Grambling Baseball (Winnfield Players), Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the May 21, 1948 Winnfield News-Americans

Four Local Negroes Aid in Grambling Baseball Victories


Tuskegee, Alabama (Special)  The inability to hit, a scourge magnified by
tough breaks and persistent opposition, proved too much of a handicap for the
Grambling College Tigers to overcome here Saturday afternoon and as a result
succumbed 4-3 to the strong Tuskegee Institute nine.

Rip Collins handcuffed the Tigers for six innings before yielding a single
tally.  The other Grambling runs were garnered on Mack Hall's two-run homer in
the last inning.  Tuskegee salvaged a run in the  fourth frame off a walk and
a two-bagger by John Moore and came back in the sixth with three additional
tallies on two singles and Clarence Cole's double.  

Gussie Williams, one of four Winnfield, La., members of the Grambling club,
notched his fifth victory of the season Monday night in Montgomery, Ala., as
Grambling hammered out 13 hits, including four masters by J. P. Jerro and Earl
Smith, to route Alabama State, 16-5.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)