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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4

Game played on Wednesday, September 8, 1937 (N) at Hudson Field, Dayton OH
League Championship Series

Kansas City Monarchs                4 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   4  7  0
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  2 2 0  1  -   5 13  0

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       4   1   0    0     1         0   0
Willie Simms cf                       5   0   0    0     0         0   0
Newt Allen 2b                         4   1   1    0     1         0   0
Willard Brown lf                      4   1   1    1     1         0   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Jess Brooks 3b                        5   1   1    2     0         0   0
Ted Strong ss                         3   0   1    1     1         0   0
Frank Duncan c                        4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Hilton Smith p                        3   0   2    0     0         0   0
  Floyd Kranson p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               37   4   7    4     4   6    28   0


BATTING -
2B:  Newt Allen. 
3B:  Jess Brooks. 
HBP:  Ed Mayweather. 
Team LOB:  8


Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Bond 3b                           4   0   0    0     1         0   0
Wilson Redus rf                       5   0   0    0     0         0   0
Alex Radcliff ss                      4   1   2    0     1         0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   1   1    0     1         0   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       5   2   2    0     0         0   0
Subby Byas c                          5   1   3    1     0         0   0
Zack Clayton 1b                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Herman Dunlap ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Lillard 1b                      3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Jack Marshall 2b                      5   0   4    3     0         0   0
Willie Cornelius p                    4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Totals                               41   5  13    5     3  11    30   0


BATTING -
2B:  Bill Hoskins. 
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith                         6.1     7   2    2   1   9   0  27
Floyd Kranson L                      3       6   3    3   2   2   0  17
Totals                               9.1    13   5    5   3  11   0  44


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius W                   10      7   4    4   4   6   0  42
Totals                               10      7   4    4   4   6   0  42

WP:  Willie Cornelius 3. 
HBP:  Willie Cornelius. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 9/8/1937 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago
American Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Chicago                       
1. H.Milton            rf        T.Bond              3b        
2. W.Simms             cf        W.Redus             rf        
3. N.Allen             2b        A.Radcliff          ss        
4. W.Brown             lf        T.Stearnes          cf        
5. E.Mayweather        1b        B.Hoskins           lf        
6. J.Brooks            3b        S.Byas              c         
7. T.Strong            ss        Z.Clayton           1b        
8. F.Duncan            c         J.Marshall          2b        
9. H.Smith             p         W.Cornelius         p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton walked; W.Simms out on unknown play;
N.Allen walked [H.Milton to second]; W.Brown singled [H.Milton
scored, N.Allen to second]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play;
J.Brooks tripled [N.Allen scored, W.Brown scored]; T.Strong
singled [J.Brooks scored]; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 4 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: T.Bond out on unknown play; W.Redus out on
unknown play; A.Radcliff singled; T.Stearnes walked [A.Radcliff
to second]; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: H.Smith 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 4, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas out on unknown play; Z.Clayton out
on unknown play; J.Marshall singled; W.Cornelius out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: N.Allen doubled; W.Brown out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather was hit by a pitch; J.Brooks out on unknown play;
W.Cornelius threw a wild pitch [N.Allen to third, E.Mayweather
to second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: T.Bond out on unknown play; W.Redus out on
unknown play; A.Radcliff singled; T.Stearnes out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: F.Duncan out on unknown play; H.Smith singled;
W.Cornelius threw a wild pitch [H.Smith to second]; H.Milton out
on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: B.Hoskins out on unknown play; S.Byas out
on unknown play; H.DUNLAP BATTED FOR Z.CLAYTON; H.Dunlap out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants
0.

MONARCHS 5TH: J.LILLARD REPLACED H.DUNLAP (PLAYING 1B); N.Allen
out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American
Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: J.Marshall 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 4, American Giants 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: J.Brooks out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; F.Duncan singled; H.Smith singled [F.Duncan to
second]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 0.

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

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: B.Hoskins singled; S.Byas singled
[B.Hoskins to second]; J.Lillard out on unknown play; J.Marshall
singled [B.Hoskins scored, S.Byas to second]; W.Cornelius
singled [S.Byas scored, J.Marshall to second]; F.KRANSON
REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING); T.Bond out on unknown play; W.Redus
out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American
Giants 2.

MONARCHS 8TH: J.Brooks out on unknown play; T.Strong walked;
W.Cornelius threw a wild pitch [T.Strong to second]; F.Duncan
out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 2.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff walked; T.Stearnes singled
[A.Radcliff to second]; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; S.Byas
singled [A.Radcliff scored, T.Stearnes to second]; J.Lillard out
on unknown play; J.Marshall singled [T.Stearnes scored, S.Byas
to second]; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 4.

MONARCHS 9TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; W.Simms out on
unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 4, American Giants 4.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: T.Bond walked; W.Redus out on unknown
play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 4.

MONARCHS 10TH: 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 4, American Giants 4.

AMERICAN GIANTS 10TH: B.Hoskins doubled; S.Byas singled
[B.Hoskins to third]; J.Lillard out on unknown play; J.Marshall
singled [B.Hoskins scored, S.Byas to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Monarchs 4, American Giants 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         4   7   0   8
 American Giants   5  13   0  11


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