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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 13 New York Black Yankees (NY5) 4

Game played on Saturday, July 2, 1938 (D) at Hinchliffe Stadium, Patterson NJ
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              0 4 1  0 2 0  1 2 3   -  13 18  2
New York Black Yankees              0 0 0  0 3 0  1 0 0   -   4 12  4

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       5   1   2    0     1         2   0
Felton Snow ss                        5   1   2    1     0         4   4
Sammy Hughes 2b                       5   2   2    2     1         4   5
Jim West 1b                           6   2   2    1     0         8   0
Wild Bill Wright rf                   5   3   4    2     0         1   0
George Scales lf                      5   2   3    3     0         1   1
Biz Mackey c                          5   1   2    0     0         3   0
Hoss Walker 3b                        4   1   1    0     1         4   2
Andy Porter p                         5   0   0    1     0         0   4
Totals                               45  13  18   10     3   5    27  16

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Felton Snow, Sammy Hughes, Jim West, George Scales, Hoss Walker. 
E: 2.  Sammy Hughes, Jim West. 
PB: 1.  Biz Mackey. 

BATTING -
2B:  Felton Snow 2, Jim West, Wild Bill Wright 2, George Scales. 
HR:  Sammy Hughes, Jim West, Wild Bill Wright, George Scales. 
HBP:  Felton Snow. 
GDP:  Felton Snow, Wild Bill Wright. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Wild Bill Wright 2. 

New York Black Yankees               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marvin Barker 3b                      5   1   2    0     0         0   0
Goose Curry cf                        5   0   1    0     0         2   0
Fats Jenkins lf                       4   1   1    1     1         1   1
Thad Christopher rf, c                4   1   1    0     1         0   0
David Campbell 2b                     5   1   2    0     0         2   3
Walter Cannady 1b                     5   0   3    3     0        10   1
 Douglass ss                          3   0   0    0     1         4   9
Bob Clarke c                          3   0   2    0     0         5   0
  Clarence Palm c                     0   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Leroy Morney ph, rf                 1   0   0    0     0         2   0
Neck Stanley p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Barney Brown ph, p                  4   0   0    0     0         0   4
Totals                               39   4  12    4     3   2    27  19

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  David Campbell, Walter Cannady 2,  Douglass 2, Barney Brown. 
E: 4.  Marvin Barker, Fats Jenkins, Walter Cannady,  Douglass. 

BATTING -
2B:  Thad Christopher, Bob Clarke. 
3B:  David Campbell. 
GDP:  Walter Cannady. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Goose Curry 2. 

PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Andy Porter W                        9      12   4    4   3   2   0  42
Totals                               9      12   4    4   3   2   0  42


New York Black Yankees               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Neck Stanley L                       2       2   4    1   2   2   1  11
Barney Brown                         7      16   9    9   1   3   3  38
Totals                               9      18  13   10   3   5   4  49

HBP:  Barney Brown. 


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Umpires: HP - Frank Forbes, 1B -  Waters

