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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 8 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 2

Game played on Tuesday, July 20, 1937 (N) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1   -   2  8  4
Atlanta Black Crackers              1 0 0  0 0 2  4 1 x   -   8 10  0

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jack Marshall rf                      4   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Ted Bond 3b                           4   2   3    0     0         1   0
Alex Radcliff ss                      4   0   1    0     0   1     2   3
Subby Byas c                          4   0   1    1     0         6   1
Wilson Redus lf                       4   0   1    1     0   1     0   1
Luther Gilyard 1b                     4   0   1    0     0   1    10   1
Joe Sparks 2b                         3   0   1    0     0         3   5
Herman Dunlap cf                      3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Willie Cornelius p                    2   0   0    0     0         1   2
  Ted Trent p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
   Walker ph                          1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Melvin Powell p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   2   8    2     0  12    24  13

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Alex Radcliff, Wilson Redus, Luther Gilyard, Joe Sparks. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ted Bond 2, Joe Sparks. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Ted Bond. 

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         5   2   2    1     0   0     0   1
Ormond Sampson ss                     4   3   2    1     0   0     0   5
Babe Davis lf                         3   1   1    1     1   0     4   0
Don Pelham cf                         4   0   0    0     0   1     0   1
Jack Thornton 1b                      4   0   1    0     0   0     7   0
Hap Glenn 3b                          4   0   1    2     0   0     3   1
Red Hadley rf                         4   1   1    0     0   0     1   1
Bill Cooper c                         4   1   1    0     0   0    12   0
Ping Burke p                          3   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Totals                               35   8  10    6     1   1    27   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Ormond Sampson, Don Pelham, Hap Glenn. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ormond Sampson. 
3B:  Gabby Kemp, Red Hadley. 
SH:  Ping Burke. 
HBP:  Ormond Sampson. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius L                   6.1     6   7    5   1   0   0  30
Ted Trent                            0.2     2   0    0   0   1   0  3
Melvin Powell                        1       2   1    1   0   0   0  5
Totals                               8      10   8    6   1   1   0  38

HBP:  Willie Cornelius. 

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ping Burke W                         9       8   2    2   0  12   0  33
Totals                               9       8   2    2   0  12   0  33



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2858

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 7/20/1937 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Atlanta Bl.
Crackers (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Atlanta                       
1. J.Marshall          rf        G.Kemp              2b        
2. T.Bond              3b        O.Sampson           ss        
3. A.Radcliff          ss        B.Davis             lf        
4. S.Byas              c         D.Pelham            cf        
5. W.Redus             lf        J.Thornton          1b        
6. L.Gilyard           1b        H.Glenn             3b        
7. J.Sparks            2b        R.Hadley            rf        
8. H.Dunlap            cf        B.Cooper            c         
9. W.Cornelius         p         P.Burke             p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Marshall struck out; T.Bond singled; A.Radcliff
struck out; T.Bond stole second; S.Byas singled to right field
[T.Bond scored]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 0.

BL. CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson doubled
to left field; B.Davis reached on an error by L.Gilyard
[O.Sampson scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Davis to first];
D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on
unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

BL. CRACKERS 2ND: H.Glenn reached on an error by J.Sparks
[H.Glenn to first]; R.Hadley out on unknown play; B.Cooper out
on unknown play; P.Burke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; J.Marshall out
on unknown play; T.Bond doubled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

BL. CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on
unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus singled;
L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

BL. CRACKERS 4TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Thornton out
on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out
on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

BL. CRACKERS 5TH: R.Hadley out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on
unknown play; P.Burke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: T.Bond out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1.

BL. CRACKERS 6TH: G.Kemp tripled to right field; O.Sampson
singled to shortstop [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson to second (error
by A.Radcliff)]; B.Davis walked; D.Pelham reached on an error by
W.Redus [O.Sampson scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Davis to
second, D.Pelham to first]; J.Thornton out on unknown play;
H.Glenn out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 2 R
(1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 3.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Redus was called out on strikes; L.Gilyard
singled; J.Sparks doubled to center field (D.Pelham to O.Sampson
to H.Glenn) [L.Gilyard out at second, J.Sparks out at third]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 3.

BL. CRACKERS 7TH: Sparks was thrown out trying for a triple;
Gilyard was out for missing 2B on the play.; B.Cooper singled to
right field; P.Burke out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[B.Cooper to second]; G.Kemp singled to right field [B.Cooper
scored]; O.Sampson was hit by a pitch [G.Kemp to second];
B.Davis singled to left field [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson to
second]; T.TRENT REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); D.Pelham
struck out; J.Thornton singled [O.Sampson to third, B.Davis to
second]; H.Glenn singled to left field (W.Redus to T.Bond)
[O.Sampson scored, B.Davis scored, J.Thornton out at third]; 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 7.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play;  BATTED FOR
T.TRENT;  out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 7.

BL. CRACKERS 8TH: M.POWELL REPLACED  (PITCHING); R.Hadley
tripled to left field; B.Cooper out on unknown play; P.Burke
singled to left field [R.Hadley scored]; G.Kemp out on unknown
play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 8.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: T.Bond doubled; A.Radcliff singled to center
field [T.Bond to third]; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus
flied to B.Davis [T.Bond scored]; L.Gilyard was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Bl. Crackers 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       2   8   4   4
 Bl. Crackers     8  10   0   6


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