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Homestead Grays (HOM) 5 Washington Elite Giants (WEG) 0

Game played on Sunday, August 1, 1937 (D) at League Park IV, Cleveland OH
Regular-Season game

Washington Elite Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   0  3  2
Homestead Grays                     2 2 0  0 1 0  x  -   5  7  0

BATTING

Washington Elite Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro lf                       3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Felton Snow 2b                        3   0   1    0     0         1   0
Wild Bill Wright cf                   3   0   1    0     0         1   0
Zollie Wright rf                      2   0   0    0     1         1   0
Jim West 1b                           3   0   0    0     0         7   0
Leroy Morney 3b                       2   0   0    0     1         0   0
Hoss Walker ss                        2   0   0    0     0         3   0
  Bill Byrd ph                        1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Roy Campanella c                      2   0   0    0     0         4   0
  Jimmy Direaux ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Arnold Waites p                       2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Totals                               24   0   3    0     2   8    18   0

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Henry Kimbro, Jim West. 

BATTING -
2B:  Felton Snow. 
Team LOB:  5


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   2   2    0     0         1   0
Javier Perez 3b                       3   2   2    1     0         0   0
Vic Harris lf                         2   0   1    2     1         0   0
Josh Gibson c                         3   0   0    1     0         7   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   1    1     0        11   0
Jim Williams rf                       3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Matt Carlisle 2b                      2   0   0    0     1         1   0
Jelly Jackson ss                      3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Louis Dula p                          3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               26   5   7    5     2   4    21   0


BATTING -
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin. 

PITCHING

Washington Elite Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Arnold Waites L                      6       7   5    4   2   4   0  28
Totals                               6       7   5    4   2   4   0  28


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Louis Dula W                         7       3   0    0   2   8   0  26
Totals                               7       3   0    0   2   8   0  26



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Umpires: HP - Bill Harris, 1B - Cool Turner, 2B -  , 3B - Gerald Hayes

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 9500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/1/1937, game 2 --   at Homestead Grays (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Homestead                     
1. H.Kimbro            lf        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. F.Snow              2b        J.Perez             3b        
3. W.Bill Wright       cf        V.Harris            lf        
4. Z.Wright            rf        J.Gibson            c         
5. J.West              1b        B.Leonard           1b        
6. L.Morney            3b        J.Williams          rf        
7. H.Walker            ss        M.Carlisle          2b        
8. R.Campanella        c         J.Jackson           ss        
9. A.Waites            p         L.Dula              p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow doubled; W.Bill Wright
out on unknown play; Z.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin singled; J.Benjamin stole second; J.Perez
singled [J.Benjamin scored]; V.Harris walked [J.Perez to
second]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; B.Leonard singled
[J.Perez scored, V.Harris to second]; J.Williams out on unknown
play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0,
Grays 2.

 2ND: J.West out on unknown play; L.Morney walked; H.Walker out
on unknown play; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 2.

GRAYS 2ND: J.Jackson out on unknown play; L.Dula singled;
J.Benjamin singled [L.Dula to third, J.Benjamin to second (on
throw)]; J.Perez out on unknown play; V.Harris singled [L.Dula
scored, J.Benjamin scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 4.

 3RD: A.Waites out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown
play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Grays 4.

GRAYS 3RD: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   0, Grays 4.

 4TH: W.Bill Wright out on unknown play; Z.Wright walked;
J.West out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 4.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; L.Dula out on unknown
play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Grays 4.

 5TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; R.Campanella out on unknown
play; A.Waites out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Grays 4.

GRAYS 5TH: J.Perez singled to left field [J.Perez to second
(error by H.Kimbro)]; V.Harris reached on an error by J.West
[J.Perez to third, V.Harris to first]; J.Gibson out on unknown
play [J.Perez scored (unearned)]; B.Leonard out on unknown play;
J.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  
0, Grays 5.

 6TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play;
W.Bill Wright singled; Z.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 5.

GRAYS 6TH: M.Carlisle walked; J.Jackson out on unknown play;
L.Dula out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 5.

 7TH: J.West out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play;
B.BYRD BATTED FOR H.WALKER; B.Byrd singled; J.DIREAUX BATTED FOR
R.CAMPANELLA; J.Direaux out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.   0, Grays 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  0   3   2   5
 Grays            5   7   0   5


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