The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04
RALLY IN EIGHTH INNING OF
FIRST GAME SAVES DAY
FOR COLTS.
AYERS FANS TWELVE
ZIG PITCHER IN SECOND GAME
HOLDS NEWPORT NEWS TO
TWO SINGLES AND
NO Runs.

Luck was with Richmond yester-
day and the Colts won a double
header which. without the aid OF that
important feature of baseball would
have been divided with Newport
News.
A wild rally. Just like the five hits
and Eve tallies ~ Ths'sday when
the Colts beat Dutch Reveile in one
inning. gave them the first game.
The second was due To Doc Ayers
Two little singles one by Wolfe ana
tho second by Hooker, We're made by
the Ship Carpenters, while twelve OF
them went down by the strike out
route.
In the seventh. eighth and ninth
AYERS famed SIX men IN n row, He
started with MATHS in the seventh
after Wolfe had popped To McComas
Auley followed the example OF Mat
r.. retiring the aide. Driver, Lake
and Miller went out in order In the
eighth, and Bates. the frat man up in
ana ninth. likewise famed. which
makes six In the second inning
AYERS got two: in the third. one
In the ;ifth. 'one. and In tina SKIN
two. ThtS haIf OOEsu aIdcu " WV
other six makes twelye--count EN-
twelve.
Twelve Batiers Fan.
Twelve strike outs is not the VIZ
einfa league record. but it Will do
very well under the circumstances
time II Richmond player fans
swelve 81 tho visitors In "a nine-inning
game and keeps them TO tNo little
HRS he will he held on the pay roll
until he Is sold higher w,
Ayers was an easy winner. but
Charley Strain had to pitch his mead
off To come home ahead FOR seven
innings Il looked as II Charles TnnIa
he a loser. but in the eighth the Colts.
~xhn mad been playing a Etraighta"ay
game. shifted their tactics ana steoa
the Newport News boys on their heads
hy bunting
r1riyex. tina former varsity star.
went nm in the air and the reproach"
mi look that Deacon Norrissey oe-
slowed on Herr Wolfe indicated thar
ahs~ Deacon was quite sure he e"Ahaa
chip little ivory from MIR "oue
come II he only had chisei anu
ha MINER
Grar opened the inning with a
.hree-bagger 70 the barrier in right
center. Griffin drove one az Driver
snd T,uskv naturally expected Driver
-
~ make the play at first as Gran
yes off FOR home At the crack OK tiie
hat. Driver tried to head OF Gran
ard failed and Griffin was safe al
FIRST.
Try Bunting Came.
Burke came up and instead 81 "! :
ing "a lam the cover off the bail. laid
q dawn Deacon Morrisey tried 10
throw II over Wolfe'a head ana eoth
men were safe. although Wolfe went
into the air and pulled down the Dali.
Then Raley followed with another
hunt and the whole infie}d went AFTER
the ball. leaving first base uncovered.
end when the deacon hooked fer some
ne 10 toss 1t TO he had TO ~lthhoid
n,s hand This was when he gave
Herr Wolfe the repToschfui glance
alluded TO previously.
Manager Jack Grim, by this time
was in a state OF nervous prostra'loh-
more especially as Griffin had scored
on Raley's bunt and the score was
even up. He pulled Driver out OF the
game. and sent Wolfe To short he'o
and Lake to first.
Tna-vert-- next-faaaF- ZIP. Tenant,
kept up the bunting game, but TINS
time the deacon was on his toes ana
no shot the ball accurately 20 Lake
for the first out Mace popped up a
sy that Lake gathered in. but Liftle
Willie McComas was right on dech
with single and Burke And-hAist
scarne sn with two more runs ~Hlis
stole and Charley Strain made himssli
hero by beating out an innelo TAP
and In the mixup around the first bas
NcC,omas came home. Carter ended
the inning by hitting TO Auley and
forcing Strain at second.
These Ave runs gave the game tc
Richmond.
Nevuort News scores.
Newport News had scored in the
first and eighth, two-bageer d.
Bates. the first man UP, being the chic
cause of the first run. In the seventh
Husky led off with a single, Morrise!
sacrificed him 10 second and aftei
Bates had gone out, Graf to Raley
Eichherger brought Husky in with
hit to left. just out OF reach OF Ten
nant and McComas, who were layfni
for him.
Tenant evidently knows the parti
cular weakness of Eichberger, for II
the second game he caught him on
twice Thursday he doubled up John
NY Bates twice by laying for Eichber
ger close behind third base and got th'
Newport News gardener three time
out OF four times up. The other tins
Eicherger walekd.
Jack Grim was sore ut the loss o.
the first game and he made his grie
vances known to his men. but he sen
Driver back 10 short when the tsam
went on the field again. Grim pu
Miller in FOR Newport News, whil'
Griffin replied with Ayers and Mace
Ayers has been working often OF lat
but he never complained. He use'
great speed and as the game was play
ed In IL drIzzle the visitors coul'
scarcely see the ball as IL came over
Miller pitched Il fairly good game, ba
nobody could have won against Aver
In that second game yesterday. IL
simply burned up the batters.
Ayers Has Great Day.
The big pitcher had great day
He made Two hits. one a two-baggel
scored two runs and would hav
stolen a base il he had not bee
restrained He was up three time
and as he was hit in the fingers, TIL
second time by Pitcher Miller he ha
i s.effeet batting average,
The -baggers by Ayers sacri
fce by Carter and another by Gran
followed by pass to Griffin and
Dagger by Burke. brought in tn
first two runs for Richmond In tn
third. In the fourth Tenant stu