| TEAM: Boston Red Sox SIGNER: Ernie Shore APPROXIMATE SIZE: 2-1/4"x3-7/8" MARKS / STAMPING: Ernie Shore's sheriff election campaign card ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is Ernie Shore's sheriff election campaign card which has been hand-signed by Ernie Shore. As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for conition and signature quality. BIO: Ernest Grady Shore was born in East Bend, NC and died in 1980 in Winston-Salem, NC. He went to college at Guilford College. He played major league baseball from 1912 to 1920 as pitcher for the New York Giants, Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, and appeared in the 1915 and 1916 World Series. His most famous game occurred on June 23, 1917, against the Washington Senators in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park. Ruth started the game, walking the first batter, Ray Morgan. As newspaper accounts of the time tell it, the short-fused Ruth then engaged in a heated argument with apparently equally short-fused home plate umpire Brick Owens. Owens tossed Ruth out of the game, and the even-more-enraged Ruth then slugged the ump a glancing blow before being taken off the field; the catcher was also ejected. Shore was recruited to pitch, and came in with very few warmup pitches. With a new pitcher and catcher, runner Morgan tried to steal but was thrown out. Shore then proceeded to retire the remaining 26 Senators without surrendering a hit, earning a 4-0 Red Sox win. The game is sometimes erroneously referred to as a "perfect game in relief," and some baseball historians have argued that it should count as a no-hitter. Following the game, Ruth paid a $100 fine, was suspended for 10 games, and issued a public apology for his behavior. Shore was Sheriff of Forsyth County, North Carolina for many years, and led the 1950s effort to build a minor league baseball park in Winston-Salem, a park that was ultimately named for him and still serves as the home field of the Winston-Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League. SKU: CL02508
Item: CL02508
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