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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 5 Jacksonville Red Caps (JAX) 4

Game played on Wednesday, May 12, 1937 (D) at , Albany GA
Exhibition game

Jacksonville Red Caps               2 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0   -   4  7  2
Atlanta Black Crackers              0 0 1  0 3 1  0 0 x   -   5 10  3

BATTING

Jacksonville Red Caps                AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Philly Holmes ss                      4   1   0    0     1         2   2
Skin Down Robinson 2b                 4   0   0    0     0         1   3
Bo Williams lf                        4   1   2    1     0         1   1
Don Pelham cf                         4   1   3    1     0         3   0
Ty Johnson 1b                         4   1   1    0     0         7   0
Henry Turner c                        4   0   0    0     0   1     9   1
 Jackson 3b                           3   0   0    1     0         1   1
Lacey Thomas rf                       3   0   1    0     1         0   0
 Hunter p                             2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Specs Ellis p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Alonzo Mitchell p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   4   7    3     2  10    24  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Philly Holmes, Ty Johnson. 

BATTING -
3B:  Don Pelham, Ty Johnson. 
SH:  Skin Down Robinson,  Jackson, Alonzo Mitchell. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Philly Holmes. 

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         5   0   1    0     0         2   5
Ormond Sampson ss                     4   1   2    1     0         1   3
Babe Davis cf                         3   2   3    1     1         1   1
Joe Greene c                          4   1   1    2     0         9   1
Donald Reeves rf                      4   0   1    1     0         1   0
Jack Thornton 1b                      3   0   1    0     0         9   0
Hap Glenn 3b                          3   0   0    0     1         1   5
Red Hadley lf                         4   1   1    0     0         3   1
Ping Burke p                          4   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               34   5  10    5     2   8    27  17

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Joe Greene, Jack Thornton, Hap Glenn. 

BATTING -
2B:  Babe Davis, Joe Greene. 
3B:  Donald Reeves. 
HR:  Babe Davis. 
SH:  Jack Thornton. 
IW:  Babe Davis. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Gabby Kemp, Babe Davis. 

PITCHING

Jacksonville Red Caps                IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
 Hunter                              4.1     7   4    4   1   4   1  22
Specs Ellis L                        1.1     3   1    1   0   2   0  7
Alonzo Mitchell                      2.1     0   0    0   1   2   0  8
Totals                               8      10   5    5   2   8   1  37

IW:  Alonzo Mitchell. 

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ping Burke W                         9       7   4    3   2  10   0  38
Totals                               9       7   4    3   2  10   0  38



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 3500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 5/12/1937 -- Jacksonville Red Caps at Atlanta
Black Crackers (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Jacksonville                  Atlanta                       
1. P.Holmes            ss        G.Kemp              2b        
2. S.Robinson          2b        O.Sampson           ss        
3. B.Williams          lf        B.Davis             cf        
4. D.Pelham            cf        J.Greene            c         
5. T.Johnson           1b        D.Reeves            rf        
6. H.Turner            c         J.Thornton          1b        
7.                     3b        H.Glenn             3b        
8. L.Thomas            rf        R.Hadley            lf        
9.                     p         P.Burke             p         

RED CAPS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; P.Holmes walked; P.Holmes stole second; S.Robinson
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Holmes to third];
B.Williams singled to right field [P.Holmes scored]; D.Pelham
singled to left field [B.Williams scored]; T.Johnson popped to
G.Kemp; H.Turner struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 2,
Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp singled; O.Sampson out on unknown
play; B.Davis singled [G.Kemp to second]; J.Greene out on
unknown play; G.Kemp stole third and B.Davis stole second;
D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Caps 2,
Black Crackers 0.

RED CAPS 2ND:  out on unknown play; L.Thomas out on unknown
play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Caps 2,
Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Thornton singled; H.Glenn out on unknown
play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; P.Burke out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 2, Black Crackers 0.

RED CAPS 3RD: P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson out on
unknown play; B.Williams singled; D.Pelham singled to center
field (B.Davis to H.Glenn) [B.Williams out at third]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 2, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out
on unknown play; B.Davis homered to left-center; J.Greene out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Caps 2, Black Crackers
1.

RED CAPS 4TH: T.Johnson tripled; H.Turner out on unknown play; 
reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by J.Thornton [T.Johnson
scored,  to first]; L.Thomas out on unknown play;  out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 3, Black Crackers
1.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: D.Reeves reached on an error by T.Johnson
[D.Reeves to first]; J.Thornton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [D.Reeves to second]; H.Glenn walked; R.Hadley out on
unknown play; P.Burke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Red Caps 3, Black Crackers 1.

RED CAPS 5TH: P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson out on
unknown play; B.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Caps 3, Black Crackers 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: G.Kemp flied to D.Pelham; O.Sampson singled
to right field; B.Davis doubled to right-center [O.Sampson to
third]; J.Greene doubled to left field [O.Sampson scored,
B.Davis scored]; S.ELLIS REPLACED  (PITCHING); D.Reeves tripled
to center field [J.Greene scored]; J.Thornton popped to unknown
fielder; H.Glenn popped to unknown fielder; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Caps 3, Black Crackers 4.

RED CAPS 6TH: D.Pelham tripled; On a bunt T.Johnson reached on
an error by H.Glenn [D.Pelham scored (unearned) (no RBI),
T.Johnson to first]; H.Turner out on unknown play;  out on
unknown play; L.Thomas singled [T.Johnson to second]; S.Ellis
out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Caps 4,
Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: R.Hadley singled; P.Burke out on unknown
play; G.Kemp reached on an error by P.Holmes [R.Hadley to
second, G.Kemp to first]; O.Sampson singled to left field
(B.Williams to H.Turner) [R.Hadley scored, G.Kemp out at home,
O.Sampson to second (on throw)]; A.MITCHELL REPLACED S.ELLIS
(PITCHING); B.Davis was walked intentionally; J.Greene out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Caps 4, Black Crackers
5.

RED CAPS 7TH: P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson out on
unknown play; B.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Thornton
out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5.

RED CAPS 8TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; T.Johnson out on
unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5.

BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: R.Hadley out on unknown play; P.Burke out
on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5.

RED CAPS 9TH:  out on unknown play; L.Thomas walked; A.Mitchell
reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by J.Greene [L.Thomas to
second, A.Mitchell to first]; P.Holmes out on unknown play;
S.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Caps
4, Black Crackers 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Caps         4   7   2   7
 Black Crackers   5  10   3   8


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