OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post

Eugene Church · 07-26-2016, 06:52 PM

THE MOBILE PRESS-REGISTER
Saturday, May 17, 1947

CRAX AND ELLIS STILL RED-HOT
The woes for the Little Rock Travelers (10-37) continued... the top team in the Southern Association, the Atlanta Crackers (30-17) crushed them 13-3, giving the Travs their third consecutive loss... it was the Crackers third win in a row... sizzling hot LF Babe Ellis (.318) ripped his 13th home run and batted in four runs in the rout... 3B Charlie Glock (.368), who is also enjoying a great season, chimed in with three hits and two RBIs... both players are among the RBI leaders with 48 and 47 respectively... Atlanta also got a nice start from Sid West (3-2/4.47), who recorded the victory, going all the way and holding Little Rock to five hits with one walk and five strikeouts.

BARONS AND BRUNER BLANK PELS
The Pelican bats couldn't get anything going against Birmingham's Roy Bruner yesterday at Pelican Stadium... Bruner (2-4/3.71) mesmerized them 3-0 on seven hits, walked only one and fanned three batters... Byron Cook (2-4/5.19) worked a solid game in defeat, permitting three runs on 10 hits... the Barons were paced by CF Joe Scheldt (.237) with a solo homer... 3B Mickey Rutner (.309) and C Joe Erautt (.324) batted in the other runs... New Orleans had won the previous two games between the clubs... second place Birmingham is 28-19 and still 2 games back of front-running Atlanta with a 30-17 mark.

5 IN A ROW FOR VOLS
A three-run roundtripper by RF Red Treadway (.344) and a two-run blast by 3B Cy Block (.347) powered Nashville past Chattanooga 8-5 at Sulphur Dell... the Vols won for the fifth time in a row, while the Lookouts fell for the third straight game... Treadway's big hit in the seventh frame put Nashville ahead by six runs and they held off a late-inning Chattanooga rally... the Vols pushed their season mark to 28 wins and 20 losses, while the Lookouts dipped to 23-24... Nashville is 2.5 games back of Atlanta in third place... Chattanooga slumped to sixth place and trails by 7 games.

MOBILE'S MINNER FANS 13 CHICKS
Paul Minner didn't have a good first inning in his season debut - Memphis tore him into him for four runs - but the Mobile right-hander settled down and proceeded to strike out 13 batters in a 10-5 decision and the Bears upped their record to 24-23 and dropped Memphis to 24-24... Minner (1-0/1.74) didn't walk a batter and permitted only two earned runs... his Bear teammates gave him great support with 15 hits, led by 1B Chuck Connors (.262) with a homer and three RBIs... CF Cal Abrams (.337) drilled three hits and scored three times... 3B Bill Hart (.250) and RF Homer Matney (.242) also went deep for Mobile... the Bears eased past the Chicks into fourth place in the Southern Association standings.

07-26-2016, 06:52 PM	#186
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,226	THE MOBILE PRESS-REGISTER Saturday, May 17, 1947 CRAX AND ELLIS STILL RED-HOT The woes for the Little Rock Travelers (10-37) continued... the top team in the Southern Association, the Atlanta Crackers (30-17) crushed them 13-3, giving the Travs their third consecutive loss... it was the Crackers third win in a row... sizzling hot LF Babe Ellis (.318) ripped his 13th home run and batted in four runs in the rout... 3B Charlie Glock (.368), who is also enjoying a great season, chimed in with three hits and two RBIs... both players are among the RBI leaders with 48 and 47 respectively... Atlanta also got a nice start from Sid West (3-2/4.47), who recorded the victory, going all the way and holding Little Rock to five hits with one walk and five strikeouts. BARONS AND BRUNER BLANK PELS The Pelican bats couldn't get anything going against Birmingham's Roy Bruner yesterday at Pelican Stadium... Bruner (2-4/3.71) mesmerized them 3-0 on seven hits, walked only one and fanned three batters... Byron Cook (2-4/5.19) worked a solid game in defeat, permitting three runs on 10 hits... the Barons were paced by CF Joe Scheldt (.237) with a solo homer... 3B Mickey Rutner (.309) and C Joe Erautt (.324) batted in the other runs... New Orleans had won the previous two games between the clubs... second place Birmingham is 28-19 and still 2 games back of front-running Atlanta with a 30-17 mark. 5 IN A ROW FOR VOLS A three-run roundtripper by RF Red Treadway (.344) and a two-run blast by 3B Cy Block (.347) powered Nashville past Chattanooga 8-5 at Sulphur Dell... the Vols won for the fifth time in a row, while the Lookouts fell for the third straight game... Treadway's big hit in the seventh frame put Nashville ahead by six runs and they held off a late-inning Chattanooga rally... the Vols pushed their season mark to 28 wins and 20 losses, while the Lookouts dipped to 23-24... Nashville is 2.5 games back of Atlanta in third place... Chattanooga slumped to sixth place and trails by 7 games. MOBILE'S MINNER FANS 13 CHICKS Paul Minner didn't have a good first inning in his season debut - Memphis tore him into him for four runs - but the Mobile right-hander settled down and proceeded to strike out 13 batters in a 10-5 decision and the Bears upped their record to 24-23 and dropped Memphis to 24-24... Minner (1-0/1.74) didn't walk a batter and permitted only two earned runs... his Bear teammates gave him great support with 15 hits, led by 1B Chuck Connors (.262) with a homer and three RBIs... CF Cal Abrams (.337) drilled three hits and scored three times... 3B Bill Hart (.250) and RF Homer Matney (.242) also went deep for Mobile... the Bears eased past the Chicks into fourth place in the Southern Association standings. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-26-2016 at 06:58 PM.