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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 10 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 6

Game played on Thursday, June 10, 1937 (N) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Exhibition game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  0 0 0  4 6 0   -  10 13  1
Atlanta Black Crackers              3 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 0   -   6  7 10

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Parnell Woods 3b                      4   2   2    0     2   0     1   1
Johnny Ray cf                         6   2   2    1     0   0     4   0
Jim Canada 1b                         5   1   1    1     0   1     8   1
David Whatley rf                      5   1   1    1     0   1     1   0
Melzar Williams lf                    4   1   1    1     1   0     1   0
Sylvester Owens 2b                    5   0   1    0     0   0     1   2
Fred Bankhead ss                      5   0   1    2     0   0     2   2
Harry Barnes c                        5   1   2    0     0   0     5   1
Red Howard p                          5   2   2    2     0   0     4   2
Totals                               44  10  13    8     3   2    27   9

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Harry Barnes. 

BATTING -
2B:  David Whatley, Harry Barnes, Red Howard. 
3B:  Melzar Williams. 
HR:  Red Howard. 
Team LOB:  10


Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         4   2   2    0     0   0     3   1
Ormond Sampson ss                     3   2   1    0     0   0     3   2
Babe Davis lf, rf                     4   1   1    3     0   1     0   0
Joe Greene c                          2   0   0    1     0   0     7   0
  Bill Cooper c                       0   0   0    0     1   0     2   0
Jack Thornton 1b                      3   1   1    0     1   0     6   1
Hap Glenn 3b                          4   0   1    2     0   0     2   2
Donald Reeves rf, lf                  4   0   1    0     0   0     2   0
Red Hadley cf                         4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Ping Burke p                          2   0   0    0     0   0     1   1
  Telosh Howard p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Jimmy Reese p                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               32   6   7    6     2   1    27   7

FIELDING -
E: 10.  Ormond Sampson 2, Joe Greene, Bill Cooper 2, Jack Thornton, Donald Reeves 2, Telosh Howard, Jimmy Reese. 

BATTING -
3B:  Hap Glenn. 
HR:  Babe Davis. 
SH:  Ormond Sampson, Joe Greene. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Gabby Kemp. 
CS:  Bill Cooper. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Red Howard W                         9       7   6    5   2   1   1  36
Totals                               9       7   6    5   2   1   1  36


Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ping Burke                           6.2     6   4    1   2   2   0  31
Telosh Howard L                      0.2     5   4    3   0   0   1  7
Jimmy Reese                          1.2     2   2    0   1   0   0  9
Totals                               9      13  10    4   3   2   1  47



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2114

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 6/10/1937 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Atlanta Black Crackers (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Atlanta                       
1. P.Woods             3b        G.Kemp              2b        
2. J.Ray               cf        O.Sampson           ss        
3. J.Canada            1b        B.Davis             lf        
4. D.Whatley           rf        J.Greene            c         
5. M.Williams          lf        J.Thornton          1b        
6. S.Owens             2b        H.Glenn             3b        
7. F.Bankhead          ss        D.Reeves            rf        
8. H.Barnes            c         R.Hadley            cf        
9. R.Howard            p         P.Burke             p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; P.Woods singled; J.Ray out on unknown play;
J.Canada out on unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp singled to center field; On a bunt
O.Sampson singled [G.Kemp to second]; G.Kemp stole third;
B.Davis struck out; J.Greene out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson to second]; J.Thornton
walked; H.Glenn tripled [O.Sampson scored, J.Thornton scored];
D.Reeves out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: M.Williams out on unknown play; S.Owens
singled; S.Owens was picked off first, but was safe on an error
by J.Greene [S.Owens to second]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
H.Barnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: 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.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: R.Howard out on unknown play; P.Woods walked;
J.Ray reached on an error by O.Sampson [P.Woods to second, J.Ray
to first]; J.Canada struck out; D.Whatley struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis out
on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: M.Williams out on unknown play; S.Owens out
on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: J.Thornton singled; H.Glenn out on unknown
play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: H.Barnes singled; R.Howard out on unknown
play; P.Woods walked [H.Barnes to second]; J.Ray out on unknown
play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: P.Burke out on unknown play; G.Kemp
singled; O.Sampson reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by
H.Barnes [G.Kemp to second, O.Sampson to first]; B.Davis homered
to centerfield [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson scored (unearned)];
J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 3
R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 6.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: D.Whatley reached on an error by O.Sampson
[D.Whatley to first]; M.Williams out on unknown play; S.Owens
out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 6.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: H.Glenn out on unknown play; D.Reeves out
on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 6.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: B.COOPER REPLACED J.GREENE (PLAYING C);
H.Barnes out on unknown play; R.Howard doubled; P.Woods reached
on an error by J.Thornton [R.Howard to third, P.Woods to first];
J.Ray singled to right field [R.Howard scored, P.Woods scored
(unearned) (no RBI) (error by D.Reeves), J.Ray to second];
J.Canada out on unknown play; D.Whatley doubled [J.Ray scored
(unearned)]; T.HOWARD REPLACED P.BURKE (PITCHING); D.Whatley was
picked off second, but was safe on an error by T.Howard

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