Jacksonville Red Caps 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 7 5 Atlanta Black Crackers 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 6 6 BATTING Jacksonville Red Caps AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Philly Holmes ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Skin Down Robinson 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 4 Lacey Thomas rf 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bo Williams lf 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Henry Turner c 4 1 3 1 0 3 1 Joe Royal cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 Al Frazier 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 Mint Jones 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 Preacher Henry p 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 Totals 37 4 7 3 3 12 24 8 FIELDING - E: 5. Skin Down Robinson, Henry Turner, Al Frazier, Mint Jones 2. BATTING - 2B: Henry Turner. HR: Al Frazier. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - CS: Joe Royal. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 Ormond Sampson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Babe Davis lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Don Pelham cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 Bill Cooper 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Jack Thornton 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 6 1 Red Hadley rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 1 1 0 1 12 1 Ping Burke p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Telosh Howard p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 6 3 2 3 27 10 FIELDING - E: 6. Gabby Kemp 2, Ormond Sampson, Bill Cooper 2, Red Hadley. BATTING - Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Babe Davis, Red Hadley. PITCHING Jacksonville Red Caps IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Preacher Henry L 8 6 5 1 2 3 0 36 Totals 8 6 5 1 2 3 0 36 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ping Burke W 6.2 7 4 2 3 7 1 32 Telosh Howard SV 2.1 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 Totals 9 7 4 2 3 12 1 40 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - B.T. Harvey Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 4958 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/25/1937, 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. L.Thomas rf B.Davis lf 4. B.Williams lf D.Pelham cf 5. H.Turner c B.Cooper 3b 6. J.Royal cf J.Thornton 1b 7. A.Frazier 3b R.Hadley rf 8. M.Jones 1b J.Greene c 9. P.Henry p P.Burke p RED CAPS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; P.Holmes struck out; S.Robinson out on unknown play; L.Thomas walked; B.Williams 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 singled; B.Davis out on unknown play [O.Sampson to third]; D.Pelham reached on an error by S.Robinson [O.Sampson scored (unearned) (no RBI), D.Pelham to first]; B.Cooper out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 1. RED CAPS 2ND: H.Turner singled; J.Royal struck out; A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Thornton struck out; R.Hadley singled; R.Hadley stole second [R.Hadley to third (error by H.Turner)]; J.Greene singled to center field [R.Hadley scored (unearned)]; P.Burke out on unknown play; G.Kemp walked [J.Greene to second]; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 2. RED CAPS 3RD: P.Henry struck out; P.Holmes out on unknown play; S.Robinson singled to second base [S.Robinson to second (error by G.Kemp)]; L.Thomas walked; B.Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: B.Davis singled; B.Davis stole second; D.Pelham singled to right field [B.Davis scored]; B.Cooper reached on an error by M.Jones [D.Pelham to second, B.Cooper to first]; J.Thornton out on unknown play [D.Pelham to third, B.Cooper to second]; R.Hadley flied to J.Royal [D.Pelham scored (unearned)]; J.Greene struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 4. RED CAPS 4TH: H.Turner singled; J.Royal walked [H.Turner to second]; A.Frazier reached on an error by B.Cooper [H.Turner scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Royal to second, A.Frazier to first]; J.Royal was caught stealing third (J.Greene to B.Cooper); M.Jones forced A.Frazier (G.Kemp to O.Sampson) [M.Jones to first]; P.Henry singled to right field [M.Jones to second]; P.Holmes popped to G.Kemp; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: 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 1, Black Crackers 4. RED CAPS 5TH: S.Robinson out on unknown play; L.Thomas out on unknown play; B.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 4. RED CAPS 6TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; J.Royal reached on an error by G.Kemp [J.Royal to first]; A.Frazier homered to leftfield [J.Royal scored (unearned)]; M.Jones reached on an error by B.Cooper [M.Jones to first]; P.Henry out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 3, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: J.Thornton singled; R.Hadley walked [J.Thornton to second]; J.Greene reached on an error by A.Frazier [J.Thornton scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Hadley to second, J.Greene to first]; P.Burke out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 3, Black Crackers 5. RED CAPS 7TH: S.Robinson singled to left field; L.Thomas reached on an error by O.Sampson [S.Robinson to second, L.Thomas to first]; B.Williams flied to D.Pelham; H.Turner doubled to left-center (D.Pelham to O.Sampson to J.Greene) [S.Robinson scored, L.Thomas out at home]; T.HOWARD REPLACED P.BURKE (PITCHING); J.Royal struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: B.Davis reached on an error by M.Jones [B.Davis to first]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5. RED CAPS 8TH: A.Frazier out on unknown play; M.Jones struck out; P.Henry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: R.Hadley out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; T.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5. RED CAPS 9TH: P.Holmes reached on an error by R.Hadley [P.Holmes to first]; S.Robinson struck out; L.Thomas popped to J.Thornton; B.Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 4, Black Crackers 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Caps 4 7 5 9 Black Crackers 5 6 6 7
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