothering his play. Longmyre, Oxford center, led the losers' with 5 points. Oxford (10) Mebane (20) Kamietches (3) Riggs (12) Adams (2) Long (4.) Longmyre (6) Newton (4) Dickerson (1) Bradsher Williams Farrell Substitutions: Oxford, Hill. Referee: Mason (N. C.

'C' SEMI-FINALS NEW LONDON, 19; APEX, 17. New London barely edged out Apex, Wake County's Class favorite, by the score of 19 to 17, the score during the second half never being more than three points apart. Apex rallied desperately during the closing minutes of play, Johnson, substitute forward, throwing in seven points. New London presented a trucki pair of guards, Mann and Harwood, wh. worked consistently.

Line-ups: New London (19) Apex (17) Austin (4) E. Johnson (2) Crook (C) Mills (4) Russell (1) Edwards (4) Mann (4) Earp Harwood (4) Harton Substitutions: New London, Miller. Apex, H. Johnson (7). Referee: Drennan (Springfeld), WELCOME.

201 DERITA, 11. Welcome eliminated Derita, 20-11, and entered the finals, of Class the work of Black, Welcome for. ward, counting 10 of the winners' points. Banker, of Derita, a forward, caged three goals to lead his Neither team used any substi" tutes. The first half ended, Welcome Derita 7.

Line-ups: Derita (11) Welcome (20) Kirkman (2) Black (10) Banker (6) Everhart (6) Venable (2) Link (2) Fincher (1) Sowers (1) McConnell Referee: Essick (1) Sermon (Missouri). FLYING GUS WINS AGAIN Schenectady, N. March Using his famous and disputed "fly. ing tackle" to win the second fall, Gus Sonnenberg, wrestling champion, defeated, Captain Jack Smith of Texas, in two straight falls tere. PUT IT TO THE TEST Don't take chances.

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This sextet iron from West End, Moore County champions for two years, by a 36-14 score, with the whole Linden team working perfectly. South River dePinehurst by a score of 42 to 32. Mary Royall, South River center, was outstanding individual player of the two games. South River will play Candor in the semi-final, probably next be week. played The in Fayetteville.

The winner will then meet Linden for the district title. In the first of a three-game card the Fayetteville seniors won over the juniors by a one margin, 14-13. RALEIGH BOWLERS WIN. Burlington, March 9. Raleigh bowled over the local team last night in a match on the local alleys by a margin of 19 pins, giving them the first of a series of three match games.

Neither team showed the form last night that they have revealed in other matches here. Only three men were able to score above 200 in a single string, two of them locals-E, Thomas and Copeland. For the visitors Coppedge turned in one string for a total I SAYS FIGHT FANS FED UP ON BUNK Prices Increased and Exhibltions Poorer, Declares Terhune som Ruth as team- with Boston. Right, inches--you can figure how tall Shore is. ASHMORE NEEDS PITCHING POWER Diamond Outlook at Hill Is Bright Save For Lack of Pitchers Chapel Hill, March 9.

(AP) Seven letter men are expected to answer the call for baseball practice at the University of North Carolina this spring. Already some members of the prospective squad are work: ing out in the Tin Can here, and, with the indoor sport season over, Coach Jim Ashmore will have his entire squad out on a Emerson Field in daily workouts from now on. The veterans due to bring out their old gloves include three infielders, three outer gardeners and one pitcher. Last season's varsity catcher, Jimmy Maus, is also back in togs, and ready to go. Maus did not make his letter last year because of scholastic difficulties in mid-season.

The real need before practice begins, pears to be for pitchers. The tentative schedule, now almost ready for release, includes more than 30 games, with some of the strongest teams in the East and South to be met. Jim Ball, southpaw from last season, is the only burler that Coach Ashmore has to build around for his mound staff. Paul Edwards, lanky righthander, was the only regular of last year's Tar Baby nine to return. Infield Will Be Strong.

There, appears infield. to be Captain less worry Nap Lufty is back for third base; Henry Satterfield is again at short; and Phil Jackson is ready for either first or second base. Jackson played second last spring, but his most likely post this year is on the initial sack, left vacant by Ed Mackie. Wyrick, up from the freshman team, is brought a draft call from Baltimore. However, the Federal League was playing havoc 1 with the Orioles' financial success back there in 1914 and Jack Dunn had to wreck what many termed the mightiest minor league club ever collected.

Shore, with Babe Ruth and Egan, went to the Boston Red Sox for a price announced as $30,000. "It would seem that Babe Ruth figured in Shore's baseball life in more ways than one. Ruth was sold to the Yankees for $100,000 and joined the club in 1920, a year after Shore had been traded to the Huggins clan. Shore remained with Boston continuously, save for the time he was in the Navy, from June, 1914, through the 1918 season. He pitched for the Yanks in 1919 and 1920, and was traded to Vernon of the Coast League in the spring of 1921.

