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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 3

Game played on Sunday, July 2, 1939 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 0  0 1 0  0  -   3 12  4
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 1  0 1 0  1  -   4 12  1

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       3   0   0    0     1         1   0
   Fresnell pr, cf                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      6   0   1    0     0         1   4
Ernest Smith lf, rf                   4   0   3    0     2         0   0
Ed Young 1b                           4   3   2    0     0        22   1
Subby Byas rf                         2   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Wilson Redus ph, lf                 3   0   1    1     0         0   0
Red Hale ss                           4   0   0    1     0         3   5
  Jesse Houston ph, ss                2   0   1    1     0         0   2
Billy Horne 2b                        6   0   0    0     0         2   5
Pepper Bassett c                      6   0   1    0     0         7   2
Willie Cornelius p                    4   0   2    0     0         0   8
  Ted Trent p                         1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               45   3  12    3     3  10    36  27

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Alex Radcliff, Ed Young 2, Pepper Bassett. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jesse Houston. 
3B:  Ernest Smith. 
SH:  Willie Simms 2, Wilson Redus. 
HBP:  Ed Young 2. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Willie Simms, Ed Young. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       6   0   1    1     0         5   1
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       6   1   1    0     0         0   1
Turkey Stearnes cf                    5   0   1    0     1         1   0
Willard Brown lf                      6   0   2    1     0         1   0
Ted Strong ss                         5   0   1    0     1         4   6
Buck O`Neil 1b                        6   1   1    0     0        13   1
Joe Greene c                          4   0   2    0     0         9   0
  Jesse Williams pr                   0   1   0    0     0         0   0
  Lionel Decuir c                     2   1   2    1     0         3   1
Newt Allen 2b                         4   0   0    0     0         3   5
Hilton Smith p                        4   0   1    1     0         0   3
   Metz pr                            0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Frank Bradley p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ziggy Marcell ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  George Walker p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               49   4  12    4     2   5    39  18

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Henry Milton, Ted Strong, Buck O`Neil. 
E: 1.  Newt Allen. 

BATTING -
2B:  Henry Milton, Willard Brown, Buck O`Neil, Lionel Decuir. 
SH:  Newt Allen. 
Team LOB:  12

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Ted Strong. 

PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius                     8.1     8   2    2   2   3   0  36
Ted Trent L                          3.2     4   2    2   0   2   0  16
Totals                               12     12   4    4   2   5   0  52

Ted Trent pitched to 2 batters in the 13th inning

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith                         9      10   2    1   2   8   0  36
Frank Bradley                        2       1   1    1   0   1   0  8
George Walker W                      2       1   0    0   1   1   0  9
Totals                               13     12   3    2   3  10   0  53

HBP:  Frank Bradley, George Walker. 


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Umpires: HP -  McDonald, 1B - Greenie Walls

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 15000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/2/1939, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas
City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Kansas City                   
1. W.Simms             cf        H.Milton            rf        
2. A.Radcliff          3b        R.Bibbs             3b        
3. E.Smith             lf        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. E.Young             1b        W.Brown             lf        
5. S.Byas              rf        T.Strong            ss        
6. R.Hale              ss        B.O`Neil            1b        
7. B.Horne             2b        J.Greene            c         
8. P.Bassett           c         N.Allen             2b        
9. W.Cornelius         p         H.Smith             p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; E.Smith tripled; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton reached on an error by E.Young [H.Milton
to first]; H.Milton was picked off first, but was safe on an
error by P.Bassett [H.Milton to second]; R.Bibbs out on unknown
play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas singled; R.Hale hit into a double play
(H.Milton to T.Strong to B.O`Neil) [S.Byas out at second];
B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants
0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong singled; T.Strong was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Greene
singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out
on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith
singled; E.Young singled [E.Smith to second]; S.Byas lined to
T.Strong; R.Hale flied to W.Brown; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am.
Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Stearnes walked; W.Brown singled to right field
[T.Stearnes to second]; T.Strong reached on an error [T.Stearnes
to third, W.Brown to second, T.Strong to first (error by
E.Young; assist by A.Radcliff)]; B.O`Neil popped to B.Horne;
J.Greene forced T.Stearnes (unknown fielder) [W.Brown to third,
T.Strong to second, J.Greene to first]; N.Allen grounded out
(W.Cornelius to E.Young); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Am. Giants 0,
Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett singled;
W.Cornelius singled [P.Bassett to second]; W.Simms out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Bassett to third,
W.Cornelius to second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes singled [R.Bibbs to
second]; W.Brown doubled [R.Bibbs scored, T.Stearnes to third];
T.Strong walked; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: E.Smith walked; E.Young forced E.Smith (unknown
fielder) [E.Young to first]; W.REDUS BATTED FOR S.BYAS; W.Redus
singled [E.Young to third]; R.Hale out on unknown play [E.Young
scored]; B.Horne out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.REDUS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); E.SMITH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); J.Greene out on unknown play;
N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; W.Cornelius
singled; W.Simms out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[W.Cornelius to second]; A.Radcliff singled [W.Cornelius to
third]; A.Radcliff was picked off first (unknown fielder); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on
unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Smith walked; E.Smith was picked off first
(unknown fielder); E.Young singled to second base [E.Young to
second (error by N.Allen)]; E.Young stole third; W.Redus out on
unknown play [E.Young scored (unearned)]; R.Hale out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 9TH: J.Greene singled; J.WILLIAMS RAN FOR J.GREENE;
N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Williams to
second]; H.Smith singled [J.Williams scored];  RAN FOR H.SMITH;
T.TRENT REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); H.Milton out on unknown
play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 2, Monarchs 2.

AM. GIANTS 10TH: L.DECUIR REPLACED J.WILLIAMS (PLAYING C);
F.BRADLEY REPLACED  (PITCHING); Box score suggests Big Train
Jackson may have been announced as pitcher but faced no
batters.; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown
play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am.
Giants 2, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 10TH: T.Stearnes reached on an error by A.Radcliff
[T.Stearnes to first]; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out
on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 2.

AM. GIANTS 11TH: E.Young was hit by a pitch; W.Redus out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [E.Young to second]; J.HOUSTON
BATTED FOR R.HALE; J.Houston doubled [E.Young scored]; B.Horne
out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 11TH: J.HOUSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); L.Decuir
singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; Z.MARCELL BATTED FOR
F.BRADLEY; Z.Marcell out on unknown play; H.Milton doubled
[L.Decuir scored]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 12TH: G.WALKER REPLACED Z.MARCELL (PITCHING);
T.Trent out on unknown play; W.Simms walked; W.Simms stole
second;  RAN FOR W.SIMMS; A.Radcliff out on unknown play;
E.Smith singled [ to third]; E.Young was hit by a pitch [E.Smith
to second]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 12TH:  STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 13TH: J.Houston out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 13TH: B.O`Neil doubled; L.Decuir doubled [B.O`Neil
scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       3  12   4  11
 Monarchs         4  12   1  12


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