Jacksonville Red Caps 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 3 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 BATTING Jacksonville Red Caps AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Philly Holmes ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Skin Down Robinson 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 Joe Royal rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Henry Turner c 4 1 1 0 0 2 10 1 Don Pelham cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Lacey Thomas lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Al Frazier 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Mint Jones 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 Preacher Henry p 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 Totals 32 1 3 0 2 8 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 2. Skin Down Robinson 2, Henry Turner, Al Frazier, Mint Jones. E: 3. Philly Holmes 2, Skin Down Robinson. BATTING - Team LOB: 6 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 Ormond Sampson ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Babe Davis lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Jimmy Reese ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Joe Greene c 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Bill Cooper ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 Donald Reeves rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Hap Glenn 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Red Hadley cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 Roy Welmaker p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 2 0 1 10 27 11 FIELDING - E: 2. Ormond Sampson, Babe Davis. BATTING - HBP: Ormond Sampson. GDP: Jack Thornton. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Ormond Sampson. CS: Ormond Sampson. PITCHING Jacksonville Red Caps IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Preacher Henry W 9 2 0 0 1 10 0 32 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 10 0 32 HBP: Preacher Henry. Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roy Welmaker L 9 3 1 0 2 8 0 34 Totals 9 3 1 0 2 8 0 34 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Lowe Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 5654 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/30/1937, game 1 -- 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. L.Thomas lf D.Reeves rf 7. A.Frazier 3b H.Glenn 3b 8. M.Jones 1b R.Hadley cf 9. P.Henry p R.Welmaker p RED CAPS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson walked; J.Royal out on unknown play; H.Turner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp struck out; 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 struck out; L.Thomas singled; A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Greene reached on an error by P.Holmes [J.Greene to first]; J.Thornton grounded into a double play (A.Frazier to S.Robinson to M.Jones) [J.Greene out at second]; D.Reeves struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 3RD: P.Henry walked; P.Holmes struck out; S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: H.Glenn singled; R.Hadley struck out; R.Welmaker out on unknown play; G.Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 4TH: H.Turner singled to right field; D.Pelham singled to left field [H.Turner scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by B.Davis)]; L.Thomas struck out; A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis struck out; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 5TH: P.Henry struck out; P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: J.Thornton out on unknown play; D.Reeves walked; H.Glenn struck out; R.Hadley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 6TH: J.Royal reached on an error by O.Sampson [J.Royal to first]; H.Turner reached on a fielder's choice [J.Royal to second]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; L.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Frazier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: R.Welmaker out on unknown play; G.Kemp struck out; O.Sampson was hit by a pitch; O.Sampson stole second; B.Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 7TH: M.Jones struck out; P.Henry out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton reached on an error by S.Robinson [J.Thornton to first]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 8TH: S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal out on unknown play; H.Turner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: R.Hadley grounded out (P.Holmes to M.Jones); R.Welmaker out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. RED CAPS 9TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; L.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: O.Sampson singled to center field; J.REESE BATTED FOR B.DAVIS; J.Reese struck out while O.Sampson was caught stealing second (H.Turner to S.Robinson); B.COOPER BATTED FOR J.GREENE; B.Cooper reached on an error by P.Holmes [B.Cooper to first]; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Caps 1 3 3 6 Black Crackers 0 2 2 5
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