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 7/2/1938 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at New York
Black Yankees (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Baltimore                     New York                      
1. H.Kimbro            cf        M.Barker            3b        
2. F.Snow              ss        G.Curry             cf        
3. S.Hughes            2b        F.Jenkins           lf        
4. J.West              1b        T.Christopher       rf        
5. W.Wright            rf        D.Campbell          2b        
6. G.Scales            lf        W.Cannady           1b        
7. B.Mackey            c                             ss        
8. H.Walker            3b        B.Clarke            c         
9. A.Porter            p         N.Stanley           p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; W.Cannady dropped a foul fly hit by
H.Kimbro; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown
play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Elite
Giants 0, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 1ST: M.Barker singled; G.Curry out on unknown
play; F.Jenkins out on unknown play; T.Christopher walked
[M.Barker to second]; D.Campbell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: J.West homered to rightfield; W.Wright
doubled; G.Scales out on unknown play; B.Mackey reached on an
error by F.Jenkins [W.Wright scored (unearned) (no RBI),
B.Mackey to second]; H.Walker walked; A.Porter reached on an
error by  [B.Mackey scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Walker scored
(unearned) (no RBI), A.Porter to second]; H.Kimbro walked;
F.Snow grounded into a double play ( to D.Campbell to W.Cannady)
[H.Kimbro out at second]; 4 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Elite
Giants 4, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 2ND: W.Cannady singled;  out on unknown play;
B.Clarke singled [W.Cannady to second]; B.BROWN BATTED FOR
N.STANLEY; B.Brown out on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 4, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); S.Hughes
singled; J.West out on unknown play; W.Wright singled [S.Hughes
to third]; G.Scales out on unknown play [S.Hughes scored];
W.Wright stole second; B.Mackey singled [W.Wright to third];
H.Walker out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 5, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 3RD: G.Curry reached on an error by J.West
[G.Curry to first]; F.Jenkins out on unknown play; T.Christopher
out on unknown play; D.Campbell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 5, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: A.Porter reached on an error by M.Barker
[A.Porter to first]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow was
hit by a pitch [A.Porter to second]; S.Hughes out on unknown
play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 5, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 4TH: W.Cannady out on unknown play;  out on
unknown play; B.Clarke doubled; B.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 5, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: W.Wright hit an inside the park homer to left
field; G.Scales homered to left-center; B.Mackey singled;
H.Walker out on unknown play; A.Porter out on unknown play;
H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite
Giants 7, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 5TH: M.Barker singled; B.Mackey allowed a passed
ball [M.Barker to second]; G.Curry out on unknown play [M.Barker
to third]; F.Jenkins singled [M.Barker scored]; T.Christopher
doubled [F.Jenkins to third]; D.Campbell out on unknown play;
W.Cannady singled [F.Jenkins scored, T.Christopher scored]; 
walked [W.Cannady to second]; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 3 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Black Yankees 3.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: F.Snow doubled; S.Hughes walked; J.West out
on unknown play; W.Wright grounded into a double play (B.Brown
to  to W.Cannady) [S.Hughes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Black Yankees 3.

BLACK YANKEES 6TH: B.Brown out on unknown play; M.Barker out on
unknown play; G.Curry singled; G.Curry stole second; G.Curry
stole third; F.Jenkins walked; T.Christopher out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Black Yankees 3.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: G.Scales singled; B.Mackey out on unknown
play; H.Walker singled [G.Scales to third]; C.PALM REPLACED
B.CLARKE (PLAYING C); A.Porter out on unknown play [G.Scales
scored, H.Walker to second]; H.Kimbro singled to left field
(F.Jenkins to C.Palm) [H.Walker out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Elite Giants 8, Black Yankees 3.

BLACK YANKEES 7TH: D.Campbell tripled; W.Cannady singled
[D.Campbell scored];  out on unknown play; L.MORNEY BATTED FOR
C.PALM; L.Morney out on unknown play; B.Brown out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 8, Black Yankees 4.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: L.MORNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
T.CHRISTOPHER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); F.Snow out on
unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; J.West doubled;
W.Wright doubled [J.West scored]; W.Wright stole third; G.Scales
doubled [W.Wright scored]; B.Mackey out on unknown play; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 10, Black Yankees 4.

BLACK YANKEES 8TH: M.Barker out on unknown play; G.Curry
reached on an error by S.Hughes [G.Curry to second]; F.Jenkins
hit into a double play (G.Scales to H.Walker) [G.Curry out at
third]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 10, Black Yankees 4.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; A.Porter out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro singled; F.Snow doubled [H.Kimbro
scored]; S.Hughes homered to left-center [F.Snow scored]; J.West
out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 13,
Black Yankees 4.

BLACK YANKEES 9TH: T.Christopher out on unknown play;
D.Campbell singled; W.Cannady grounded into a double play
(F.Snow to S.Hughes to J.West) [D.Campbell out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 13, Black Yankees 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants    13  18   2   9
 Black Yankees    4  12   4  11


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