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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 5 Jacksonville Red Caps (JAX) 4

Game played on Sunday, July 25, 1937 (D) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Regular-Season game

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



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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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