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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 9 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Sunday, April 24, 1938 (D) at Burnett Field, Dallas TX
Exhibition game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1   -   2 11  1
Chicago American Giants             1 0 0  2 3 1  2 0 x   -   9 10  1

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       5   0   2    0     0         2   0
Newt Allen 2b                         5   0   0    0     0         1   2
Willie Simms cf                       4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Willard Brown lf                      4   1   1    0     0         3   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   0   2    1     0        10   0
Frank Duncan II c                     4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Roosevelt Cox 3b                      3   1   1    0     1         2   2
Mex Johnson ss                        3   0   1    0     0         2   5
  Buck O`Neil ph                      1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Hilton Smith p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Floyd Kranson p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Johnny Markham p                    1   0   1    0     0         0   0
   McLemore p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Bullet Rogan ph                     1   0   0    1     0         0   0
Totals                               37   2  11    2     1   5    24  12

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Mex Johnson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Henry Milton, Willard Brown, Ed Mayweather, Johnny Markham. 
GDP:  Roosevelt Cox. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Milton. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Rainey Bibbs 2b                       3   2   1    0     2         2   3
Herman Dunlap rf                      5   1   1    0     0         2   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      3   1   2    1     1         4   2
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   3   3    4     0         2   0
Subby Byas 1b                         4   1   0    0     0         7   0
  Luther Gilyard 1b                   0   0   0    0     0         2   0
Ormond Sampson ss                     4   1   2    3     0         0   5
Wilson Redus lf                       3   0   0    0     0         3   0
Paul Hardy c                          4   0   1    1     0         5   0
Tommy Johnson p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Leland Davis ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Cornelius p                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   9  10    9     3   2    27  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Rainey Bibbs, Alex Radcliff, Subby Byas. 
E: 1.  Ormond Sampson. 
PB: 1.  Paul Hardy. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alex Radcliff, Ormond Sampson. 
3B:  Turkey Stearnes. 
HR:  Turkey Stearnes. 
SH:  Wilson Redus. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith L                       2       2   1    1   0   0   0  8
Floyd Kranson                        2.2     4   5    5   2   1   1  14
Johnny Markham                       2.1     4   3    2   0   0   0  12
 McLemore                            1       0   0    0   1   1   0  4
Totals                               8      10   9    8   3   2   1  38


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tommy Johnson W                      6       7   1    1   0   4   0  24
Willie Cornelius SV                  3       4   1    1   1   1   0  14
Totals                               9      11   2    2   1   5   0  38

WP:  Willie Cornelius. 


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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B -  Marshall

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 4000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 4/24/1938 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago
American Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Chicago                       
1. H.Milton            rf        R.Bibbs             2b        
2. N.Allen             2b        H.Dunlap            rf        
3. W.Simms             cf        A.Radcliff          3b        
4. W.Brown             lf        T.Stearnes          cf        
5. E.Mayweather        1b        S.Byas              1b        
6. F.Duncan II         c         O.Sampson           ss        
7. R.Cox               3b        W.Redus             lf        
8. M.Johnson           ss        P.Hardy             c         
9. H.Smith             p         T.Johnson           p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton doubled; N.Allen out on unknown play;
W.Simms 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: R.Bibbs singled; H.Dunlap out on unknown
play; A.Radcliff doubled [R.Bibbs scored]; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; F.Duncan II out
on unknown play; R.Cox singled; M.Johnson singled [R.Cox to
third]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: O.Sampson out on unknown play; W.Redus out
on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; W.Simms singled to shortstop [W.Simms to second
(error by O.Sampson)]; P.Hardy allowed a passed ball [W.Simms to
third]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: F.KRANSON REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING);
T.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 0,
American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; F.Duncan II
singled; R.Cox grounded into a double play (A.Radcliff to
R.Bibbs to S.Byas) [F.Duncan II out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff singled; T.Stearnes singled
[A.Radcliff to second]; S.Byas forced A.Radcliff (unknown
fielder) [T.Stearnes to second, S.Byas to first]; O.Sampson
doubled [T.Stearnes scored, S.Byas scored]; W.Redus out on
unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Monarchs 0, American Giants 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, American Giants 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: T.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Bibbs
walked; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff walked [R.Bibbs
to second]; T.Stearnes homered to left-center [R.Bibbs scored,
A.Radcliff scored]; J.MARKHAM REPLACED F.KRANSON (PITCHING);
S.Byas out on unknown play; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 0,
American Giants 6.

MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; W.Simms out on
unknown play; W.Brown doubled; E.Mayweather doubled [W.Brown
scored]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, American Giants 6.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: O.Sampson reached on an error by M.Johnson
[O.Sampson to first]; W.Redus out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [O.Sampson to second]; P.Hardy singled [O.Sampson
scored (unearned)]; L.DAVIS BATTED FOR T.JOHNSON; L.Davis out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, American Giants 7.

MONARCHS 7TH: W.CORNELIUS REPLACED L.DAVIS (PITCHING); R.Cox
out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; J.Markham
doubled; H.Milton singled [J.Markham to third]; H.Milton stole
second; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, American Giants 7.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: H.Dunlap singled; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; T.Stearnes tripled [H.Dunlap scored]; S.Byas out
on unknown play; O.Sampson singled [T.Stearnes scored]; W.Redus
out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, American
Giants 9.

MONARCHS 8TH: L.GILYARD REPLACED S.BYAS (PLAYING 1B); W.Simms
out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather
singled; W.Cornelius threw a wild pitch [E.Mayweather to
second]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, American Giants 9.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH:  REPLACED J.MARKHAM (PITCHING); P.Hardy
out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; R.Bibbs
walked; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, American Giants 9.

MONARCHS 9TH: R.Cox walked; B.O`NEIL BATTED FOR M.JOHNSON;
B.O`Neil singled [R.Cox to third]; B.ROGAN BATTED FOR ; B.Rogan
out on unknown play [R.Cox scored]; H.Milton out on unknown
play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, American Giants 9.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         2  11   1   9
 American Giants   9  10   1   5


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