OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post

Eugene Church · 06-29-2016, 04:10 PM

THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE
Tuesday, April 8, 1947

CRACKERS WIN 4TH, PEBS LOSE 6TH
Great season for Atlanta so far, they captured their 4th straight game by dumping the last place Little Rock Travelers 7-2 on the road at Ray Winder Field... winning pitcher Dewey Atkins (1-2/7.36) tossed a complete game, firing a one-hitter... he was a little on the wild side with 5 walks, but struck out seven batters... leading the Crackers at the plate were CF Charlie Trippi (.478) with three hits and two runs scored... 3B Charlie Glock (.400) was 2-4 with two runs and an RBI... and RF Ted Cieslak (.407) and 1B Jimmy Blair (.333) added two RBIs apiece... Atkins no-hit the Travs for five innings... 2B Bob Mavis (.235) got Little Rock's only hit when he hit a two-bagger in the sixth... Atlanta is 5-1 for the season... the poor Pebs haven't won a game yet, falling to a dismal 0-6.

RAZOR-SHARP GRATE BLANKS BIRMINGHAM
23-year-old Don Grate was razor-sharp in his first start for the Memphis Chicks, blanking the tough Birmingham Barons 11-0 and putting an end to their four-winning streak... Grate whizzed 10 strikes past the beleagued Baron batters, walked only one and held them to just three hits... the young right-hander was 14-6 at Utica in the Single A Eastern League last season... he also had a cup of coffee in the Majors and won a game for the Philadelphia Phillies last year in his only start in a September call-up... the Chicks really clicked with the bats, battering Birmingham for 16 hits, sparked by SS Freddie Hancock (.280), 2B Bert Hodges (.227), LF Ray Bueschen (.368) and 3B Garvin Hamner (.222)... all of them collected three hits each... the blowout boosted Memphis to 3-3 for the year with Birmingham slipping to 4-2 and dropping out of a first-place tie with Atlanta.

CHATS' LYONS WHACKS GAME-WINNING HR
The Chattanooga Lookouts topped the Nashville Vols 5-3 in Southern Association action at Sulphur Dell... the Lookouts got a very good outing from Bill Kennedy and a three-run homer from 2B Ed Lyons (.348) to pin the 5-3 loss on the Vols... Kennedy (2-0/2.00) copped his 2nd win of the year, holding Nashville to just three runs on eight hits, while whiffing nine batters and walking four... Chattanooga got 10 hits in all, paced by CF John Lavelle (.429) with three hits and an RBI and 1B Jack Sanford (.292), who garnered two hits and drove in a run with a home run.... CF Hal Jeffcoat (.370) starred for the Vols with three hts... Pete Mallory (1-1/6.00) did a decent job in defeat, going the distance permitting five runs with eight Ks and three bases on balls... Chattanooga moved to 4-2 this year with Nashville dipping to .500 and 3-3.

MODICA MOWS DOWN BEARS
New Orleans' hometown boy, Pete Modica, mowed down Mobile in easy fashion with a 6-2 decision on the road at Hartwell Field... the 22-year-old right-hander stopped the Bears on just four hits, while fanning four and walking seven and evening the Pelicans' record to three wins and three losses.... the Bears fell to 2-4... New Orleans also had a field day in the batter's box, lashing out 16 hits with four players getting three hits apiece: CF George Stumpf (.273), SS Mel Rue (.333), 1B Al Flair (.476) and RF Tom Wright (.333).

Click Line Scores to Enlarge Image

06-29-2016, 04:10 PM	#35
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,226	THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE Tuesday, April 8, 1947 CRACKERS WIN 4TH, PEBS LOSE 6TH Great season for Atlanta so far, they captured their 4th straight game by dumping the last place Little Rock Travelers 7-2 on the road at Ray Winder Field... winning pitcher Dewey Atkins (1-2/7.36) tossed a complete game, firing a one-hitter... he was a little on the wild side with 5 walks, but struck out seven batters... leading the Crackers at the plate were CF Charlie Trippi (.478) with three hits and two runs scored... 3B Charlie Glock (.400) was 2-4 with two runs and an RBI... and RF Ted Cieslak (.407) and 1B Jimmy Blair (.333) added two RBIs apiece... Atkins no-hit the Travs for five innings... 2B Bob Mavis (.235) got Little Rock's only hit when he hit a two-bagger in the sixth... Atlanta is 5-1 for the season... the poor Pebs haven't won a game yet, falling to a dismal 0-6. RAZOR-SHARP GRATE BLANKS BIRMINGHAM 23-year-old Don Grate was razor-sharp in his first start for the Memphis Chicks, blanking the tough Birmingham Barons 11-0 and putting an end to their four-winning streak... Grate whizzed 10 strikes past the beleagued Baron batters, walked only one and held them to just three hits... the young right-hander was 14-6 at Utica in the Single A Eastern League last season... he also had a cup of coffee in the Majors and won a game for the Philadelphia Phillies last year in his only start in a September call-up... the Chicks really clicked with the bats, battering Birmingham for 16 hits, sparked by SS Freddie Hancock (.280), 2B Bert Hodges (.227), LF Ray Bueschen (.368) and 3B Garvin Hamner (.222)... all of them collected three hits each... the blowout boosted Memphis to 3-3 for the year with Birmingham slipping to 4-2 and dropping out of a first-place tie with Atlanta. CHATS' LYONS WHACKS GAME-WINNING HR The Chattanooga Lookouts topped the Nashville Vols 5-3 in Southern Association action at Sulphur Dell... the Lookouts got a very good outing from Bill Kennedy and a three-run homer from 2B Ed Lyons (.348) to pin the 5-3 loss on the Vols... Kennedy (2-0/2.00) copped his 2nd win of the year, holding Nashville to just three runs on eight hits, while whiffing nine batters and walking four... Chattanooga got 10 hits in all, paced by CF John Lavelle (.429) with three hits and an RBI and 1B Jack Sanford (.292), who garnered two hits and drove in a run with a home run.... CF Hal Jeffcoat (.370) starred for the Vols with three hts... Pete Mallory (1-1/6.00) did a decent job in defeat, going the distance permitting five runs with eight Ks and three bases on balls... Chattanooga moved to 4-2 this year with Nashville dipping to .500 and 3-3. MODICA MOWS DOWN BEARS New Orleans' hometown boy, Pete Modica, mowed down Mobile in easy fashion with a 6-2 decision on the road at Hartwell Field... the 22-year-old right-hander stopped the Bears on just four hits, while fanning four and walking seven and evening the Pelicans' record to three wins and three losses.... the Bears fell to 2-4... New Orleans also had a field day in the batter's box, lashing out 16 hits with four players getting three hits apiece: CF George Stumpf (.273), SS Mel Rue (.333), 1B Al Flair (.476) and RF Tom Wright (.333). Click Line Scores to Enlarge Image Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-29-2016 at 04:17 PM.