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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 9 Jacksonville Red Caps (JAX) 1

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

Jacksonville Red Caps               0 1 0  0 0 0  0  -   1  5  3
Atlanta Black Crackers              1 2 6  0 0 0  x  -   9  7  1

BATTING

Jacksonville Red Caps                AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Philly Holmes ss                      3   0   2    0     0   0     1   0
Skin Down Robinson 2b                 3   0   0    0     0   0     2   2
Henry Turner rf                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Herb Barnhill c                       3   0   0    0     0   0     4   0
Bo Williams lf                        3   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
Lacey Thomas cf                       3   1   2    0     0   0     2   0
Al Frazier 3b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Mint Jones 1b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     7   0
Joe Royal p                           1   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
  Leonard Walker p                    0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Specs Ellis p                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Totals                               26   1   5    1     0   0    18   5

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Skin Down Robinson, Mint Jones. 
E: 3.  Philly Holmes, Herb Barnhill, Al Frazier. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Al Frazier. 
Team LOB:  4


Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         2   0   0    0     2   0     4   1
Ormond Sampson ss                     4   2   2    1     0   0     1   2
Babe Davis lf                         3   0   0    0     1   1     1   0
Don Pelham cf                         4   0   1    2     0   0     3   0
Bill Cooper 3b                        2   1   0    0     1   0     0   2
Jack Thornton 1b                      2   1   0    0     1   0     8   0
Red Hadley rf                         3   2   2    2     0   0     2   0
Joe Greene c                          1   2   1    0     2   0     1   0
Lefty Nelson p                        2   1   1    1     1   0     1   3
Totals                               23   9   7    6     8   1    21   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Gabby Kemp, Ormond Sampson, Jack Thornton. 
E: 1.  Ormond Sampson. 

BATTING -
3B:  Ormond Sampson. 
GDP:  Gabby Kemp. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Red Hadley 3, Joe Greene 2. 

PITCHING

Jacksonville Red Caps                IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Joe Royal L                          2.2     4   9    7   8   1   0  19
Leonard Walker                       0.1     1   0    0   0   0   0  1
Specs Ellis                          3       2   0    0   0   0   0  11
Totals                               6       7   9    7   8   1   0  31

WP:  Joe Royal 2. 

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Lefty Nelson W                       7       5   1    0   0   0   0  26
Totals                               7       5   1    0   0   0   0  26



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 4958

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/25/1937, 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. H.Turner            rf        B.Davis             lf        
4. H.Barnhill          c         D.Pelham            cf        
5. B.Williams          lf        B.Cooper            3b        
6. L.Thomas            cf        J.Thornton          1b        
7. A.Frazier           3b        R.Hadley            rf        
8. M.Jones             1b        J.Greene            c         
9. J.Royal             p         L.Nelson            p         

RED CAPS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; P.Holmes singled; S.Robinson out on unknown play;
H.Turner out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp walked; O.Sampson forced G.Kemp
(unknown fielder) [O.Sampson to first]; B.Davis walked
[O.Sampson to second]; J.Royal threw a wild pitch [O.Sampson to
third, B.Davis to second]; D.Pelham out on unknown play
[O.Sampson scored]; B.Cooper out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Caps 0, Black Crackers 1.

RED CAPS 2ND: B.Williams out on unknown play; L.Thomas singled;
A.Frazier reached on an error by O.Sampson [L.Thomas to second,
A.Frazier to first]; M.Jones out on unknown play; J.Royal
singled [L.Thomas scored (unearned), A.Frazier to second];
P.Holmes out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Caps 1, Black Crackers 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Thornton out on unknown play; R.Hadley
singled; J.Greene walked [R.Hadley to second]; R.Hadley stole
third and J.Greene stole second [R.Hadley scored (unearned)
(error by H.Barnhill), J.Greene to third]; J.Greene was picked
off third, but was safe on an error by A.Frazier [J.Greene
scored (unearned)]; L.Nelson walked; G.Kemp grounded into a
double play (S.Robinson to M.Jones) [L.Nelson out at second]; 2
R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 3.

RED CAPS 3RD: S.Robinson out on unknown play; H.Turner flied to
D.Pelham; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: O.Sampson tripled to center field; B.Davis
was called out on strikes; D.Pelham grounded out (S.Robinson to
M.Jones) [O.Sampson scored]; B.Cooper walked; J.Thornton walked
[B.Cooper to second]; J.Royal threw a wild pitch [B.Cooper to
third, J.Thornton to second]; R.Hadley singled to right field
[B.Cooper scored, J.Thornton scored]; J.Greene walked [R.Hadley
to second]; R.Hadley stole third; R.Hadley stole home and
J.Greene stole second; L.Nelson singled to left field [J.Greene
scored]; G.Kemp walked [L.Nelson to second]; L.WALKER REPLACED
J.ROYAL (PITCHING); O.Sampson singled to right field (H.Turner
to S.Robinson) [L.Nelson scored, G.Kemp out at home]; 5 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

RED CAPS 4TH: B.Williams out on unknown play; L.Thomas singled;
A.Frazier grounded into a double play (O.Sampson to G.Kemp to
J.Thornton) [L.Thomas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: S.ELLIS REPLACED L.WALKER (PITCHING);
B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham singled to shortstop
[D.Pelham to second (error by P.Holmes)]; B.Cooper out on
unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

RED CAPS 5TH: M.Jones out on unknown play; S.Ellis out on
unknown play; P.Holmes singled; S.Robinson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: R.Hadley out on unknown play; J.Greene
singled; L.Nelson out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

RED CAPS 6TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on
unknown play; B.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis out
on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

RED CAPS 7TH: L.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on
unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Caps 1, Black Crackers 9.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Caps         1   5   3   4
 Black Crackers   9   7   1   4


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