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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 9 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4

Game played on Wednesday, July 19, 1939 (N) at Park de Young, Regina SAS
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 1  0 0 3  2 0 2   -   9 12  3
Chicago American Giants             0 0 1  1 2 0  0 0 0   -   4  4  4

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       5   1   1    0     0         1   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       4   3   2    0     1         0   2
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   1   1    1     0         2   0
Willard Brown lf                      5   2   4    5     0         3   0
Ted Strong 1b                         4   1   2    1     1        11   0
Joe Greene c                          5   1   1    0     0         7   2
Newt Allen 2b                         4   0   0    0     0         2   3
Jesse Williams ss                     4   0   0    1     0         1   1
Hilton Smith p                        2   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Frank Bradley p                     2   0   1    1     0         0   0
Totals                               39   9  12    9     2   7    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Henry Milton, Willard Brown, Hilton Smith. 

BATTING -
2B:  Rainey Bibbs, Turkey Stearnes, Willard Brown 2. 
3B:  Willard Brown. 
HR:  Willard Brown. 
SH:  Turkey Stearnes. 
GDP:  Jesse Williams. 
Team LOB:  6


Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       4   1   1    1     1         2   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      3   0   0    0     1         2   2
John Bissant lf                       3   0   0    0     1         2   1
Subby Byas 1b                         4   1   1    1     0        11   0
Ernest Smith rf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Joe Sparks ss                         4   1   2    0     0         1   1
Billy Horne 2b                        3   0   0    1     0         1   7
Pepper Bassett c                      4   0   0    0     0         8   1
Willie Cornelius p                    2   1   0    0     1         0   2
  Lefty Bowe p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Jesse Houston ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   4   4    3     4   7    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Alex Radcliff, Subby Byas, Billy Horne. 
E: 4.  John Bissant, Subby Byas 3. 

BATTING -
3B:  Joe Sparks. 
HR:  Willie Simms. 
SH:  Billy Horne. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith                         4       3   2    2   2   2   0  18
Frank Bradley W                      5       1   2    1   2   5   1  19
Totals                               9       4   4    3   4   7   1  37

WP:  Hilton Smith. 

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius L                   7       9   7    5   1   6   1  32
Lefty Bowe                           2       3   2    2   1   1   0  10
Totals                               9      12   9    7   2   7   1  42

WP:  Willie Cornelius 2. 


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Umpires: HP -  Moroschan, 1B -  Clayton

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 1100

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 7/19/1939 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago
Am. Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

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

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs doubled;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown tripled [R.Bibbs
scored]; T.Strong walked; J.Greene out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms reached on an error by H.Smith [W.Simms
to first]; H.Smith threw a wild pitch [W.Simms to second];
A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play;
S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1,
Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: N.Allen reached on an error by S.Byas [N.Allen to
first]; J.Williams grounded into a double play (A.Radcliff to
B.Horne to S.Byas) [N.Allen out at second]; H.Smith out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Smith out on unknown play; J.Sparks singled
to left field [J.Sparks to second (error by W.Brown)]; B.Horne
out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton singled to left field [H.Milton to
second (error by J.Bissant)]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled [H.Milton
scored]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Cornelius walked; W.Simms out on unknown
play; A.Radcliff walked [W.Cornelius to second]; J.Bissant out
on unknown play; S.Byas singled [W.Cornelius scored, A.Radcliff
to second]; E.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; N.Allen reached on
an error by S.Byas [N.Allen to first]; W.Cornelius threw a wild
pitch [N.Allen to second]; J.Williams out on unknown play;
H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2,
Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Sparks tripled; B.Horne out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Sparks scored]; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: 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.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: F.BRADLEY REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING); Smith
left with an injured hand; W.Simms homered; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; J.Bissant walked; S.Byas forced J.Bissant (unknown
fielder) [S.Byas to first]; E.Smith reached on an error by
H.Milton [S.Byas scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Smith to first];
J.Sparks out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown doubled; T.Strong singled [W.Brown
scored]; J.Greene reached on an error by S.Byas [T.Strong to
second, J.Greene to first]; W.Cornelius threw a wild pitch
[T.Strong to third, J.Greene to second]; N.Allen out on unknown
play; J.Williams out on unknown play [T.Strong scored
(unearned)]; F.Bradley singled to left field (J.Bissant to
J.Sparks) [J.Greene scored (unearned), F.Bradley out at second];
3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: 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.  Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled;
T.Stearnes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Bibbs to
second]; W.Brown homered to rightfield [R.Bibbs scored];
T.Strong out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 7,
Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Simms walked; A.Radcliff out on unknown play;
J.Bissant out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 7, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: L.BOWE REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); J.Greene
singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown
play; F.Bradley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 7, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Smith out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on
unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 7, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 9TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs walked;
T.Stearnes doubled [R.Bibbs scored, T.Stearnes to third (on
throw)]; W.Brown out on unknown play [T.Stearnes scored];
T.Strong singled; J.Greene out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 9, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.HOUSTON BATTED
FOR L.BOWE; J.Houston out on unknown play; W.Simms out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 9, Am. Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         9  12   3   6
 Am. Giants       4   4   4   6


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