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Brooklyn Eagles (BRN) 4 Nashville Elite Giants (NSH) 1

Game played on Saturday, July 20, 1935 (D) at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn NY
Regular-Season game

Nashville Elite Giants              0 0 1  0 0 0   -   1  4  2
Brooklyn Eagles                     1 0 3  0 0 0   -   4  8  0

BATTING

Nashville Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sammy Hughes 2b                       2   0   0    0     0   0     2   1
Felton Snow ss                        3   0   0    1     0   0     1   1
Roy Parnell lf                        3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Zollie Wright rf, 3b                  3   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
Wild Bill Wright cf                   2   0   0    0     0   0     4   1
Jim West 1b                           2   0   1    0     1   0     3   0
Nish Williams 3b, c                   1   0   1    0     1   0     2   0
Paul Hardy c                          2   0   0    0     0   0     3   0
  Bill Byrd ph, rf                    1   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Bob Griffith p                        3   1   1    0     0   0     0   2
Totals                               22   1   4    1     2   0    18   5

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sammy Hughes, Felton Snow, Jim West. 
E: 2.  Felton Snow, Jim West. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Griffith. 
SH:  Sammy Hughes. 
HBP:  Wild Bill Wright, Nish Williams. 
Team LOB:  8


Brooklyn Eagles                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Crush Holloway rf                     3   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Tex Burnett 1b                        3   2   2    0     0   0     5   0
Fats Jenkins lf                       2   0   0    1     0   0     1   0
Harry Williams 2b                     3   1   2    1     0   0     1   4
Javier Perez 3b                       3   0   1    0     0   0     3   2
Clarence Griffin cf                   3   0   1    1     0   0     1   0
Bill Yancey ss                        3   0   2    0     0   0     2   1
Leon Ruffin c                         2   0   0    0     1   0     5   2
Elbert Williams p                     3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Totals                               25   4   8    3     2   0    18  10


BATTING -
2B:  Bill Yancey. 
SH:  Fats Jenkins. 
GDP:  Bill Yancey. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Harry Williams. 

PITCHING

Nashville Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Griffith L                       6       8   4    4   2   0   0  28
Totals                               6       8   4    4   2   0   0  28


Brooklyn Eagles                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Elbert Williams W                    6       4   1    1   2   0   0  27
Totals                               6       4   1    1   2   0   0  27

HBP:  Elbert Williams 2. 


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Umpires: HP - Bert Gholston, 1B - James Crump

Time of Game: 1:20   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 7/20/1935 -- Nashville Elite Giants at
Brooklyn Eagles (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Nashville                     Brooklyn                      
1. S.Hughes            2b        C.Holloway          rf        
2. F.Snow              ss        T.Burnett           1b        
3. R.Parnell           lf        F.Jenkins           lf        
4. Z.Wright            rf        H.Williams          2b        
5. W.Wright            cf        J.Perez             3b        
6. J.West              1b        C.Griffin           cf        
7. N.Williams          3b        B.Yancey            ss        
8. P.Hardy             c         L.Ruffin            c         
9. B.Griffith          p         E.Williams          p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; S.Hughes out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 1ST: C.Holloway out on unknown play; T.Burnett singled;
F.Jenkins out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Burnett
to second]; H.Williams singled [T.Burnett scored]; H.Williams
stole second; J.Perez out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Elite Giants 0, Eagles 1.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: Z.Wright out on unknown play; W.Wright was
hit by a pitch; J.West out on unknown play; N.Williams singled
[W.Wright to second]; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 2ND: C.Griffin out on unknown play; B.Yancey doubled;
L.Ruffin out on unknown play; E.Williams out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Eagles 1.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Griffith doubled; S.Hughes reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [B.Griffith to third];
F.Snow out on unknown play [B.Griffith scored]; R.Parnell out on
unknown play; Z.Wright out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 3RD: C.Holloway walked; T.Burnett singled to shortstop
[C.Holloway scored (no RBI) (error by F.Snow), T.Burnett to
third]; F.Jenkins flied to W.Wright [T.Burnett scored];
H.Williams singled; J.Perez singled [H.Williams to second];
C.Griffin singled to left field [H.Williams scored, J.Perez to
second]; B.Yancey grounded into a double play (F.Snow to
S.Hughes to J.West) [C.Griffin out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Eagles 4.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West singled;
N.Williams was hit by a pitch [J.West to second]; P.Hardy out on
unknown play; B.Griffith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Eagles 4.

EAGLES 4TH: L.Ruffin out on unknown play; E.Williams out on
unknown play; C.Holloway out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Eagles 4.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: S.Hughes out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Eagles 4.

EAGLES 5TH: T.Burnett out on unknown play; F.Jenkins reached on
an error by J.West [F.Jenkins to first]; H.Williams out on
unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Elite Giants 1, Eagles 4.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: Z.Wright out on unknown play; W.Wright out on
unknown play; J.West walked; N.Williams walked [J.West to
second]; B.BYRD BATTED FOR P.HARDY; B.Byrd singled [J.West to
third, N.Williams to second]; B.Griffith out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Eagles 4.

EAGLES 6TH: Z.WRIGHT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); N.WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); B.BYRD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); C.Griffin out on unknown play; B.Yancey singled; L.Ruffin
walked [B.Yancey to second]; E.Williams out on unknown play;
C.Holloway out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 1, Eagles 4.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: Game called due to rain Second game of

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     1   4   2   8
 Eagles           4   8   0   6


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