After finishing that season at Vernon, Ernie retired. Native of Yadkin County. Shore was born at East Bend, in Yadkin county, in 1891. As a youth his great -he's some four inches and perhaps a fraction more over six him nicknames of "Legs" and "Lengthy." However, in pro baseball he has always been Ernie, while to the home folks he is Ernest Grady Shore. Ernie has had a hand in the business end of baseball since he retired, having been conected with the Winston club of the Piedmont League.

However, in more recent seasons he has put aside even conection with the game and devotes all of his time to the business selling automobiles. He is married and has a young daughter. It is fitting that this Statewhich has sent so many ball players, especially pitchers, to the major leagues--should have a native son among the sextet of perfect game hurlers. And it is very fitting indeed that Guilford College, which still is sending more than her share of star players into diamond sport, should have the credit for producing Ernie Shore. And don't forget the clever "Chick" Doak, who saw what John MoGray didn't 899, Now York, March American boxing fan is paying ten times fights today than he did thirty years ago.

And he is getting only one tenth, as much for his money, according Albert Payson Terhune in an article in the current issue of the magazine, World's Work, is not suffering from debating real fighters, Terhune said, but from financial anemia which set in at the recent Tunney-Heeney affray. The late Tex Richard blamed the loss partly on radio. Terhune says he doubts if the radio is responsible. Fight fans, Terhune says, are "fed up" with being led on time after time to believe he is going to get something for his money which he rarely gets-decisive action. Terhune points out that many fighters are matched two and three times and that sometimes each succeading meeting provers more profitable than the preceding one.

"And what I'm getting at is that the dear public," Terhune says, "has been lured into paying three times to see the same fight. Promoters aren't to blame. If they can make Cans sit a furlong from the ring, puying Monte Cristo prices to get an occasional glimpse of two men giving 8 softglove exhibition, it is only natural fact Ruth, of then his June 1917. Shore Heel that of have super- not to full performun- Red "the" even other batShore the action photo of Shore as a Red DAVIDSON OPENS GRIDIRON SERIES Blocked Punt Decides Game; Goodykoontz Furnishes Fireworks Davidson, March recovered a blocked punt behind the goal line at the beginning of the second quarter to give the Reds a 6-0 victory over the Blacks here this afternoon in the first of a series of football games between picked teams of the Davidson College winter training squad. The Reds proved to be the stronger in most of the afternoon's play but never amassed sufficient strength to tally again.

The victors lead in first downs six to two. The only colorful feature of the at the beginning of the fourth quarstruggle was a flash by, the Blacks ter. Goodykoontz was injected into the game as quarterback for the Blacks. He hurled pass to Miller which was gathered in for a 22 yard gain and three plays later he pulled a 20 yard run. The Red's power lay in steady line drives with no sensational football.

Stars of the afternoon were Fraley, halfback and Milton, tackle for the Reds and Parrish, half and Lillard, tackle for the Blacks. LineRede Blacks Position Brown Johnston Left End Raker Covington Left Tackie Mills Mathis Left Guard McConnell Mason Center Decamp Parker Right Guard Scales Milton Right Tackie" David Miller Right End King Shorewalter Quarterback Parrish McFadyen Left Half McQueen N. Bradshaw Half J. Bradshaw Fraley Fullback Scoring touchdown: Decamp. Officials: Baker, Smith and Melton (Davidson.) candidate for the second, while Marshall Rand, former Oak Ridge star, may push Satterfield at short.

The three varsity outfielders last season- -Jim Barnhart in left, Tom Coxe in center, and Bob Jessup in right--are all out again. However, young Burgess Whitehead, thirdbaseman on last year's freshman nine, seems certain to get outfield berth. He was a good hitter last year and was speedy in his fielding and plans to shift to garden duty There should be little trouble in filling the position, behind the bat. Jimmy last year, is back. In addition there are Henry House and Ellis Fysal, both good receivers, who split the freshman assignment last spring.

DENIES BILLY BARTON OUT OF STEEPLECHASE London, March that Billy Barton, only Americanbred horse in the grand national steeplechase, may not compete in the famous race March 22 were denied today by Mrs. Aubrey Hastings, wife of the horse's trainer. She termed the reports as ridiculous. "Billy Barton is still at Denby and there is nothing wrong with she said. fact he could not be better, and, it all goes well, he is certain runner." TRENTON WINS EASILY Trenton, March high boys brought a successful basketball season to a close by rounding the Swansboro five, 39 to 7.

Brock, with 18 points, and Eubanks, with one less, featured for the locals. Trenton is now looking to baseball, and, with nearly all of last year's players back, the high team should be one of the beat in this nestiga of 215 pins. that they should." We Quit Watch This Paper For Announcement. Order Your Suit FOR EASTER NOW arR Schaffer Tailoring Company Spring Woolens The smartest line of clothes that you will find in Raleigh at the price. The values in this line are outstanding as attested by our hundreds of repeat orders.

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