Hubert Shaw was a star player on Bowdoin College’s baseball team during the 1930s and had just graduated when he was invited to try out for the United States’ delegation to the 1936 Summer Olympics, where baseball was to be held as a demonstration sport. When Japan withdrew from their scheduled game, the American team was divided into two squads and Shaw ended up as the first baseman for the “Olympics”, who were pitted against the “World Champions”. Shaw hit a home run in the first inning, giving the Olympics a 2-0 lead, but the World Champions eventually won 6-5. Following his graduation he was active in college administration and served as the Director of Admissions for Bowdoin from 1948 through 1967. He then had a career with the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare until his 1982 retirement.
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