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Jacksonville Red Caps (JAX) 4 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 1

Game played on Monday, July 5, 1937 (D) at Red Cap Stadium, Jacksonville FL
Exhibition game

Atlanta Black Crackers              1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  5  2
Jacksonville Red Caps               0 0 0  0 0 0  3 1 x   -   4  7  0

BATTING

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         1   1   0    0     2   0     0   2
Ormond Sampson ss                     3   0   0    0     0   0     4   3
Babe Davis lf                         4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Joe Greene c                          3   0   1    1     1   0     7   1
Jack Thornton 1b                      4   0   1    0     0   1     9   0
 Bryant 3b                            4   0   0    0     0   0     1   4
Red Hadley cf                         3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
 Silvers rf                           3   0   1    0     1   0     2   1
Jimmy Reese p                         3   0   1    0     0   0     0   2
Totals                               28   1   5    1     5   1    24  13

FIELDING -
E: 2.   Silvers, Jimmy Reese. 

BATTING -
2B:  Joe Greene. 
SH:  Gabby Kemp, Ormond Sampson, Jimmy Reese. 
IW:  Joe Greene. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Gabby Kemp. 

Jacksonville Red Caps                AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Philly Holmes ss                      3   2   1    0     1   0     3   2
Skin Down Robinson 2b                 4   1   2    1     0   0     0   2
Joe Royal rf                          4   0   2    2     0   0     2   0
Henry Turner c                        4   0   0    0     0   0     7   1
Don Pelham cf                         3   1   1    0     0   0     4   0
Lacey Thomas lf                       2   0   1    1     0   0     1   0
Al Frazier 3b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   3
Mint Jones 1b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     9   0
Preacher Henry p                      3   0   0    0     0   0     1   3
Totals                               29   4   7    4     1   0    27  11


BATTING -
2B:  Skin Down Robinson, Joe Royal. 
3B:  Don Pelham. 
HBP:  Lacey Thomas. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Lacey Thomas. 

PITCHING

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jimmy Reese L                        8       7   4    4   1   0   0  31
Totals                               8       7   4    4   1   0   0  31

HBP:  Jimmy Reese. 

Jacksonville Red Caps                IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Preacher Henry W                     9       5   1    1   5   1   0  36
Totals                               9       5   1    1   5   1   0  36

IW:  Preacher Henry. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 6513

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 7/5/1937, game 1 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at
Jacksonville Red Caps (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta                       Jacksonville                  
1. G.Kemp              2b        P.Holmes            ss        
2. O.Sampson           ss        S.Robinson          2b        
3. B.Davis             lf        J.Royal             rf        
4. J.Greene            c         H.Turner            c         
5. J.Thornton          1b        D.Pelham            cf        
6.                     3b        L.Thomas            lf        
7. R.Hadley            cf        A.Frazier           3b        
8.                     rf        M.Jones             1b        
9. J.Reese             p         P.Henry             p         

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; G.Kemp walked; O.Sampson out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [G.Kemp to second]; G.Kemp stole third;
B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Greene doubled to center field
[G.Kemp scored]; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

RED CAPS 1ST:  dropped a foul fly hit by P.Holmes; P.Holmes out
on unknown play; S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps
0.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND:  out on unknown play; R.Hadley walked; 
walked [R.Hadley to second]; J.Reese out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [R.Hadley to third,  to second]; G.Kemp out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps
0.

RED CAPS 2ND: H.Turner out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on
unknown play; L.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

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 Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

RED CAPS 3RD: A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones out on
unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: J.Thornton singled;  out on unknown play;
R.Hadley out on unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

RED CAPS 4TH: 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.
 Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: J.Reese singled; G.Kemp out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Reese to second]; O.Sampson out on
unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

RED CAPS 5TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on
unknown play; L.Thomas was hit by a pitch; L.Thomas was caught
stealing second (J.Greene to O.Sampson); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton
out on unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

RED CAPS 6TH: A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones out on
unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: R.Hadley out on unknown play;  out on
unknown play; J.Reese out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 0.

RED CAPS 7TH: P.Holmes walked; S.Robinson singled [P.Holmes to
second]; J.Royal doubled to right field ( to ) [P.Holmes scored,
S.Robinson scored, J.Royal out at third]; H.Turner out on
unknown play; D.Pelham tripled to right field; L.Thomas singled
to left field [D.Pelham scored]; A.Frazier out on unknown play;
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: G.Kemp walked; O.Sampson out on unknown
play; B.Davis singled to center field [G.Kemp to second];
J.Greene was walked intentionally [G.Kemp to third, B.Davis to
second]; J.Thornton struck out; J.Greene was picked off first
(P.Henry to M.Jones); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 1,
Red Caps 3.

RED CAPS 8TH: M.Jones out on unknown play; P.Henry out on
unknown play; P.Holmes singled; P.Holmes was picked off first,
but was safe on an error by J.Reese [P.Holmes to second];
S.Robinson doubled to left field [P.Holmes scored]; J.Royal
singled [S.Robinson to third]; H.Turner out on unknown play; 1
R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 9TH:  out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on
unknown play;  singled; J.Reese out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Red Caps 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Crackers   1   5   2   8
 Red Caps         4   7   0   3


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