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. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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