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	Atlanta Crackers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Atlanta Crackers (distinct from the Atlanta Black Crackers) were a minor league baseball based in Atlanta, Georgia from 1901 to 1965.
		The Crackers were Atlanta's home team until the Atlanta Braves moved from Milwaukee in 1966.
		While the "Georgia Cracker" is the most obvious association, it raises a question as to why a Negro League ball club would have called itself "Black Crackers".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atlanta_Crackers (504 words)

	Atlanta Black Crackers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Atlanta Black Crackers was a professional baseball team which played in the Negro League.
		The Crackers were founded in 1919 and folded in 1952.
		The Black Crackers won the Negro American League second half pennant, but scheduling problems and umpire controversies caused the series to be cancelled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atlanta_Black_Crackers (178 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Earl Mann (1904-1990)
		Atlanta Baseball" and the "Baseball Genius in Dixie." Mann rose from humble beginnings as a Georgia farm boy to build a baseball dynasty.
		Born Otis Earl Mann on October 2, 1904, in Riverdale, Mann was selling peanuts, cushions, and soft drinks at Spiller Field (later known as Ponce de Leon Ballpark) by the time he was twelve.
		After recruiting a player, Mann paid him between $1,000 and $2,500 up front and wrote into his contract a provision that he would be paid a percentage of what Mann made if the contract was sold to the majors.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2799 (436 words)

	Atlanta Crackers - BR Bullpen
		The Atlanta Crackers ran almost through the entire lifespan of the Southern Association, from 1903 through 1961.
		The Atlanta Crackers also played in the International League from 1962 to 1965, until the Milwaukee Braves relocated to Atlanta.
		In the second year of the SA, the Atlanta Firemen played in the league before they became the Crackers.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Atlanta_Crackers (123 words)

	Baseball in Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Atlanta Crackers (1901-1965) of the class A Southern Association (also known as the Southern League) and the Atlanta Black Crackers (ca.
		The Atlanta Crackers are one of professional baseball's most successful franchises in history.
		The Atlanta Crackers were members of the Southern Association from 1901 until 1961.
	www.libs.uga.edu /russell/online-exhibits/baseball/gabball.html (615 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Minor League Baseball
		In 1885 the Southern League was formed with teams from Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, and Macon participating.
		Other classifications were B, C, and D. By this time the Atlanta club, called the Crackers, was the only Georgia team left in the league, and it would remain the cornerstone of the circuit, dominating the league until the league's demise in 1961.
		In 1965 the Crackers played their last season in Atlanta in the new Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, built to house the Atlanta Braves major league club, which moved from Milwaukee in 1966.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-838 (1493 words)

	African-American Experience--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The history of African Americans in Atlanta is synonymous with the history of Atlanta itself, and is one of progress and perseverance.
		The Atlanta City Council later that year vowed equal application of laws to whites and fls, and a school for fl children, the first in the city, opened in an old church building on Armstrong Street.
		From 1920 until the 1940s, the Atlanta Black Crackers, a baseball team in the Negro Southern League, and later on, in the Negro American League, entertained sports fans at Ponce De Leon Park (across from the Ford Factory).
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/atlanta/africanamerican.htm (2092 words)

	League of Champions Team Homepage
		Atlanta is one of the storied franchises in the League of Champions, and one of the original teams in the current era of league play.
		Atlanta has won their division title in four of the seven seasons in the modern era.
		Atlanta outscored their opponents by 202 runs on the season, while the Polar Bears only outscored their opponents by 22.
	loc.unitedleagues.net /rosters.php?team=2 (936 words)

	WhatWhatWhat Atlanta Trivia
		Martha Atalanta Lumpkin was the daughter of Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, who played a key role in bringing the railroads to Atlanta and Georgia.
		She and her father claimed that Atlanta was also named for her, since her middle name was Atalanta, after the mythical Greek huntress.
		The Boeing 707 carrying some of Atlanta’s most prominent and charitable citizens on a museum tour of Europe crashed at Orly Field near Paris, killing 130.
	www.whatwhatwhat.com /atlanta_history (646 words)

	Sports Features Communications - Press Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Atlanta Braves will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Atlanta Crackers 1954 Southern Association Championship, on Tuesday, September 21st at Turner Field as the Atlanta Braves take on the Cincinnati Reds at
		From 1901 until 1965, the Atlanta Crackers won 17 pennants, more than any other team in organized baseball history except the New York Yankees.
		Atlanta Braves games are carried nationally on TBS Superstation and regionally on Turner South.
	www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=14989 (370 words)

	Atlanta Magazine - One-Track Minds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Of course, Atlanta’s intown growth was already happening, BeltLine or no. And in the next 25 years, regional planners expect the city’s population to shoot up another 150,000, reversing decades of decline.
		Not far from the south Atlanta neighborhood of Capitol View is an old battery factory, its padlocked doors a reminder of the environmental headaches that lie behind them.
		Atlanta’s agrarian past—not to mention its status as a transportation hub—means it never became a large manufacturing center, so it’s been spared many of the environmental degradations suffered in Rust Belt cities.
	www.atlantamagazine.com /article.php?id=234 (1505 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Atlanta Fulton County Stadium-Atlanta Braves
		Atlanta, GA Atlanta Fulton County Stadium was home to some very good and bad teams during its existence.
		Construction of a stadium in Atlanta was first discussed in the 1930s.
		The most historical moment at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium was Hank Aaron’s 715th homerun on April 8, 1974 breaking Babe Ruth’s record of 714 homeruns.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/AtlantaStadium.htm (678 words)

