Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1917 — DEVORE RETIRES FROM GAME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEVORE RETIRES FROM GAME

Veteran New York Giant Outfielder Now Running Milk Route in Chillicothe, O. Josh Devore, former Giant and well known as a player on the National league circuit, has retired from baseball and Is running a milk route at his home town. Chillicothe, O. Josh played oh two Giant pennant winners and made a catch In the 1912 world’s series which put thousands of dollars into the New York and Boston treasuries. But lor a catch by Devore in the third game Boston would have won the series in four) games, one of them being a tie. As it was the series stretched Into eight games, and after the fourth game all goes to the cluba Devore, Ames and Groh were sent to Cincinnati in the Fromme deal in 1912,

but after being released to Philadelphia Devore landed with the Boston Braves in time to get a $4,000 slice, which went to the individual Braves for beating the Athletics in the world’s series of 1914.

Josh Devore.