Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willie Simms cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Newt Allen 2b 4 1 2 1 0 2 5 Willard Brown lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ed Mayweather 1b 4 0 1 1 0 7 1 Jess Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Frank Duncan c 4 0 1 0 0 1 14 0 Mex Johnson ss 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 Hilton Smith p 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 Totals 34 3 9 3 0 14 27 10 FIELDING - E: 1. Henry Milton. BATTING - 3B: Willie Simms, Newt Allen, Mex Johnson. SH: Willie Simms. HBP: Henry Milton. GDP: Mex Johnson. Team LOB: 6 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ted Bond 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Herman Dunlap cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 Alex Radcliff ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 Subby Byas c 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Wilson Redus lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 Jack Marshall rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Melvin Powell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Sparks 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 Zack Clayton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Cornelius p 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Totals 33 0 6 0 2 7 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 2. Alex Radcliff, Subby Byas, Luther Gilyard 2, Joe Sparks 2. E: 1. Joe Sparks. BATTING - Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Wilson Redus. CS: Jack Marshall. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith W 9 6 0 0 2 7 0 35 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 7 0 35 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius L 9 9 3 2 0 14 0 36 Totals 9 9 3 2 0 14 0 36 HBP: Willie Cornelius. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Tommy Walsh, 1B - Liston Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 1091 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 8/9/1937 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago American Giants (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Chicago 1. H.Milton rf T.Bond 3b 2. W.Simms cf H.Dunlap cf 3. N.Allen 2b A.Radcliff ss 4. W.Brown lf S.Byas c 5. E.Mayweather 1b W.Redus lf 6. J.Brooks 3b J.Marshall rf 7. F.Duncan c L.Gilyard 1b 8. M.Johnson ss J.Sparks 2b 9. H.Smith p W.Cornelius p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; W.Simms tripled; N.Allen out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: T.Bond reached on an error by H.Milton [T.Bond to first]; H.Dunlap struck out; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: W.Redus out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 3RD: M.Johnson tripled to right field; H.Smith lined to H.Dunlap [M.Johnson scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Sparks singled to right field; W.Cornelius struck out; T.Bond forced J.Sparks (unknown fielder) [T.Bond to first]; H.Dunlap struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen singled to left field; W.Brown out on unknown play [N.Allen to second]; E.Mayweather singled to right field [N.Allen scored]; J.Brooks struck out; F.Duncan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff singled; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus singled [A.Radcliff to second]; J.Marshall forced W.Redus (unknown fielder) [A.Radcliff to third, J.Marshall to first]; J.Marshall was caught stealing second (H.Smith to N.Allen); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 5TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.Smith singled; H.Milton was hit by a pitch [H.Smith to second]; W.Simms out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Smith to third, H.Milton to second]; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Sparks walked; W.Cornelius walked [J.Sparks to second]; T.Bond singled [J.Sparks to third, W.Cornelius to second]; H.Dunlap struck out; A.Radcliff struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus singled; W.Redus stole second; J.Marshall out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 7TH: F.Duncan singled; M.Johnson grounded into a double play (J.Sparks to A.Radcliff to L.Gilyard) [F.Duncan out at second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: J.Sparks out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; T.Bond out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; W.Simms reached on an error by J.Sparks [W.Simms to first]; N.Allen tripled to left-center [W.Simms scored (unearned)]; W.Brown hit into a double play (J.Sparks to L.Gilyard to S.Byas) [N.Allen out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: H.Dunlap struck out; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 9TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks singled; F.Duncan out on unknown play; M.Johnson singled [J.Brooks to second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 3, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: W.Redus singled; J.Marshall was called out on strikes; Marshall was ejected for arguing the called third strike. Marshall was still mad about the CS call in the 4th inning. Marshall apparently put Umpire Walsh in a half-nelson and law enforcement had to intervene.; M.POWELL BATTED FOR L.GILYARD; M.Powell out on unknown play; Z.CLAYTON BATTED FOR J.SPARKS; Z.Clayton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, American Giants 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 3 9 1 6 American Giants 0 6 1 8
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