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		Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine proudly inducted three baseball greats into its Seventh Annual Hall of Fame, Thursday, December 8, 2005, at the 755 Club, Turner Field.
		James “Red” Moore was born in Atlanta and began his professional career with the Chattanooga Choo Choos and the Negro Leagues’ Atlanta Black Crackers in 1935.
		Prior to her Atlanta arrival, Williams was a reporter at Denver-based FSN Rocky Mountain for five years.
	www.atlantatribune.com /halloffame2006.html (654 words)

	The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
		From the home run that went all the way to Nashville to Jackie Robinson breaking Atlanta’s professional sports color barrier in 1949, the tree that once stood in Ponce de Leon Ball Park’s centerfield was there for it all.
		Hear what other stories the magnolia witnessed through the years when author Tim Darnell, former Atlanta Black Crackers player Red Moore and other former Atlanta Crackers visit Rhodes Hall May 26 to discuss the glory days of the teams that once defined baseball in the South.
		The Crackers went on to become one of the most successful baseball teams in American history.
	www.georgiatrust.org /historic_sites/rh_Atlanta_Crackers.htm (469 words)

	Hill Street Press \| New Books
		Underscored with a sense of nostalgia for the lost traditions of the past, The Crackers is the first comprehensive history of Atlanta's original minor league (Southern League and Negro Southern League) baseball teams spanning six decades.
		It is the complete chronicle of the rise of amateur and minor league baseball in Atlanta beginning just years after the Civil War left its devastating mark on the city (with the Atlanta Baseball Club, the Gate City Nine, and the Osceolas) through the rise and fall of the Atlanta Crackers (1901-1965).
		All in all, The Crackers is a light-hearted and engrossing history of a time, a people, and one very special centerfield magnolia tree whose stories now exist, for better or worse, only within the shadow of the baseball juggernaut known as "America's Team." Includes extensive charts giving every recorded team score and player statistics.
	www.hillstreetpress.com /Crackers.html (983 words)

	The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
		Author Tim Darnell and former Atlanta Black Crackers player Red Moore will sign copies of the new book and discuss the glory days of the team that defined baseball in the South.
		The Crackers were one of the most successful baseball teams in American history.
		Attendees are encouraged to bring any Atlanta Crackers or Atlanta Black Crackers memorabilia to share at the event.
	www.georgiatrust.org /whatsnew/pr_rh_Atlanta_Crackers.htm (323 words)

	Braves 400 Club Events - Luncheon to Salute 1954 Atlanta Crackers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Fifty years ago the Atlanta Crackers completed a dream season at old Ponce de Leon Park, and on Tuesday, September 21, ten living members of that dream team will be saluted at a special luncheon at Turner Field's 755 Club at 12:00 noon.
		Chuck Tanner was an outfielder with the Crackers for three seasons and hit.323 with 101 RBI in 1954.
		Bob Montag became the all time Atlanta Cracker home run leader that year with 39 home runs; that was also the year of Montag's 518-mile homer.
	www.braves400.org /event.luncheon.2004sep07.html (497 words)

	Welcome to AJC! \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Atlanta celebrities and business leaders, including Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, Falcons' owner Arthur Blank and his wife, Stephanie, are scheduled to don old-style uniforms and play.
		The park was home to the minor league Crackers from 1902 to '04.
		"In those days, the term 'cracker' referred to someone who was smart and swift," Darnell said, adding the Atlanta Black Crackers also were successful in the Negro Southern League.
	www.ajc.com /print/content/epaper/editions/thursday/accessatlanta_e38ef0c183f8621f007e.html (282 words)

	Creative Loafing - Creative Loafing Atlanta: Cover: Cover Story: Before and After (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Atlanta Crackers' old outfield is now a Borders parking lot.
		Even the Fox Theatre at one point was in danger of falling to the wrecking ball before the community joined hands in protest.
		Home of the Atlanta Crackers, just across the street from the Sears Building, the old Ponce de Leon ballpark site is now the parking lot for the Borders/Home Depot/Whole Foods plaza on Ponce.
	atlanta.creativeloafing.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:19315 (1061 words)

	Hill Street Press \| Q and A
		Crackers and Earl Mann, owner and general manager of the Crackers.
		played with the Crackers from 1948-52 and was the most popular Cracker of his era.
		Atlanta Baseball, Mann was general manager of the Crackers from 1933 until 1947.
	www.hillstreetpress.com /CrackersFeature.html (1055 words)

