The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-11
RyC.M. MONTGOMERY


"It's the little things in life which
count" some wag has observed in a
fit of idleness and it's the weight of
the little things in ball games that
shifts the balance and often lands the
victory in the most unexpected place.
A measley little bunt dropped before
the home plate and fielded and thrown
away by Doc Ayres yesterday gave the
local fans one of the worst rights
which they have had this season and
so encouraged the elongated and EN-
cient hurting master, Parson Perry
man. that for a time he pitched the
game of his life and seemingly was
bound for a shattering of several OF
the league records Then little
wobble on the part OF that same
elongated and efficient piece of hurl-
ing material turned the entire tide OF
the battle and the Colts rushing in to
take advantage of the momentary dis
organization, pushed a quintet OF run
ners over the pan and won hands down
by the score Of to J..
Early in the furore II swas-.observed
that whichever pitcher lost out he was
deserving of sympathy and Parson
Perryman, who it Is known received
considerable. deserved all that and
then something more. For six frames
there was not the slightest tap on the
part Of the Colts which by the greatest
of squeezing might have been turned
into a hit Only twenty-five players
had faced him and the extra man had
drawn a pass. Laval landed for the
first hit In the seventh. but died on
first. although he opened the round,
so that in fact 1t was for eight innings
that the former Colt had things all
his own way After that. everything
with the compounded interest, was
given him in a lump sum and he was
smothered beneath the avalanche.
But while sympathy is handed gen.
erously to the parson, IL was only a
portion Of that which had been pre-
pared for the local cunning marvel
Doctor Ayres stated before the game
began that he was not feeling quite
right and wished that he Gid not have
to work. II he had been right what
do you suppose might have happened?
Puny and weak he struck out thirteen
of the Tigers. let them down with six
hits and held them to a single tally.
In the several frames In which he
found himself in close quarters, Ayres
pitched his head off" His own error
In the third inning combined with
Irmscher's ability to hit the balls
labeled for the waste basket. spelled
the word near and closely annexed 1t
with the dread combination OF letters
d-e-f-e-a-t However, that may be, he
worked just as hard after the Tigers
took the lead and was able to hold
them securely after tho tide turned in
his favor.
In many respects yesterdays game
was remarkable. With Perryman
working In the form which he showed
up TO the eighth. there was hardly one
fan in the park who would have
wagered that the Colts had a chance
at the game. Theiielding was for the
most part clever. nearly all OF the
errors made on both sides resulting
from badly thrown balls rather than
miscues in handling the fielding
chances, and II was because OF mis-
plays such as these, combined with
two timely. clouts. which brought the
fourthrgame OF the week into the Grit
net.
Carterdn slamming at the ball over
3AtAt It And 1t dropped down the first
bAee line. Perryman helded 1t and
woodworking to tag the runner out Tell
In q heap and Carter was safe. Ducky
Tberts stepped into tfts breach With
a timely swat to center and the nrsf
two stations were choked. Mace OF
fered another chance to the parson
and he accepting nicely lined the ball
That young fellow allowed the ball
to bounce away and all were anchored
in harhors Of safety. Ayres was up
and a few seconds later Perryfssan was
down, for the doctors grounder went
down a slippery alley and the eppos-
ing moundman tumbled over himself
in throwing to the plate, over which
Carter had already romped. Connie
hit at third and Irmscher made so
bad a peg to the pan that Eberts slid
across with the run which placed the
Colts In the lead. oJhnnie Mace at
tempted to come home on LavaFs In
field tap and was caught at the plate,
but Sandy Piez delivered his three
sacker at this juncture and Ayres.
Rresnahan and Laval came across.
Laval had failed to touch second. how
ever and was called out. Piez inn
mediateiy stole home after the hos
tilities had begun, following the argu-
ment over the Laval play and Raley
ended the fighting by tanning.