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Jacksonville Red Caps (JAX) 5 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 0

Game played on Saturday, May 29, 1937 (D) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Exhibition game

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. 


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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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