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Eugene Church · 08-02-2016, 10:20 PM

THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE-DEMOCRAT
Monday, May 26, 1947

LOOKOUTS TOPPLE TRAVS WITH LATE RALLY
In the first of two games, Chattanooga starter Vern Curtis (7-3/4.03) put a stranglehold on the Little Rock offense and toppled the Travelers 5-1 at home at Joe Engel Stadium... the right-hander tossed eight sharp innings and help the Travelers to one run and six hits... it was Curtis' 7th win of the year... the Lookouts took advantage of faulty fielding by Little Rock... they committed three errors... Chattanooga didn't get an earned run... the Lookouts busted up a 1-1 tie with four runs in the last of the eighth... Milo Johnson (0-6/4.82) lost another one... he is still looking for his first victory of the season... Johnson deserved better... bad defense gave up all three runs he allowed... 1B Jack Sanford (.365) doubled in a pair of runs to pace Chattanooga... the Lookouts are now 27-28 in the standings with the Travelers deep in the basement with a horrible 12 wins and 44 losses.

WEIK 2-HIT SHUTOUT SWEEPS TRAVS
Young 23-year-old righty Dick Weik had a brilliant 2-hit shutout for Chattanooga as the Lookouts swept Little Rock in a doubleheader... in the nightcap Weik (2-3/4.35) was in total control in the 4-0 triumph over the Travelers with seven Ks and four bases on balls... Chattanooga only got four hits off loser Al Piechota (4-8/4.24), but they bunched them early in the game and came home the winner... the Lookouts got two RBIs from LF Al Kvasnak (.254) and the SA leader CF Gil Coan (.381) drove in #74 for the year... 1B Jack Sanford (.365) also had a ribby for the Lookouts... the doubleheader sweep evened Chattanooga at 28-28 this season... Little Rock fell to 12-45.

NASHVILLE TAKES OVER TOP SPOT IN SA
The Nashville Vols (35-21) are not known for their pitching, but they got some yesterday at Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta (33-21)... in the opening game of a twinbill Ben Wade, a big 6-foot-3 right-hander, shut down the Crackers on five hits in a 5-2 victory, giving the Vols first place in the Southern Association... they moved one game in front of Atlanta... Wade (5-5/6.39) walked three and whiffed three in a complete game... Nashville picked up 10 hits at the plate with 1B George Byam (.288) banging a two-run homer and CF Hal Jeffcoat (.320) tripling in a run... it was Byam's 9th blast of the season... the second game was cancelled because of a heavy rainstorm... the field was unplayable... the two contenders will have to play back-to-back doubleheaders in July to make up the two recently cancelled games.

BEARS ON THE PROWL, WIN 3RD STRAIGHT
Manager Al Todd thinks his Mobile Bears are a better team than they have shown in the first third of the Southern Association season... in a single game the Bears rolled to their third straight win edging out New Orleans 5-4 in 10 innings, after they blew a 4-1 lead in the late innings... bad defense was the culprit... reliever Pete Mondorff (4-2/2.74) notched the win with a runless 10th... Mobile had 10 hits to 8 for the Pels... C Cliff Dapper (.290) singled in the bottom of the 10th, was sacrificed to second and rode home on 2B Stan Wasiak's (.204) third single of the game... leading New Orleans at the plate was CF George Stumpf (.286) with three hits and a pair of RBIs... his homer in the 9th sent the match into extra innings... Mobile moved 4 games over the .500 mark with a 30-26 record... the Pelicans are 27-31 and on a 3-game losing skid.

The Birmingham Barons (31-25) and Memphis Chickasaws (29-28) had an off-day in the schedule... the Barons are 4 games behind Nashville in third place... the Chicks are fifth and trail by 6.5 games.

08-02-2016, 10:20 PM	#217
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,233	THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE-DEMOCRAT Monday, May 26, 1947 LOOKOUTS TOPPLE TRAVS WITH LATE RALLY In the first of two games, Chattanooga starter Vern Curtis (7-3/4.03) put a stranglehold on the Little Rock offense and toppled the Travelers 5-1 at home at Joe Engel Stadium... the right-hander tossed eight sharp innings and help the Travelers to one run and six hits... it was Curtis' 7th win of the year... the Lookouts took advantage of faulty fielding by Little Rock... they committed three errors... Chattanooga didn't get an earned run... the Lookouts busted up a 1-1 tie with four runs in the last of the eighth... Milo Johnson (0-6/4.82) lost another one... he is still looking for his first victory of the season... Johnson deserved better... bad defense gave up all three runs he allowed... 1B Jack Sanford (.365) doubled in a pair of runs to pace Chattanooga... the Lookouts are now 27-28 in the standings with the Travelers deep in the basement with a horrible 12 wins and 44 losses. WEIK 2-HIT SHUTOUT SWEEPS TRAVS Young 23-year-old righty Dick Weik had a brilliant 2-hit shutout for Chattanooga as the Lookouts swept Little Rock in a doubleheader... in the nightcap Weik (2-3/4.35) was in total control in the 4-0 triumph over the Travelers with seven Ks and four bases on balls... Chattanooga only got four hits off loser Al Piechota (4-8/4.24), but they bunched them early in the game and came home the winner... the Lookouts got two RBIs from LF Al Kvasnak (.254) and the SA leader CF Gil Coan (.381) drove in #74 for the year... 1B Jack Sanford (.365) also had a ribby for the Lookouts... the doubleheader sweep evened Chattanooga at 28-28 this season... Little Rock fell to 12-45. NASHVILLE TAKES OVER TOP SPOT IN SA The Nashville Vols (35-21) are not known for their pitching, but they got some yesterday at Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta (33-21)... in the opening game of a twinbill Ben Wade, a big 6-foot-3 right-hander, shut down the Crackers on five hits in a 5-2 victory, giving the Vols first place in the Southern Association... they moved one game in front of Atlanta... Wade (5-5/6.39) walked three and whiffed three in a complete game... Nashville picked up 10 hits at the plate with 1B George Byam (.288) banging a two-run homer and CF Hal Jeffcoat (.320) tripling in a run... it was Byam's 9th blast of the season... the second game was cancelled because of a heavy rainstorm... the field was unplayable... the two contenders will have to play back-to-back doubleheaders in July to make up the two recently cancelled games. BEARS ON THE PROWL, WIN 3RD STRAIGHT Manager Al Todd thinks his Mobile Bears are a better team than they have shown in the first third of the Southern Association season... in a single game the Bears rolled to their third straight win edging out New Orleans 5-4 in 10 innings, after they blew a 4-1 lead in the late innings... bad defense was the culprit... reliever Pete Mondorff (4-2/2.74) notched the win with a runless 10th... Mobile had 10 hits to 8 for the Pels... C Cliff Dapper (.290) singled in the bottom of the 10th, was sacrificed to second and rode home on 2B Stan Wasiak's (.204) third single of the game... leading New Orleans at the plate was CF George Stumpf (.286) with three hits and a pair of RBIs... his homer in the 9th sent the match into extra innings... Mobile moved 4 games over the .500 mark with a 30-26 record... the Pelicans are 27-31 and on a 3-game losing skid. The Birmingham Barons (31-25) and Memphis Chickasaws (29-28) had an off-day in the schedule... the Barons are 4 games behind Nashville in third place... the Chicks are fifth and trail by 6.5 games. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-02-2016 at 10:25 PM.