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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 8 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 0

Game played on Sunday, May 31, 1936 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Exhibition game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 2 3  0 1 2  0 0 0   -   8 11  1
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  5  4

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       4   0   2    2     1         0   0
Eddie Dwight cf                       2   0   1    0     1         3   0
Newt Allen 2b                         4   2   1    0     1         4   1
Pat Patterson 3b                      5   2   3    1     0         0   0
Willard Brown ss                      4   0   0    1     0         5   2
LeRoy Taylor rf                       4   2   2    1     0         3   0
Curtis Harris 1b                      5   1   1    1     0        11   0
Harry Else c                          5   1   1    1     0         1   0
Andy Cooper p                         4   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               37   8  11    7     3   2    27   6

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Curtis Harris. 

BATTING -
2B:  Newt Allen, LeRoy Taylor. 
3B:  Pat Patterson. 
SH:  Eddie Dwight, Willard Brown, LeRoy Taylor. 
HBP:  Eddie Dwight. 
GDP:  Curtis Harris. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  LeRoy Taylor 2. 
CS:  Eddie Dwight. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Subby Byas c                          4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Emmett Wilson lf                      4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Lou Dials rf                          3   0   0    0     1         3   0
Herman Dunlap cf                      3   0   1    0     1         0   0
Henry McCall 1b                       2   0   1    0     1         9   0
  Wilson Redus ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ted Strong ss                         4   0   0    0     0         6   2
John Henry Prince 3b                  3   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Sanford Jackson ph                  1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Wilbert Labeaux 2b                    3   0   0    0     0         5   1
  K.B. Ivory ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Willie Cornelius p                    3   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Melvin Powell ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   0   5    0     3   4    27   5

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Henry McCall, Ted Strong. 
E: 4.  Subby Byas, John Henry Prince 3. 
PB: 2.  Subby Byas 2. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Emmett Wilson. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Andy Cooper W                        9       5   0    0   3   4   0  36
Totals                               9       5   0    0   3   4   0  36


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius L                   9      11   8    7   3   2   0  44
Totals                               9      11   8    7   3   2   0  44

HBP:  Willie Cornelius. 


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Umpires: HP - Roy Young, 1B - Virgil Blueitt

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 5385

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/31/1936, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Chicago Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Chicago                       
1. H.Milton            lf        S.Byas              c         
2. E.Dwight            cf        E.Wilson            lf        
3. N.Allen             2b        L.Dials             rf        
4. P.Patterson         3b        H.Dunlap            cf        
5. W.Brown             ss        H.McCall            1b        
6. L.Taylor            rf        T.Strong            ss        
7. C.Harris            1b        J.Prince            3b        
8. H.Else              c         W.Labeaux           2b        
9. A.Cooper            p         W.Cornelius         p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; E.Dwight walked;
N.Allen out on unknown play; P.Patterson singled [E.Dwight to
second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: S.Byas out on unknown play; E.Wilson singled;
E.Wilson stole second; L.Dials out on unknown play; H.Dunlap
walked; H.McCall out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: L.Taylor singled; L.Taylor stole second; C.Harris
out on unknown play; H.Else singled [L.Taylor scored, H.Else to
second (on throw)]; A.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Milton
singled [H.Else scored]; E.Dwight out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Prince out on
unknown play; W.Labeaux out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: N.Allen doubled; P.Patterson tripled [N.Allen
scored]; W.Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[P.Patterson scored]; L.Taylor doubled; L.Taylor stole third;
C.Harris out on unknown play [L.Taylor scored]; H.Else reached
on an error by J.Prince [H.Else to first]; A.Cooper out on
unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; S.Byas
singled; E.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Dials out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: H.Milton walked; E.Dwight reached on an error on
a sacrifice bunt by S.Byas [H.Milton to second, E.Dwight to
first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on unknown
play; W.Brown reached on an error by J.Prince [H.Milton to
third, E.Dwight to second, W.Brown to first]; L.Taylor out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: H.Dunlap singled; H.McCall walked [H.Dunlap to
second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Prince out on unknown
play; W.Labeaux out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: C.Harris singled; S.Byas allowed a passed ball
[C.Harris to second]; H.Else out on unknown play; A.Cooper out
on unknown play; H.Milton singled [C.Harris scored]; E.Dwight
singled [H.Milton to third]; E.Dwight was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 6, Am. Giants
0.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; S.Byas out on
unknown play; E.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 6, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen walked; P.Patterson singled [N.Allen to
third, P.Patterson to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play;
L.Taylor out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Allen
scored, P.Patterson to third]; S.Byas allowed a passed ball
[P.Patterson scored (unearned)]; C.Harris out on unknown play; 2
R (1 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.Dials out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on
unknown play; H.McCall singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Else out on unknown play; A.Cooper out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: J.Prince out on unknown play; W.Labeaux out on
unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 8TH: E.Dwight was hit by a pitch; N.Allen out on
unknown play; P.Patterson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; E.Wilson out on
unknown play; L.Dials walked; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 9TH: L.Taylor reached on an error by J.Prince
[L.Taylor to first]; C.Harris grounded into a double play
(T.Strong to H.McCall) [L.Taylor out at second]; H.Else out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.REDUS BATTED FOR H.MCCALL; W.Redus out on
unknown play; T.Strong reached on an error by C.Harris [T.Strong
to first]; S.JACKSON BATTED FOR J.PRINCE; S.Jackson singled
[T.Strong to second]; K.IVORY BATTED FOR W.LABEAUX; K.Ivory out
on unknown play; M.POWELL BATTED FOR W.CORNELIUS; M.Powell out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Am. Giants 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         8  11   1   9
 Am. Giants       0   5   4   9


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