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Eugene Church · 07-09-2016, 07:08 PM

THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE
Wednesday, April 23, 1947

BIRMINGHAM ALL ALONE IN 1ST PLACE IN SA

BARONS TOP CRAX AGAIN
Birmingham is back in first in the Southern Association, but it took a wild finish Tuesday night at Rickwood Field in Birmingham (15-7) to get them there... third place Atlanta (12-9) took a 4-2 lead into the sixth, but couldn't hold off the determined first place Barons (15-7), who knotted it up at 4-4 in the seventh and then won it 5-4 in 10 innings, mainly because of control problems by losing pitcher George Mistos (0-1/3.86/3 G), who gave up four walks in three innings and forced in the game-winning run when SS Dick Atkins (.391) walked with the bases loaded.... Jack Teagan (3-0/2.41/8 G) got the win with two scoreless innings.

Birmingham collected 10 hits and was led at the plate CF Joe Scheldt (.258) with 3-5 and two RBIs... Atlanta cracked 12 hits with 2B Chuck Aleno (.353) driving in a pair of runs with a homer... the Barons will try for a three-game sweep tonight... Birmingham is now all alone in first place in the Southern Association standings after Chattanooga lost to New Orleans... the Lookouts are one game behind and Atlanta is two and a half-games off the pace.

LOOK OUT! LOOKOUTS FALL TO 2ND
Chattanooga went into yesterday's game against the hometown Pelicans riding high and tied for the top spot in the Southern Association, but New Orleans knocked them off their perch 3-2 behind the fine performance of Walt Smola, a little 5-foot-9 right-hander, making his debut for the Pels this year... the Lookouts fell to 14-8, a game behind first place Birmingham (15-7)... New Orleans upped its record to 11-12

Smola (1-0/2.00) stifled Chattanooga on just five hits and sent Hal Toenes (3-2/1.97) to his 2nd loss... Toenes struggled with six walks, but struck out six and only permitted one earned run... the game was decided in the sixth... the Pels went ahead 2-1 on an infield error by 3B Charlie Letchas (.847 FA) and got the eventual game-winning run on a triple by 1B Pete Krauss (.417)... New Orleans got eight hits with SS Mel Rue (.309) getting four of them.

MALLORY LIGHTS OUT IN SHUTOUT AT THE DELL
A shutout is pretty much a rarity at Sulphur Dell in Nashville, a notorious hitter's haven... but not when Pete Mallory (3-3/3.75) is on the mound for the Vols... in a peerless performance Mallory sat down the Mobile Bears on just three hits, struck out six and walked just two in a 4-0 victory... Mobile also got a good effort out of Pete McGlothin (1-2/3.72), who also went the distance, gave up four runs on six hits, whiffed nine, but also issued seven walks.. Nashville chalked up its third win in a row and climbed up to 11-11... Mobile was defeated for the second straight game and is now 10-11 for the season.

MEMPHIS MOPS UP ON LITTLE ROCK
The poor, last-place Little Rock Travelers couldn't stand prosperity... at home at Ray Winder Field, they pounced on Memphis for five runs in the third, but still ended up dropping their third straight game 7-5 when the Chicks took advantage of the wildness of loser Bill Evans to put five runs on the scoreboard in the fifth to go ahead for good.

LF Roy Bueschen (.360) continued to shine for the Chicks... he got a two-run single that put them ahead to stay... Bueschen batted in three runs in the game... 1B Ed Murphy (.229) had two hits and homered for the Chicks... Memphis improved to 11-11, while Little Rock nosedived to a miserable 4-19... left-hander Don Hanski (1-0/7.50) in his first start for the Chicks registered the win, but wasn't effective... he was tagged for five runs in six innings... reliever Dick Mauney (0-1/2.70/5 G) came to his rescue with three runless innings and four strikeouts...for the Pebs Bill Evans lost again and is 0-6 with a horrendous 9.00 ERA.

