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Homestead Grays (HOM) 4 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 2

Game played on Sunday, August 29, 1937 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Exhibition game

Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  1 0 2  1 0 0   -   4  7  1
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1   -   2  5  0

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   2    0     1         3   0
Javier Perez 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Vic Harris lf                         4   0   2    1     1         3   0
Josh Gibson c                         4   2   2    1     1         3   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   1   1    1     1        12   0
Jim Williams rf                       3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Matt Carlisle 2b                      3   0   0    0     1         2   1
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Louis Dula p                          3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Totals                               32   4   7    3     6   4    27   2

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Matt Carlisle, Jelly Jackson. 
E: 1.  Jelly Jackson. 

BATTING -
3B:  Josh Gibson. 
HR:  Josh Gibson. 
SH:  Javier Perez, Jim Williams. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin 2, Buck Leonard, Jelly Jackson. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Bond 3b                           4   1   1    0     0   0     2   0
Herman Dunlap cf                      4   1   2    0     0   0     2   0
Alex Radcliff ss                      4   0   2    1     0   0     2   2
Subby Byas c                          4   0   0    1     0   0     5   0
Wilson Redus lf                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Jack Marshall rf                      3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Joe Sparks 2b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Luther Gilyard 1b                     3   0   0    0     0   0    13   0
Willie Cornelius p                    2   0   0    0     0   0     1   1
  Willie Foster p                     1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               31   2   5    2     0   1    27   3


BATTING -
2B:  Ted Bond. 
GDP:  Alex Radcliff. 
Team LOB:  2


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Louis Dula W                         9       5   2    2   0   1   0  31
Totals                               9       5   2    2   0   1   0  31


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius L                   6.1     6   4    4   6   4   1  31
Willie Foster                        2.2     1   0    0   0   0   0  9
Totals                               9       7   4    4   6   4   1  40



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Umpires: HP - Roy Young, 1B -  King

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2900

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/29/1937, game 1 -- Homestead Grays at Chicago
American Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Homestead                     Chicago                       
1. J.Benjamin          cf        T.Bond              3b        
2. J.Perez             3b        H.Dunlap            cf        
3. V.Harris            lf        A.Radcliff          ss        
4. J.Gibson            c         S.Byas              c         
5. B.Leonard           1b        W.Redus             lf        
6. J.Williams          rf        J.Marshall          rf        
7. M.Carlisle          2b        J.Sparks            2b        
8. J.Jackson           ss        L.Gilyard           1b        
9. L.Dula              p         W.Cornelius         p         

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown
play; V.Harris walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Grays 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: T.Bond out on unknown play; H.Dunlap
singled; A.Radcliff grounded into a double play (J.Jackson to
M.Carlisle to B.Leonard) [H.Dunlap out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Grays 0, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 2ND: 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.  Grays 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: J.Jackson dropped a foul fly hit by
S.Byas; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play;
J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 0,
American Giants 0.

GRAYS 3RD: J.Jackson out on unknown play; L.Dula walked;
J.Benjamin singled [L.Dula to second]; J.Perez out on unknown
play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays
0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard
out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 0, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Gibson tripled to left field; B.Leonard singled to
right field [J.Gibson scored]; J.Williams out on unknown play;
M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 1, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: T.Bond lined to V.Harris; H.Dunlap singled
to center field; A.Radcliff singled to left-center [H.Dunlap to
third]; S.Byas flied to J.Williams in foul territory [H.Dunlap
scored]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Grays 1, American Giants 1.

GRAYS 5TH: L.Dula out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked;
J.Benjamin stole second; J.Perez out on unknown play; V.Harris
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 1, American
Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; J.Sparks
out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Grays 1, American Giants 1.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Gibson homered to leftfield; B.Leonard walked;
J.Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard
to second]; M.Carlisle walked; J.Jackson forced M.Carlisle
(unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to third, J.Jackson to first];
B.Leonard stole home and J.Jackson stole second; L.Dula grounded
out (A.Radcliff to L.Gilyard); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3,
American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; T.Bond
out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Grays 3, American Giants 1.

GRAYS 7TH: J.Benjamin singled to first base; J.Benjamin stole
second; J.Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (W.Cornelius to
L.Gilyard) [J.Benjamin to third]; V.Harris singled to right
field [J.Benjamin scored]; J.Gibson walked [V.Harris to second];
W.FOSTER REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); B.Leonard forced
J.Gibson (A.Radcliff to J.Sparks) [V.Harris to third, B.Leonard
to first]; J.Williams popped to A.Radcliff; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Grays 4, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas out
on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 4, American Giants 1.

GRAYS 8TH: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on
unknown play; L.Dula out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Grays 4, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; J.Sparks
out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Grays 4, American Giants 1.

GRAYS 9TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; J.Perez out on
unknown play; V.Harris singled; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: W.Foster struck out; T.Bond doubled to
left field; H.Dunlap flied to J.Benjamin; A.Radcliff singled to
right field [T.Bond scored]; S.Byas flied to J.Benjamin; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, American Giants 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Grays            4   7   1   9
 American Giants   2   5   0   2


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