	Atlanta Apartments Finders, Atlanta Apartment Locators, AtlantaApartment Locator Finder
		Atlanta has a rich sports history, including the first intercollegiate football game in the South, Auburn vs. Georgia in 1892.
		The Atlanta Hawks basketball team has been the National Basketball Association franchise of Atlanta since 1969; the team was previously known as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946-1951), Milwaukee Hawks (1951-55), St. Louis Hawks (1955-68).
		Atlanta is home to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl which is played at the Georgia Dome and matches a SEC team against an ACC opponent.
	atlanta.supremeapartments.com /atlanta_sports.htm (529 words)

	Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000)
		In the Atlanta Georgian, John Temple Graves, editor of the New York American, calls for the creation of a memorial to the men who fought for the Confederacy.
		Atlanta records a tempurature of 32 degrees, the latest freeze in its history.
		After enjoying drinks at the Atlanta Women's Club Margaret Mitchell and her husband John Marsh cross Peachtree Street at 13th Street to a movie theater showing "Canterbury Tales." She is hit by a speeding taxi whose driver is drunk.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000010 (1195 words)

	Atlanta Black Crackers
		During the 1920s the Black Crackers played their home games at Ponce de Leon Park, the home park of their Southern League counterparts, the Atlanta Crackers.
		Most of the team's seasons after 1920 were spent in the Negro Southern League, but the 1938 season found the Black Crackers representing the "Phoenix of the South" in the Negro American League.
		After winning the NAL's second half in 1938 the Black Crackers were set to take on the first hafl winners, Memphis Red Sox, for the league championship.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /teams/Atlanta_Black_Crackers.html (233 words)

	Baseball News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Darnell's book is the first history of six decades of the Atlanta Crackers and the Atlanta Black Crackers, two teams that defined baseball in the South.
		From their inception in 1901 until their last season in 1965, the Atlanta Crackers won a total of 17 league championships, and were members of the Southern Association -- baseball's most stable, financially successful minor league for many years.
		The Atlanta Black Crackers were Atlanta's Negro Southern League franchise whose success and popularity paralleled their white counterparts.
	www.libs.uga.edu /russell/news/baseball-news.html (1040 words)

	Amazon.com: The Crackers: The Early Days of Atlanta Baseball: Books: Tim Darnell,Roy E. Barnes,Bobby Dews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shielded from the sun, the small mound of dirt that used to be focal point for the hottest seat in town was now covered by a large tent.
		Tim Darnell obviously loves the history of minor and Negro league baseball in Atlanta, and has done a great service by pulling together material from interviews, newspaper accounts, and more obscure sources to produce the first attempt at a comprehensive book on the subject.
		One can't fault Darnell for only being able to interview a small number of former Crackers (there aren't many left from the glory days of the franchise), but one can fault him for presenting their recollections as-is, without any evident attempt to verify them or augment them with supporting material.
	www.amazon.com /Crackers-Early-Days-Atlanta-Baseball/dp/1588180778 (880 words)

	Atlanta Braves : Roster : Broadcasters
		In 2004, Caray was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame, along with fellow Braves announcer Pete Van Wieren.
		Born in St. Louis, Caray is a graduate of The University of Missouri, with honors in journalism.
		Since joining the network in 1975, he has covered the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League, the Hawks and the Atlanta Falcons NFL pre-season football.
	atlanta.braves.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=atl (2681 words)

	Clem's Baseball ~ Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
		This was the second stadium built "on speculation," paid for by taxpayers as part of a scheme to lure a baseball franchise from another city.
		After construction on it was completed in 1965, the minor league Atlanta Crackers played at Atlanta Stadium (as it was known until 1975) while legal wrangling over the relocation of the Braves continued.
		Ironically, this was the very moment when the Braves finally left behind their perennial losing ways and began their phenomenal streak of National League divisional championships -- winning the West Division from 1991 to 1993, and winning the East Division from 1995 to date.
	www.andrewclem.com /Baseball/Atlanta-FC_Stadium.html (1031 words)

	Negro League Baseball Message Board
		Atlanta Black Crackers "Red"Moore, posted by Sheryl Williams-Bell -Atlanta Tribun on 8/25/2005 1:44:35 PM Can you provide me with info.
		Atlanta Braves homestand highlights, August 29th - September 7th ATLANTA BRAVES NEGRO LEAGUES CELEBRATION DAY Sponsored by Kelloggs - The Atlanta Braves will recognize and pay tribute to the Atlanta Black Crackers and other National League Negro Leagues teams on Negro Leagues Celebration Day.
		Re: Atlanta Black Crackers "Red"Moore, posted by feleciah on 8/29/2005 12:17:56 AM Sheryl, Red Moore is alive and kicking he may be found daily in the underground.
	www.nlbpa.com /message_view.asp?imsg=1797 (288 words)

	Braves lose their top fan \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sandow, a supervisor with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development in Atlanta, was born into a baseball-loving family.
		In 1936, she bought season tickets to the Atlanta Crackers.
		A lifelike papier-maché statue of Sandow was created for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, but she was never able to make the journey to see it.
	www.ajc.com /metro/content/metro/obits/stories/0419metobsandow.html (644 words)

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