Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 2 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 1

Game played on Sunday, August 8, 1937 (D) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Exhibition game

St. Louis Stars                     0 0 0  1 0  -   1  4  4
Atlanta Black Crackers              1 0 0  1 0  -   2  1  1

BATTING

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Tenny Edwards c                       3   0   1    0     0   1     2   0
Marshall Riddle ss                    3   0   0    0     0   1     1   1
Les Pearson rf                        3   0   0    0     0   1     1   0
William Walker cf                     2   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Butch Thurman 1b                      2   0   1    0     0   1     5   0
John Chisum 3b                        2   0   0    0     0   2     1   0
Lester Lockett 2b                     2   0   1    0     0   0     1   2
Jonathan Hill lf                      2   0   0    0     0   1     3   0
Glenn Dixon p                         1   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               20   1   4    1     1   7    14   3

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Marshall Riddle, Butch Thurman 2, John Chisum. 
PB: 1.  Tenny Edwards. 

BATTING -
2B:  Tenny Edwards. 
HR:  William Walker. 
Team LOB:  5


Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   3
Ormond Sampson ss                     3   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Babe Davis lf                         3   0   0    1     0   0     0   0
Don Pelham cf                         2   1   1    0     0   0     1   0
Jack Thornton 1b                      2   0   0    0     0   0     6   0
Hap Glenn 3b                          1   0   0    0     1   0     1   0
Red Hadley rf                         2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Bill Cooper c                         1   0   0    0     1   0     7   0
Ping Burke p                          1   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
  Telosh Howard p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               19   2   1    1     2   0    15   4

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ormond Sampson. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Glenn Dixon L                        4.2     1   2    0   2   0   0  21
Totals                               4.2     1   2    0   2   0   0  21


Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ping Burke                           3.1     4   1    1   0   5   1  14
Telosh Howard W                      1.2     0   0    0   1   2   0  7
Totals                               5       4   1    1   1   7   1  21



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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 6981

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/8/1937, game 2 --   at Atlanta Black Crackers
(D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Atlanta                       
1. T.Edwards           c         G.Kemp              2b        
2. M.Riddle            ss        O.Sampson           ss        
3. L.Pearson           rf        B.Davis             lf        
4. W.Walker            cf        D.Pelham            cf        
5. B.Thurman           1b        J.Thornton          1b        
6. J.Chisum            3b        H.Glenn             3b        
7. L.Lockett           2b        R.Hadley            rf        
8. J.Hill              lf        B.Cooper            c         
9. G.Dixon             p         P.Burke             p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; T.Edwards doubled; M.Riddle struck out; L.Pearson struck
out; W.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0,
Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson
reached on an error [O.Sampson to second (error by B.Thurman;
assist by M.Riddle)]; T.Edwards allowed a passed ball [O.Sampson
to third]; B.Davis flied to L.Pearson [O.Sampson scored
(unearned)]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.   0, Black Crackers 1.

 2ND: B.Thurman singled; J.Chisum struck out; L.Lockett singled
[B.Thurman to second]; J.Hill struck out; G.Dixon out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Black Crackers 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Thornton out on unknown play; H.Glenn
walked; R.Hadley out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Black Crackers 1.

 3RD: T.Edwards out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown
play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Black Crackers 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: P.Burke reached on an error by B.Thurman
[P.Burke to first]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on
unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
  0, Black Crackers 1.

 4TH: W.Walker homered to rightfield; B.Thurman struck out;
T.HOWARD REPLACED P.BURKE (PITCHING); Burke left with a strained
arm; J.Chisum struck out; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1, Black Crackers 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: D.Pelham singled to left field; J.Thornton
out on unknown play [D.Pelham to second]; H.Glenn out on unknown
play [D.Pelham to third]; R.Hadley reached on an error by
M.Riddle [D.Pelham scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Hadley to
first]; B.Cooper walked [R.Hadley to second]; T.Howard out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   1, Black Crackers 2.

 5TH: J.Hill out on unknown play; G.Dixon walked; T.Edwards
struck out; M.Riddle reached on an error by O.Sampson [G.Dixon
to second, M.Riddle to first]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   1, Black Crackers 2.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: G.Kemp reached on an error by J.Chisum
[G.Kemp to first]; O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   1, Black Crackers 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  1   4   4   5
 Black Crackers   2   1   1   5


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