The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-17

with all duo respect fer SteNe Grtf-
fin. who claims the honor. poe
Ayers is the handso,nest man ou the
Richmond team. Without fear OF
contra diction by any fan who views
the teams from The third 'aee ra'H-.
lion, ii can Ice assert 81 thai he is thu
handsomest man In The Virginia
league, lie proved 1t vest rdaN when
he held the Norfolk lArs seareiesS
AFTER the first inning, Richmond win
ming he game, 3 To z.
When it comes down to good
looking bunch Of players the to''s
will hold their own with any team lu
the league That sty aud blTshins
dehutantt, Harvey BusseH. ,CoylE Al
mlts that he has seldom seen . more
bea ntifn beey Of ball players. and
Willie McComas always tries to look
unconscious when the subject Is men
toned. Steve Griffin S outspoker. as
becomes chaperon and points to
parson Perrynan and Doc Ayers -
proof positive. holding himself in re
serve, All along the line. from Bob
Carter 10 Harry Griffin, Burke to
Rogers the bat boy and Joe Heusier,
the Colts are Il heart breaking lot. but
Doc Ayers Is he handsomest. IL hand
some IL az handsome does,
The Doc done handsome" yester
day. He was sent 30 the mound in
spite Of the strenuous week he has
pat IN already. including double
header at Roanoke At the start IL
looked as II Doc was up against 1t.
He h.t Keller. the first man up, with
the 1rst ball he pitched and Keller
went 10 first kircher went MP and
r. 70 !. Rf~la H.,
fer a single. Dodge came through
with single. Hinton hit 10 left and
Dodge was caught at third. Hinton
making second Two runs were In and
only one down. with a man on sec
ond and Arthur Wallace at the bat. u,
Ayers Stays IN Box.
Now had there been anV other
pitt her IN the box q loud and mighty
wall OF ftakefimmoat'" would have
arisen But not No with Doc Ayers
on the mound. The fans have sgch
confidence III him that To send him
Ia the bench would have raised "a
storm OF protest IA 1t NAP "A howl
of "tet him STAY in" went up when
Griffin ffTatir stxnai fer another
pitcher 10 warm up, Harry Griffin
obeSed the call. bur he was not need
I'd, Just as the crowd had figured
Ayers had not hit his stride and the
fans knew H. He came right down
10 earth Wallace few out to left
Bigbie famed and Steve Griffin TOOK
care Ct Walters roller and after that
there was nothing to il Ayers held
the Tars safe
To be sure II looked n little dubious
In the seventh when Bicbie led OFF
with a two basger and Braun sacri-
feed him TO third, bat Doc put on
more steam and famed CASTOR Then
he put two strikes on Keller and when
the file leader Of the Tars batted a
bounder toward second Doc took the
ball and threw ksilet out ~ first.
Charley Strain. who played In LEFT
field for Tenant. helped save the
day, In the third Keller led of with
d wallop that looked good for al lea ST
two sacks but Strain by a long run
and leap into the air pulled il down
with his gioved hand catch with
all kinds OF fancy trimmings.
strain Doss Great Work
Strain got great when he
came to the bench and more than
one person allowed mat Strain was
better fielder than a mound mar J..
logged II ne wasn't, which appears
TO be the acme Of belief and admi-
fatloH. SIX put outs and an assist Ia
healthy days work in the field.
Fellow on third named Dodge, also
put up a greaI game He had five
/ put outs and Ave assists and the
error charge against him was on a
| hard hit BY Strain in the fourth
Dodge started off by aking great
stop on Griffin and his throw to Rigble
WAS an straight as nne eould expect
under the circumstances Bigbis, how
ever. missed it. and Griffin escaped
sudden death Carter smaoked one at
Bigbie. who made a stab at him and
missed him. but the umpire thought
otherwise, and Ihe crowd hooted Grit
fin was out trying 10 steal third. which
brought Dodge into the iineftght
again. He appeared little later on,
in the same frame. Graf walking. go
ing TO second on Raiey's single and
dying on his attempted steal of third
In the next inning Burke and Strain
gave Dodge chances. which he ac~
eepted. the Tar going high in tine air
for Strains bounder. He pulled II
down with his left. shifted and got
Strain at first by close call Then
he took care OF 3 scorcher from The
bat OF Rogers. for the third assist,
Bighie figuring on the other end Of
the play.
Dodge Commits Robbery
In the sixth Dodge robbed Strain
Of as hearty a single as player ever
hatted. going into abort field and
shooting his hand iro the air just
In time TO pull down the ball, AS