[Eugene Church]

THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE
Sunday, April 6, 1947

RUSH TOO MUCH, LOOKOUTS LOSE 1ST GAME
After three wins to open the '47 Southern Association season, Chattanooga finally tasted defeat at the hands of the Nashville Vols at the notorious Sulphur Dell, the home of high-scoring games and a haven for home runs... the Vols only got two boomers, but they added 16 other hits to pound the Lookouts 13-1... it was the home opener for Nashville so the capacity crowd went home happy... Nashville also got a fine outing from big Bob Rush (1-0)... the 21-year-old rookie right-hander befuddled Chattanooga most of the night, holding them to just one run on eight hits... in a top-notched performance Rush registered seven Ks and issued three bases on balls... his club got him a 7-0 lead in the first frame and he breezed the rest of the way... 1B George Byum (.412) and LF Red Treadway (.294) lofted balls over the short 262-foot right field fence at the Dell... CF Hal Jeffcoat (.333) and Byam had three hits apiece... Lookout starter Vern Curtis (1-1) dropped his first game of the year... the Vols slapped him around for nine runs and 10 hits in just four innings... Nashville moved its mark to 2-2 for the season with Chattanooga falling to 3-1.

CRACKERS CLOBBER ROCKS
Atlanta put a damper on Little Rock's home opener at Ray Winder Field with a 9-4 clobbering, improving the Crackers' season mark to 3-1 and handing the Travelers their fourth straight loss... they have yet to win in the '47 season... Atlanta continue to hit at a remarkable rate, piling up 13 hits... 2B Ted Cieslak went 3-for-5, including a two-run homer and four RBIs... SS Ben Steiner (.250) blasted a two-run homer... and 3B Charlie Glock (.412) had three hits... for the year the Crackers are hitting over .350 as a team and scoring runs at almost 10 a game... Sid West (1-0) notched the victory, going seven innings and giving up four runs... he walked five and fanned five... Ken Gables worked the final two frames and retired all six batters he faced.

RONAY OUTDUELS WEILAND
Atlanta put a damper on Little Rock's home opener at Ray Winder Field with a 9-4 clobbering, improving the Crackers' season mark to 3-1 and handing the Travelers their fourth straight loss... they have yet to win in the '47 season... Atlanta continue to hit at a remarkable rate, piling up 13 hits... 2B Ted Cieslak went 3-for-5, including a two-run homer and four RBIs... SS Ben Steiner (.250) blasted a two-run homer... and 3B Charlie Glock (.412) had three hits... for the year the Crackers are hitting over .350 as a team and scoring runs at almost 10 a game... Byron Cook (1-0) notched the victory, going seven innings and giving up four runs... he walked five and fanned five... Ken Gables worked the final two frames and retired all six batters he faced.

PELS RALLY PAST BEARS
Down 6-5 at the end of six innings, the New Orleans Pelicans rallied to nudge the Mobile Bears 8-6 at Hartwell Field... LF Red Lavigne (.333) doubled in the winning score in the top of the ninth and 1B Al Flair (.385) added an insurance run with an RBI single... the Pels got a masterful job from the bullpen... George Diehl (1-1/1.38) tossed four scoreless innings and picked up the win, evening his record at 1-1... reliever Pat McGlothin (0-1) got the loss for Mobile... he was tagged for three runs in three innings.. New Orleans rapped out 14 hits to 12 for the Bears... C Fred Walters (.167) paced the Pelicans with three RBIs... CF Cal Abrams (.294) batted in a pair for the Bears... New Orleans upped its record to 2-2 this season, while Mobile dipped to 1-3... it was their third defeat in a row.