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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 8, 1938 (D) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Exhibition game

Chicago American Giants             2 0 2  0 0 0   -   4  6  0
Atlanta Black Crackers              0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  3  1

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herman Dunlap rf                      4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      2   1   1    1     1   0     0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    3   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Paul Hardy c                          2   1   1    0     1   0     1   0
Ormond Sampson ss                     3   0   1    3     0   0     0   0
Wilson Redus lf                       2   0   1    0     1   0     0   0
Luther Gilyard 1b                     3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Billy Horne 2b                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Willie Cornelius p                    2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               24   4   6    4     3   0    18   0


BATTING -
2B:  Herman Dunlap, Ormond Sampson. 
SH:  Willie Cornelius. 
Team LOB:  6


Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Leo Sims ss                           3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Red Hadley rf                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Nish Williams lf                      2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Red Moore 1b                          2   1   2    0     0   0     0   0
Don Pelham cf                         2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Bill Cooper c                         2   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Bub Miller 3b                         2   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Telosh Howard p                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Donald Reeves ph                    1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Red Howard p                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               21   1   3    1     0   1    18   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Leo Sims. 

BATTING -
2B:  Red Moore. 
3B:  Red Moore. 
Team LOB:  2


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius W                   6       3   1    1   0   1   0  21
Totals                               6       3   1    1   0   1   0  21


Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Telosh Howard L                      5       6   4    4   3   0   0  25
Red Howard                           1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               6       6   4    4   3   0   0  28



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Umpires: HP - Joe Doyle, 1B - B.T. Harvey

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/8/1938, game 2 -- Chicago Am. Giants at
Atlanta Bl. Crackers (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Atlanta                       
1. H.Dunlap            rf        G.Kemp              2b        
2. A.Radcliff          3b        L.Sims              ss        
3. T.Stearnes          cf        R.Hadley            rf        
4. P.Hardy             c         N.Williams          lf        
5. O.Sampson           ss        R.Moore             1b        
6. W.Redus             lf        D.Pelham            cf        
7. L.Gilyard           1b        B.Cooper            c         
8. B.Horne             2b        B.Miller            3b        
9. W.Cornelius         p         T.Howard            p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories; H.Dunlap doubled; A.Radcliff singled [H.Dunlap scored];
T.Stearnes forced A.Radcliff (unknown fielder) [T.Stearnes to
first]; P.Hardy singled [T.Stearnes to third]; O.Sampson forced
P.Hardy (unknown fielder) [T.Stearnes scored, O.Sampson to
first]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 2, Bl. Crackers 0.

BL. CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp out on unknown play; L.Sims out on
unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Bl. Crackers 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Bl. Crackers 0.

BL. CRACKERS 2ND: N.Williams out on unknown play; R.Moore
tripled to right-center; D.Pelham out on unknown play; B.Cooper
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Bl. Crackers 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; P.Hardy walked
[A.Radcliff to second]; O.Sampson doubled to center field
[A.Radcliff scored, P.Hardy scored]; W.Redus walked; L.Gilyard
out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Bl.
Crackers 0.

BL. CRACKERS 3RD: B.Miller out on unknown play; T.Howard out on
unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: B.Horne reached on an error by L.Sims [B.Horne
to first]; W.Cornelius out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[B.Horne to second]; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Bl.
Crackers 0.

BL. CRACKERS 4TH: L.Sims out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on
unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: T.Stearnes singled; P.Hardy out on unknown
play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; W.Redus singled [T.Stearnes
to third]; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0.

BL. CRACKERS 5TH: R.Moore doubled to left field; D.Pelham out
on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; B.Miller singled
to right field [R.Moore scored]; D.REEVES BATTED FOR T.HOWARD;
D.Reeves out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants
4, Bl. Crackers 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: R.HOWARD REPLACED D.REEVES (PITCHING); B.Horne
out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; H.Dunlap
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Bl.
Crackers 1.

BL. CRACKERS 6TH: G.Kemp out on unknown play; L.Sims out on
unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       4   6   0   6
 Bl. Crackers     1   3   1   2


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