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Posted By: Tom Hufford

I knew Doc Ayers personally. When I was a kid, he always seemed to be in the barbershop on Saturday afternoon, when I would go for a haircut. Talking about pitching with Walter Johnson.

He was on two "cards" that I know of. The first was in the W516-1 strip card set, but you wouldn't know it from the checklist. The Walter Johnson card actually pictures Ayers. I have a copy of the same photo, in much clearer detail, from a Washington Post article about Ayers.

He also appeared in the PB5-2 Mrs. Sherlock's Bread pin set of Toledo players, as "Doc Ayers."

His first name shows up in many references as "Yancy" but it was really "Yancey." I'm travelling, and can't post examples of the card or pin, but I do happen to have a photo of his grave site on my computer. I'll try to post it.