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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 10 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 7

Game played on Tuesday, August 17, 1937 (N) at Lippincott Park, South Bend IN
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                3 2 0  1 1 0  0 0 3   -  10 12  4
Chicago American Giants             1 0 2  0 1 3  0 0 0   -   7  9  4

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       4   1   1    1     1         1   1
Willie Simms cf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Newt Allen 2b                         2   2   2    0     3         2   5
Willard Brown lf                      5   2   2    2     0         2   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      5   2   1    2     0        11   0
Jess Brooks 3b                        5   1   2    2     0         1   2
Frank Duncan c                        5   1   2    0     0         9   1
Mex Johnson ss                        4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Henry McHenry p                       3   1   1    1     0         0   1
  Vet Barnes p                        2   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               39  10  12    8     4   8    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Henry Milton, Mex Johnson. 
E: 4.  Newt Allen 2, Willard Brown, Jess Brooks. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jess Brooks, Frank Duncan, Mex Johnson, Henry McHenry. 
3B:  Newt Allen, Willard Brown. 
HR:  Jess Brooks. 
SH:  Mex Johnson. 
HBP:  Willie Simms. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Newt Allen. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Bond 3b                           5   3   2    0     0         3   1
Herman Dunlap cf                      5   1   1    3     0         3   0
Alex Radcliff ss                      5   0   1    0     0         3   3
Zack Clayton lf                       4   0   0    1     1         3   0
Subby Byas c                          1   0   0    0     0         2   0
  Wilson Redus ph, rf                 4   0   2    0     0         1   0
Jack Marshall rf, c                   4   1   1    0     0         8   1
Joe Sparks 2b                         4   1   0    0     0         1   2
Luther Gilyard 1b                     3   1   2    1     1         3   0
Melvin Powell p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Walter Thomas p                     3   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Foster p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               39   7   9    5     2   9    27   7

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Ted Bond, Alex Radcliff, Jack Marshall, Luther Gilyard. 

BATTING -
HR:  Herman Dunlap. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Ted Bond. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry McHenry W                      6       8   7    4   2   4   1  31
Vet Barnes SV                        3       1   0    0   0   5   0  10
Totals                               9       9   7    4   2   9   1  41


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Melvin Powell                        2       6   5    3   1   1   0  13
Walter Thomas L                      6       5   5    4   3   6   1  28
Willie Foster                        1       1   0    0   0   1   0  4
Totals                               9      12  10    7   4   8   1  45

Walter Thomas pitched to 3 batters in the 9th inning
HBP:  Walter Thomas. 


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Umpires: HP - Josh DeVoe, 1B -  Koloszar

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 1500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/17/1937 -- 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        Z.Clayton           lf        
5. E.Mayweather        1b        S.Byas              c         
6. J.Brooks            3b        J.Marshall          rf        
7. F.Duncan            c         J.Sparks            2b        
8. M.Johnson           ss        L.Gilyard           1b        
9. H.McHenry           p         M.Powell            p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown
play; N.Allen walked; W.Brown singled [N.Allen to second];
E.Mayweather singled to right field [N.Allen scored, W.Brown
scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Marshall), E.Mayweather
scored (unearned)]; J.Brooks out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 3, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: T.Bond singled; H.Dunlap out on unknown
play; A.Radcliff singled [T.Bond to third]; Z.Clayton out on
unknown play [T.Bond scored]; S.Byas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 3, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: F.Duncan doubled; M.Johnson out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Duncan to third]; H.McHenry doubled
[F.Duncan scored]; H.Milton singled [H.McHenry scored]; W.Simms
out on unknown play; N.Allen singled [H.Milton to second];
W.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 5,
American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: J.Marshall out on unknown play; J.Sparks
out on unknown play; L.Gilyard walked; M.Powell out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 5, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: W.THOMAS REPLACED M.POWELL (PITCHING);
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on unknown play;
F.Duncan singled to third base [F.Duncan to second (error by
T.Bond)]; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 5, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: T.Bond singled; H.Dunlap homered [T.Bond
scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; Z.Clayton walked;
W.REDUS BATTED FOR S.BYAS; W.Redus singled [Z.Clayton to
second]; J.Marshall hit into a double play (H.Milton to
M.Johnson) [Z.Clayton out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 5, American Giants 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.REDUS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J.MARSHALL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); H.McHenry out on unknown play;
H.Milton walked; W.Simms was hit by a pitch [H.Milton to
second]; N.Allen walked [H.Milton to third, W.Simms to second];
W.Brown out on unknown play [H.Milton scored]; E.Mayweather out
on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 6, American
Giants 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard
out on unknown play; W.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 6, American Giants 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: J.Brooks homered to leftfield; F.Duncan out on
unknown play; M.Johnson doubled; H.McHenry out on unknown play;
H.Milton out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 7,
American Giants 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: T.Bond reached on an error by W.Brown
[T.Bond to second]; T.Bond stole third; H.Dunlap out on unknown
play [T.Bond scored (unearned)]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play;
Z.Clayton out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 7, American Giants 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen walked;
N.Allen stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 7, American
Giants 4.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: W.Redus singled to center field;
J.Marshall singled to center field [W.Redus to second]; J.Sparks
forced W.Redus (unknown fielder) [J.Marshall to second, J.Sparks
to first]; L.Gilyard singled to center field [J.Marshall scored,
J.Sparks to second]; W.Thomas reached on an error by N.Allen
[J.Sparks to third, L.Gilyard to second, W.Thomas to first];
T.Bond reached on an error by J.Brooks [J.Sparks scored
(unearned) (no RBI), L.Gilyard to third, W.Thomas to second,
T.Bond to first]; H.Dunlap reached on an error by N.Allen
[L.Gilyard scored (unearned) (no RBI), W.Thomas to third, T.Bond
to second, H.Dunlap to first]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play;
Z.Clayton out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 3 LOB. 
Monarchs 7, American Giants 7.

MONARCHS 7TH: L.Gilyard dropped a foul fly hit by J.Brooks;
J.Brooks out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play;
M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs
7, American Giants 7.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: V.BARNES REPLACED H.MCHENRY (PITCHING);
W.Redus out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play;
J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 7,
American Giants 7.

MONARCHS 8TH: V.Barnes out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 7, American Giants 7.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: L.Gilyard singled; W.Thomas out on unknown
play; T.Bond out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 7, American Giants 7.

MONARCHS 9TH: N.Allen tripled; W.Brown tripled [N.Allen
scored]; E.Mayweather reached on an error by A.Radcliff [W.Brown
scored, E.Mayweather to first]; W.FOSTER REPLACED W.THOMAS
(PITCHING); J.Brooks doubled [E.Mayweather scored (unearned)];
F.Duncan out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play;
V.Barnes out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 10, American Giants 7.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; Z.Clayton
out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Monarchs 10, American Giants 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs        10  12   4   8
 American Giants   7   9   4   7


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