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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 2

Game played on Monday, July 25, 1938 (N) at Barnett Field, Fargo ND
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1   -   2  7  2
Kansas City Monarchs                2 1 0  0 0 0  1 0 x   -   4 10  2

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       4   1   2    0     0   0     0   0
Subby Byas 1b                         4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Wilson Redus lf                       4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Ed Young 2b                           4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   0   1    2     0   0     0   0
Frank Duncan II c                     4   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
Jesse Houston rf                      4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Billy Horne ss                        3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Tommy Johnson p                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Willie Cornelius ph                 1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Ted Trent p                         0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               34   2   7    2     0   0    24   2

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Ed Young, Billy Horne. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Alex Radcliff. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Subby Byas 2. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Rainey Bibbs 2b                       3   2   2    0     1   0     1   1
Henry Milton lf                       4   1   4    1     0   0     0   0
Roosevelt Cox 3b                      4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   0   2    0     0   0     2   0
Harry Else c                          4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Hilton Smith p                        4   1   1    0     0   0     0   1
Mex Johnson ss                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Lefty Moses rf                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               33   4  10    2     1   0    27   3

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Rainey Bibbs, Buck O`Neil, Mex Johnson. 
E: 2.  Mex Johnson 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Rainey Bibbs, Henry Milton. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Rainey Bibbs, Henry Milton. 

PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tommy Johnson L                      7       9   4    2   1   0   0  30
Ted Trent                            1       1   0    0   0   0   0  4
Totals                               8      10   4    2   1   0   0  34


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith W                       9       7   2    1   0   0   0  34
Totals                               9       7   2    1   0   0   0  34



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Umpires: HP -  Ward, 1B -  Knauf

Time of Game: 1:32   Attendance: 2600

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 7/25/1938 -- Chicago American Giants at Kansas
City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Kansas City                   
1. W.Simms             cf        R.Bibbs             2b        
2. S.Byas              1b        H.Milton            lf        
3. W.Redus             lf        R.Cox               3b        
4. E.Young             2b        W.Brown             cf        
5. A.Radcliff          3b        B.O`Neil            1b        
6. F.Duncan II         c         H.Else              c         
7. J.Houston           rf        H.Smith             p         
8. B.Horne             ss        M.Johnson           ss        
9. T.Johnson           p         L.Moses             rf        

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; W.Simms singled; W.Simms was picked off
first (H.Smith to B.O`Neil); S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus
singled; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
American Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: R.Bibbs singled; H.Milton singled [R.Bibbs to
second]; R.Cox out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [R.Bibbs
scored, H.Milton scored (unearned) (no RBI), W.Brown to second];
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 0, Monarchs 2.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; F.Duncan
II out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 0, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 2ND: H.Smith singled; M.Johnson out on unknown play
[H.Smith to second]; L.Moses reached on an error by B.Horne
[H.Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Moses to first]; R.Bibbs
out on unknown play; H.Milton singled [L.Moses to second]; R.Cox
out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  American
Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: B.Horne out on unknown play; T.Johnson out
on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  American Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled to
second base [B.O`Neil to second (error by E.Young)]; H.Else out
on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  American Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: S.Byas singled; S.Byas stole second;
W.Redus out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas
stole third; A.Radcliff singled [S.Byas scored]; F.Duncan II out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 1,
Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; L.Moses out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs walked; R.Bibbs was caught stealing second
(F.Duncan II to E.Young); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  American Giants
1, Monarchs 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: J.Houston out on unknown play; B.Horne out
on unknown play; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  American Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.Milton singled; H.Milton was caught stealing
second (F.Duncan II to B.Horne); R.Cox out on unknown play;
W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  American
Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; S.Byas out on
unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 American Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Else out on
unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 American Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: E.Young singled; A.Radcliff grounded into
a double play (M.Johnson to R.Bibbs to B.O`Neil) [E.Young out at
second]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
American Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; L.Moses out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs doubled; H.Milton doubled [R.Bibbs
scored]; R.Cox out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
American Giants 1, Monarchs 4.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: J.Houston out on unknown play; B.Horne out
on unknown play; W.CORNELIUS BATTED FOR T.JOHNSON; W.Cornelius
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 1,
Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: T.TRENT REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); W.Brown
out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; H.Else out on unknown
play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
American Giants 1, Monarchs 4.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: W.Simms singled; S.Byas out on unknown
play; W.Redus singled [W.Simms to second]; E.Young reached on an
error by M.Johnson [W.Simms to third, W.Redus to second, E.Young
to first]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play [W.Simms scored
(unearned)]; F.Duncan II reached on an error by M.Johnson
[W.Redus to third, E.Young to second, F.Duncan II to first];
J.Houston out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. 
American Giants 2, Monarchs 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 American Giants   2   7   2   5
 Monarchs         4  10   2   6


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