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Eugene Church · 07-08-2016, 08:51 PM

THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE
Tuesday, April 22, 1947

BARONS, LOOKOUTS STILL TIED FOR 1ST

BARONS NIP CRAX IN SERIES OPENER
The Birmingham Barons (14-7) reigned over the Atlanta Crackers (12-8) in damp conditions at Rickwood Field and remained atop of the Southern Association standings... the third-place Crackers skidded to one and a half games back in the pennant race... Sid West, the Cracker starter, had the Barons eating out of his hand until the fatal eighth... Atlanta was in front 3-1 when Birmingham went to work and took the lead with three runs... LF Joe Scheldt (.228) got hit with the bases loaded, 2B Mel Hoderlein (.273) hit a sac fly and C Lou Kahn (.462) got the game-winner with an RBI single... in another impressive start Frank Nelson (4-1/2.63) hurled his 4th victory... he held the Crackers to three runs in eight innings, gave up nine hits, while he struck out six batters and walked just one... Nelson's only loss came on opening day against the Mobile Bears... the Barons won despite being outhit 10-8... West (0-1/3.60) took the loss, going seven frames, permitting four runs on seven hits with 5 Ks and four walks.

LOOKOUTS STAY TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
The Chattanooga Lookouts:topped the New Orleans Pelicans 9-5 in Southern Association action at Pelican Stadium... the Lookouts raised their record to 14-7 and stayed tied with Birmingham for the top spot in the league standings,,, Chattanooga ran up a 9-0 lead before New Orleans could get on the scoreboard with a belated five-run rally in the ninth... the win went to Vern Curtis (4-1/6.14), his 4th of the year against one loss... Curtis worked eight innings, but tired badly in the ninth... the Pels got to him for four runs on just four hits... he walked five and fanned four... three double plays helped to keep Curtis out of trouble... RF Gil Coan drilled a base-clearing triple in the eighth to spark the victory and drove in four runs overall... Coan is having a marvelous season and tops the SA with 35 RBIs, 8 HRs and a lofty .434 BA... the Pelicans dipped two games under .500 with a 10-12 record.

VOLS RALLY PAST BEARS IN 11TH
It was another Sulphur Dell shootout yesterday with the visting Mobile Bears and the hometown Nashville Vols piling up 34 hits between them... the Vols were down 10-6 going into the last of the eighth, but rebounded with four scores, then won 11-10 in 11 innings, getting a tiebreaking single from 1B Joe Stringfellow (.234), who went 4-6 in the game with three RBIs... LF Doc Greene (.319) also got four hits and drove in a pair of runs... and C Rube Walker (.381/4 HR) pitched in with a two-run shot... like the Vols, the Bears also whacked 17 hits, led by solo roundtrippers by Homer Matney (.244/1 HR) and LF George Shuba (.289/7 HR), along with a three-run blast by 1B Chuck Connors (.264/2 HR)... both teams used four pitchers with the loss going to one of the Bears' starter John Hall (3-2/3.61) and the win to Dick Conger (1-0/2.82)... Conger held Mobile scoreless the final three frames... Hall worked three and one-third innings and allowed only one run... the Vols are now 10-11 and the Bears 10-10 for the season.

SPRAGGINS OUTHURLS LINDQUIST 2-1
Pitching dominated in the Memphis 2-1 squeaker over Little Rock... both starters, Homer Spraggins for the Chicks and Carl Lundquist for the Travelers were on top of their game... Spraggins (2-2/4.15), just 22, hurled a splendid two-hitter with 1B Bill Garbe's (.256/2 HR) solo smash in the ninth was the only run he allowed... he fanned six batters, while walking five... Lindquist (1-4/4.04) was sharp, too, yielding only one earned run on six hits, while striking out nine with just two bases on balls... Memphis talled in the first on a double by 2B Bert Hodges (.284) and a triple by 1B Ed Murphy (.209)... a Traveler error, single by 3B Wes Hamner (.257) and an RBI single by RF George Bradley (.121) put the other run on the scoreboard in the fourth frame... the win moved Memphis closer to the .500 mark at 10-11 with Little Rock falling even farther into the cellar with a 4-18 record.