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07-09-2016, 07:08 PM	#88
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,227	THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE Wednesday, April 23, 1947 BIRMINGHAM ALL ALONE IN 1ST PLACE IN SA BARONS TOP CRAX AGAIN Birmingham is back in first in the Southern Association, but it took a wild finish Tuesday night at Rickwood Field in Birmingham (15-7) to get them there... third place Atlanta (12-9) took a 4-2 lead into the sixth, but couldn't hold off the determined first place Barons (15-7), who knotted it up at 4-4 in the seventh and then won it 5-4 in 10 innings, mainly because of control problems by losing pitcher George Mistos (0-1/3.86/3 G), who gave up four walks in three innings and forced in the game-winning run when SS Dick Atkins (.391) walked with the bases loaded.... Jack Teagan (3-0/2.41/8 G) got the win with two scoreless innings. Birmingham collected 10 hits and was led at the plate CF Joe Scheldt (.258) with 3-5 and two RBIs... Atlanta cracked 12 hits with 2B Chuck Aleno (.353) driving in a pair of runs with a homer... the Barons will try for a three-game sweep tonight... Birmingham is now all alone in first place in the Southern Association standings after Chattanooga lost to New Orleans... the Lookouts are one game behind and Atlanta is two and a half-games off the pace. LOOK OUT! LOOKOUTS FALL TO 2ND Chattanooga went into yesterday's game against the hometown Pelicans riding high and tied for the top spot in the Southern Association, but New Orleans knocked them off their perch 3-2 behind the fine performance of Walt Smola, a little 5-foot-9 right-hander, making his debut for the Pels this year... the Lookouts fell to 14-8, a game behind first place Birmingham (15-7)... New Orleans upped its record to 11-12 Smola (1-0/2.00) stifled Chattanooga on just five hits and sent Hal Toenes (3-2/1.97) to his 2nd loss... Toenes struggled with six walks, but struck out six and only permitted one earned run... the game was decided in the sixth... the Pels went ahead 2-1 on an infield error by 3B Charlie Letchas (.847 FA) and got the eventual game-winning run on a triple by 1B Pete Krauss (.417)... New Orleans got eight hits with SS Mel Rue (.309) getting four of them. MALLORY LIGHTS OUT IN SHUTOUT AT THE DELL A shutout is pretty much a rarity at Sulphur Dell in Nashville, a notorious hitter's haven... but not when Pete Mallory (3-3/3.75) is on the mound for the Vols... in a peerless performance Mallory sat down the Mobile Bears on just three hits, struck out six and walked just two in a 4-0 victory... Mobile also got a good effort out of Pete McGlothin (1-2/3.72), who also went the distance, gave up four runs on six hits, whiffed nine, but also issued seven walks.. Nashville chalked up its third win in a row and climbed up to 11-11... Mobile was defeated for the second straight game and is now 10-11 for the season. MEMPHIS MOPS UP ON LITTLE ROCK The poor, last-place Little Rock Travelers couldn't stand prosperity... at home at Ray Winder Field, they pounced on Memphis for five runs in the third, but still ended up dropping their third straight game 7-5 when the Chicks took advantage of the wildness of loser Bill Evans to put five runs on the scoreboard in the fifth to go ahead for good. LF Roy Bueschen (.360) continued to shine for the Chicks... he got a two-run single that put them ahead to stay... Bueschen batted in three runs in the game... 1B Ed Murphy (.229) had two hits and homered for the Chicks... Memphis improved to 11-11, while Little Rock nosedived to a miserable 4-19... left-hander Don Hanski (1-0/7.50) in his first start for the Chicks registered the win, but wasn't effective... he was tagged for five runs in six innings... reliever Dick Mauney (0-1/2.70/5 G) came to his rescue with three runless innings and four strikeouts...for the Pebs Bill Evans lost again and is 0-6 with a horrendous 9.00 ERA. Click Line Scores to Enlarge Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-09-2016 at 07:12 PM.