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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4 Newark Eagles (NW2) 1

Game played on Sunday, July 23, 1939 (N) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       1 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  4  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 1  2 1 x   -   4  8  2

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Wells ss                       2   1   0    0     1         1   0
Dick Seay 2b                          3   0   1    1     0         1   2
Ed Stone rf                           2   0   0    0     0         2   0
Mule Suttles 1b                       2   0   0    0     1         4   0
Monte Irvin 3b                        3   0   1    0     0         0   1
Fred Wilson lf                        2   0   0    0     0         3   0
Lennie Pearson cf                     2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Johnny Hayes c                        3   0   1    0     0         4   0
Max Manning p                         1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Biz Mackey ph                       1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Leon Day pr                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  James Brown p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Felix Evans p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               21   1   4    1     2   1    15   5

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Monte Irvin. 

BATTING -
SH:  Fred Wilson, Lennie Pearson. 
HBP:  Ed Stone. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Willie Wells, Dick Seay. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       3   1   0    0     0         1   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       3   1   2    0     1         1   2
Red Moore 1b                          2   1   2    1     2         7   0
Wild Bill Wright rf                   3   0   1    1     1         2   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       1   0   1    1     1         3   0
Felton Snow ss, 3b                    2   0   0    0     1         1   1
Charlie Rivera 3b                     3   1   2    0     0         1   0
  Tommy Butts ss                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Roy Campanella c                      3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Willie Hubert p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               23   4   8    3     6   4    18   6

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Tommy Butts, Willie Hubert. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sammy Hughes, Wild Bill Wright. 
SF:  Bill Hoskins. 
HBP:  Henry Kimbro. 
Team LOB:  12


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Max Manning L                        4       7   3    3   4   3   0  24
James Brown                          0.2     1   1    1   1   1   0  5
Felix Evans                          0.1     0   0    0   1   0   0  2
Totals                               5       8   4    4   6   4   0  31

HBP:  Max Manning. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Hubert W                      6       4   1    1   2   1   0  26
Totals                               6       4   1    1   2   1   0  26

WP:  Willie Hubert 2. 
HBP:  Willie Hubert. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B -  Kemp, 2B -  , 3B -  

Time of Game: 1:46   Attendance: 3700

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/23/1939, game 2 -- Newark Eagles at Baltimore
Elite Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Newark                        Baltimore                     
1. W.Wells             ss        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. D.Seay              2b        S.Hughes            2b        
3. E.Stone             rf        R.Moore             1b        
4. M.Suttles           1b        W.Wright            rf        
5. M.Irvin             3b        B.Hoskins           lf        
6. F.Wilson            lf        F.Snow              ss        
7. L.Pearson           cf        C.Rivera            3b        
8. J.Hayes             c         R.Campanella        c         
9. M.Manning           p         W.Hubert            p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; W.Wells walked; W.Wells stole second; D.Seay singled
[W.Wells scored]; D.Seay stole second; W.Hubert threw a wild
pitch [D.Seay to third]; E.Stone was hit by a pitch; M.Suttles
out on unknown play; M.Irvin out on unknown play; F.Wilson out
on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes
doubled; R.Moore walked; W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins
singled [S.Hughes to third, R.Moore to second]; F.Snow out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0.

EAGLES 2ND: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Hayes singled;
W.Hubert threw a wild pitch (unknown fielder) [J.Hayes out at
third]; M.Manning out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: C.Rivera singled; R.Campanella out on unknown
play; W.Hubert out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0.

EAGLES 3RD: W.Wells out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown
play; E.Stone out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles
1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: S.Hughes out on unknown play; R.Moore
singled; W.Wright doubled [R.Moore scored]; B.Hoskins walked;
F.Snow walked [W.Wright to third, B.Hoskins to second]; C.Rivera
out on unknown play; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 1.

EAGLES 4TH: M.Suttles out on unknown play; M.Irvin singled;
F.Wilson reached on an error by W.Hubert [M.Irvin to second,
F.Wilson to first]; L.Pearson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [M.Irvin to third, F.Wilson to second]; J.Hayes out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: W.Hubert out on unknown play; H.Kimbro was
hit by a pitch; S.Hughes singled [H.Kimbro to second]; R.Moore
singled [H.Kimbro scored, S.Hughes to third, R.Moore to second
(on throw home)]; W.Wright walked; B.Hoskins out on a sacrifice
fly to unknown fielder [S.Hughes scored]; F.Snow out on unknown
play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 3.

EAGLES 5TH: B.MACKEY BATTED FOR M.MANNING; B.Mackey singled;
L.DAY RAN FOR B.MACKEY; W.Wells out on unknown play; D.Seay out
on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.BROWN REPLACED L.DAY (PITCHING); C.Rivera
singled; R.Campanella out on unknown play; W.Hubert out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro reached on an error by M.Irvin [C.Rivera
scored (no RBI), H.Kimbro to second]; S.Hughes walked; F.EVANS
REPLACED J.BROWN (PITCHING); R.Moore walked [H.Kimbro to third,
S.Hughes to second]; W.Wright out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 6TH: T.BUTTS REPLACED C.RIVERA (PLAYING SS); F.SNOW
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); M.Suttles walked; M.Irvin
reached on an error by T.Butts [M.Suttles to second, M.Irvin to
first]; F.Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[M.Suttles to third, M.Irvin to second]; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           1   4   1   7
 Elite Giants     4   8   2  12


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