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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 0

Game played on Monday, August 9, 1937 (N) at Fans Field, Decatur IL
Regular-Season game

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. 


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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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