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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 8 Jacksonville Red Caps (JAX) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 30, 1937 (D) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Exhibition game

Jacksonville Red Caps               0 0 0  1 0 0  0  -   1  4  3
Atlanta Black Crackers              0 0 0  4 0 4  x  -   8  9  1

BATTING

Jacksonville Red Caps                AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Philly Holmes ss                      3   0   0    0     0   0     2   1
Skin Down Robinson 2b                 3   0   0    0     0   0     2   2
Joe Royal rf                          3   1   1    0     0   0     0   1
Herb Barnhill c                       3   0   3    0     0   0     2   0
Don Pelham cf                         3   0   0    1     0   0     1   0
Lacey Thomas lf                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Al Frazier 3b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     2   2
Mint Jones 1b                         1   0   0    0     0   0     4   0
  Alonzo Mitchell 1b                  0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Henry Turner 1b                     1   0   0    0     0   0     4   0
Leonard Walker p                      2   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Totals                               25   1   4    1     0   0    18   6

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Philly Holmes, Al Frazier 2. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  3


Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         3   1   1    2     1   0     0   0
Ormond Sampson ss                     4   1   0    1     0   0     1   3
Babe Davis lf                         4   1   2    0     0   0     1   0
Bill Cooper c                         4   1   1    1     0   0     4   0
Jack Thornton 1b                      4   0   0    0     0   0     9   1
Donald Reeves rf                      3   1   2    1     0   0     2   0
Hap Glenn 3b                          3   1   0    0     0   0     2   0
Red Hadley cf                         2   0   1    2     0   0     1   0
  Roy Welmaker cf                     1   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Jimmy Reese p                         3   1   1    1     0   0     1   1
Totals                               31   8   9    8     1   0    21   5

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Hap Glenn. 

BATTING -
3B:  Gabby Kemp. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Jacksonville Red Caps                IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leonard Walker L                     6       9   8    4   1   0   0  32
Totals                               6       9   8    4   1   0   0  32


Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jimmy Reese W                        7       4   1    1   0   0   0  25
Totals                               7       4   1    1   0   0   0  25



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 5654

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/30/1937, game 2 -- 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.Barnhill          c         B.Cooper            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. L.Walker            p         J.Reese             p         

RED CAPS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; 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 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: H.Barnhill singled to third base [H.Barnhill to
second (error by H.Glenn)]; D.Pelham out on unknown play;
L.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: B.Cooper out on unknown play; J.Thornton
out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled; H.Glenn out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0.

RED CAPS 3RD: M.Jones out on unknown play; L.Walker out on
unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: A.MITCHELL REPLACED M.JONES (PLAYING 1B);
R.Hadley out on unknown play; J.Reese out on unknown play;
G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Caps 0,
Black Crackers 0.

RED CAPS 4TH: S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal singled;
H.Barnhill singled [J.Royal to third]; D.Pelham out on unknown
play [J.Royal scored]; L.Thomas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: H.TURNER REPLACED A.MITCHELL (PLAYING 1B);
O.Sampson reached on an error by P.Holmes [O.Sampson to first];
B.Davis singled [O.Sampson to second]; B.Cooper singled
[O.Sampson scored (unearned), B.Davis to second]; J.Thornton out
on unknown play; D.Reeves singled [B.Davis scored, B.Cooper to
second]; H.Glenn out on unknown play [B.Cooper to third,
D.Reeves to second]; R.Hadley singled [B.Cooper scored
(unearned), D.Reeves scored (unearned)]; J.Reese out on unknown
play; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 4.

RED CAPS 5TH: R.WELMAKER REPLACED R.HADLEY (PLAYING CF);
A.Frazier out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play;
L.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Caps 1,
Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: G.Kemp walked; O.Sampson reached on a
fielder's choice [G.Kemp to second]; B.Davis out on unknown
play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; J.Thornton reached on an
error by A.Frazier [G.Kemp to third, O.Sampson to second,
J.Thornton to first]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 4.

RED CAPS 6TH: 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 1, Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: H.Glenn reached on an error by A.Frazier
[H.Glenn to first]; R.Welmaker singled [H.Glenn to second];
J.Reese singled [H.Glenn scored (unearned), R.Welmaker to
second]; G.Kemp tripled [R.Welmaker scored, J.Reese scored];
O.Sampson flied to D.Pelham [G.Kemp scored]; B.Davis singled;
B.Cooper out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 4
R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 8.

RED CAPS 7TH: H.Barnhill singled; D.Pelham out on unknown play;
L.Thomas flied to B.Davis; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Caps         1   4   3   3
 Black Crackers   8   9   1   6


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