Jacksonville Red Caps 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 6 BATTING Jacksonville Red Caps AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Philly Holmes ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 Skin Down Robinson 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 Joe Royal rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Henry Turner c 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 Don Pelham cf 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ty Johnson p 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 Lacey Thomas lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Al Frazier 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 Mint Jones 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 Totals 39 5 9 2 2 0 27 12 BATTING - 2B: Skin Down Robinson. SH: Skin Down Robinson. IW: Ty Johnson. Team LOB: 10 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Conyers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ormond Sampson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Roy Welmaker ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Babe Davis lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 Jack Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 Donald Reeves rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hap Glenn 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 Red Hadley cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ping Burke p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Jimmy Reese p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 2 0 1 0 27 11 FIELDING - E: 6. Gabby Kemp 2, Ormond Sampson 2, Red Hadley 2. BATTING - Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Jacksonville Red Caps IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ty Johnson W 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 31 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 31 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ping Burke L 7.2 9 5 0 2 0 0 38 Jimmy Reese 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 9 9 5 0 2 0 0 42 IW: Ping Burke. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 5/29/1937 -- 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. J.Royal rf B.Davis lf 4. H.Turner c J.Greene c 5. D.Pelham cf J.Thornton 1b 6. T.Johnson p D.Reeves rf 7. L.Thomas lf H.Glenn 3b 8. A.Frazier 3b R.Hadley cf 9. M.Jones 1b P.Burke p RED CAPS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; P.Holmes singled; S.Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Holmes to second]; J.Royal out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 2ND: D.Pelham out on unknown play; T.Johnson singled; L.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Frazier singled [T.Johnson to second]; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 3RD: P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: H.Glenn singled; R.Hadley reached on a fielder's choice [H.Glenn to second]; P.Burke out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 4TH: H.Turner walked; D.Pelham reached on an error by R.Hadley [H.Turner to third, D.Pelham to second]; T.Johnson was walked intentionally; L.Thomas singled to center field [H.Turner scored (unearned) (error by R.Hadley), D.Pelham scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by R.Hadley), T.Johnson scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Thomas scored (unearned)]; A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 3 R (-1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 5TH: S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal singled to shortstop [J.Royal to second (error by O.Sampson)]; H.Turner out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 6TH: T.Johnson singled; L.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Frazier singled [T.Johnson to second]; M.Jones out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: P.Burke out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 7TH: S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal singled; H.Turner reached on an error by G.Kemp [J.Royal to second, H.Turner to first]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; T.Johnson reached on an error by G.Kemp [J.Royal to third, H.Turner to second, T.Johnson to first]; L.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 8TH: A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones reached on an error by O.Sampson [M.Jones to first]; P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson doubled to right field [M.Jones scored (unearned)]; J.REESE REPLACED P.BURKE (PITCHING); J.Royal out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 5, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; H.Glenn singled; R.Hadley out on unknown play; J.Reese out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 5, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 9TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 5, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: BATTED FOR G.KEMP; out on unknown play; R.WELMAKER BATTED FOR O.SAMPSON; R.Welmaker out on unknown play; B.Davis walked; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 5, Black Crackers 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Caps 5 9 0 10 Black Crackers 0 2 6 4
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