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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 4 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3

Game played on Wednesday, August 31, 1938 (N) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 0 0  1 2 0   -   3  7  2
Atlanta Black Crackers              2 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 x   -   4  7  0

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       4   1   1    2     0         2   0
Newt Allen ss                         4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Harry Else c                          4   1   1    0     0         7   1
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Willard Brown 3b                      3   0   3    1     1         2   1
Ed Mayweather rf                      4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Rainey Bibbs 2b                       3   0   0    0     0         2   4
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   1   1    0     0         8   1
Big Train Jackson p                   1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Eugene Bremer p                     2   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               33   3   7    3     1   7    24   9

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Willard Brown, Big Train Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown 2, Buck O`Neil. 
HR:  Henry Milton. 
IW:  Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Turkey Stearnes, Willard Brown. 

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Bill Cooper c                         4   2   2    0     0         9   0
Spencer Davis 3b                      3   1   0    0     0         1   2
Babe Davis lf                         3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Don Pelham cf                         4   0   1    1     0         2   1
Tommy Butts ss                        4   0   1    1     0         1   2
Donald Reeves rf                      4   0   2    0     0         0   0
Red Moore 1b                          3   0   0    0     1        11   1
Gabby Kemp 2b                         3   0   0    0     1         1   2
Felix Evans p                         3   1   1    0     1         1   2
Totals                               31   4   7    2     4   8    27  10


BATTING -
2B:  Bill Cooper. 
SH:  Spencer Davis. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Big Train Jackson L                  3       5   4    0   1   1   0  16
Eugene Bremer                        5       2   0    0   3   7   0  20
Totals                               8       7   4    0   4   8   0  36


Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Felix Evans W                        9       7   3    3   1   7   1  34
Totals                               9       7   3    3   1   7   1  34

WP:  Felix Evans. 
IW:  Felix Evans. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 8/31/1938 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Atlanta
Black Crackers (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Atlanta                       
1. H.Milton            lf        B.Cooper            c         
2. N.Allen             ss        S.Davis             3b        
3. H.Else              c         B.Davis             lf        
4. T.Stearnes          cf        D.Pelham            cf        
5. W.Brown             3b        T.Butts             ss        
6. E.Mayweather        rf        D.Reeves            rf        
7. R.Bibbs             2b        R.Moore             1b        
8. B.O`Neil            1b        G.Kemp              2b        
9. B.Jackson           p         F.Evans             p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown
play; H.Else out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: B.Cooper singled to left field; S.Davis
reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by B.Jackson [B.Cooper
to third, S.Davis to second]; B.Davis walked; D.Pelham flied to
unknown fielder [B.Cooper scored (unearned), S.Davis to third];
T.Butts flied to E.Mayweather [S.Davis scored (unearned)];
D.Reeves out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 2.

MONARCHS 2ND: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled
to center field (D.Pelham to S.Davis) [W.Brown out at third];
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 2.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: R.Moore out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on
unknown play; F.Evans singled to center field; B.Cooper doubled
[F.Evans to third]; S.Davis reached on an error by W.Brown
(unknown fielder) [F.Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Cooper
scored (unearned) (no RBI), S.Davis out at third]; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

MONARCHS 3RD: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; B.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham
singled; T.Butts out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled [D.Pelham
to second]; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

MONARCHS 4TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: E.BREMER REPLACED B.JACKSON (PITCHING);
G.Kemp walked; F.Evans walked [G.Kemp to second]; B.Cooper out
on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; B.Davis out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Black Crackers
4.

MONARCHS 5TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown singled;
W.Brown stole second; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; F.Evans
threw a wild pitch [W.Brown to third]; R.Bibbs out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; T.Butts out
on unknown play; D.Reeves singled; R.Moore walked [D.Reeves to
second]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; E.Bremer out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: F.Evans out on unknown play; B.Cooper out
on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Else singled to
left field; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled
[H.Else scored]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out
on unknown play; T.Butts singled; D.Reeves out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Crackers 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.O`Neil doubled;
E.Bremer struck out; H.Milton homered [B.O`Neil scored]; N.Allen
out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Black
Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on
unknown play; F.Evans out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 3, Black Crackers 4.

MONARCHS 9TH: H.Else popped to G.Kemp; On a bunt T.Stearnes
singled to first base; T.Stearnes stole second; W.Brown was
walked intentionally; E.Mayweather grounded out (G.Kemp to
R.Moore) [T.Stearnes to third, W.Brown to second]; H.SMITH
BATTED FOR R.BIBBS; H.Smith grounded out (F.Evans to R.Moore); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Black Crackers 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         3   7   2   4
 Black Crackers   4   7   0   8


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