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07-08-2016, 08:51 PM	#86
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,226	THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE Tuesday, April 22, 1947 BARONS, LOOKOUTS STILL TIED FOR 1ST BARONS NIP CRAX IN SERIES OPENER The Birmingham Barons (14-7) reigned over the Atlanta Crackers (12-8) in damp conditions at Rickwood Field and remained atop of the Southern Association standings... the third-place Crackers skidded to one and a half games back in the pennant race... Sid West, the Cracker starter, had the Barons eating out of his hand until the fatal eighth... Atlanta was in front 3-1 when Birmingham went to work and took the lead with three runs... LF Joe Scheldt (.228) got hit with the bases loaded, 2B Mel Hoderlein (.273) hit a sac fly and C Lou Kahn (.462) got the game-winner with an RBI single... in another impressive start Frank Nelson (4-1/2.63) hurled his 4th victory... he held the Crackers to three runs in eight innings, gave up nine hits, while he struck out six batters and walked just one... Nelson's only loss came on opening day against the Mobile Bears... the Barons won despite being outhit 10-8... West (0-1/3.60) took the loss, going seven frames, permitting four runs on seven hits with 5 Ks and four walks. LOOKOUTS STAY TIED FOR FIRST PLACE The Chattanooga Lookouts:topped the New Orleans Pelicans 9-5 in Southern Association action at Pelican Stadium... the Lookouts raised their record to 14-7 and stayed tied with Birmingham for the top spot in the league standings,,, Chattanooga ran up a 9-0 lead before New Orleans could get on the scoreboard with a belated five-run rally in the ninth... the win went to Vern Curtis (4-1/6.14), his 4th of the year against one loss... Curtis worked eight innings, but tired badly in the ninth... the Pels got to him for four runs on just four hits... he walked five and fanned four... three double plays helped to keep Curtis out of trouble... RF Gil Coan drilled a base-clearing triple in the eighth to spark the victory and drove in four runs overall... Coan is having a marvelous season and tops the SA with 35 RBIs, 8 HRs and a lofty .434 BA... the Pelicans dipped two games under .500 with a 10-12 record. VOLS RALLY PAST BEARS IN 11TH It was another Sulphur Dell shootout yesterday with the visting Mobile Bears and the hometown Nashville Vols piling up 34 hits between them... the Vols were down 10-6 going into the last of the eighth, but rebounded with four scores, then won 11-10 in 11 innings, getting a tiebreaking single from 1B Joe Stringfellow (.234), who went 4-6 in the game with three RBIs... LF Doc Greene (.319) also got four hits and drove in a pair of runs... and C Rube Walker (.381/4 HR) pitched in with a two-run shot... like the Vols, the Bears also whacked 17 hits, led by solo roundtrippers by Homer Matney (.244/1 HR) and LF George Shuba (.289/7 HR), along with a three-run blast by 1B Chuck Connors (.264/2 HR)... both teams used four pitchers with the loss going to one of the Bears' starter John Hall (3-2/3.61) and the win to Dick Conger (1-0/2.82)... Conger held Mobile scoreless the final three frames... Hall worked three and one-third innings and allowed only one run... the Vols are now 10-11 and the Bears 10-10 for the season. SPRAGGINS OUTHURLS LINDQUIST 2-1 Pitching dominated in the Memphis 2-1 squeaker over Little Rock... both starters, Homer Spraggins for the Chicks and Carl Lundquist for the Travelers were on top of their game... Spraggins (2-2/4.15), just 22, hurled a splendid two-hitter with 1B Bill Garbe's (.256/2 HR) solo smash in the ninth was the only run he allowed... he fanned six batters, while walking five... Lindquist (1-4/4.04) was sharp, too, yielding only one earned run on six hits, while striking out nine with just two bases on balls... Memphis talled in the first on a double by 2B Bert Hodges (.284) and a triple by 1B Ed Murphy (.209)... a Traveler error, single by 3B Wes Hamner (.257) and an RBI single by RF George Bradley (.121) put the other run on the scoreboard in the fourth frame... the win moved Memphis closer to the .500 mark at 10-11 with Little Rock falling even farther into the cellar with a 4-18 record. Click Line Scores to Enlarge Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-08-2016 at 08:58 PM.