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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 2

Game played on Thursday, July 27, 1939 (N) at Landis Yard, Lincoln NE
Exhibition game

Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0   -   2  5  3
Kansas City Monarchs                0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 2   -   3  7  0

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      3   1   0    0     1         1   0
Ernest Smith lf                       4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Subby Byas 1b                         3   1   1    0     1        10   2
John Bissant rf                       4   0   3    2     0         2   0
Joe Sparks ss                         3   0   0    0     0         1   4
Billy Horne 2b                        3   0   1    0     0         1   4
Pepper Bassett c                      3   0   0    0     0         9   1
Ted Trent p                           3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Tommy Johnson p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               30   2   5    2     2   6    25  13

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Willie Simms, Alex Radcliff, Ernest Smith. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Subby Byas, Billy Horne. 
CS:  John Bissant 2. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       4   0   2    0     0         1   1
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Willard Brown lf                      4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Ted Strong 1b                         3   2   2    0     1        13   1
Newt Allen 2b                         2   0   0    0     1         1   7
Paul Hardy c                          4   0   0    0     0   1     6   0
Jesse Williams ss                     3   0   1    0     0         0   3
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   1    2     0         0   0
Floyd Kranson p                       3   0   0    0     0         2   2
Totals                               31   3   7    2     3   7    27  14


BATTING -
2B:  Ted Strong. 
SH:  Newt Allen. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Turkey Stearnes, Ted Strong, Paul Hardy. 

PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Trent L                          8       6   3    3   3   6   0  33
Tommy Johnson                        0.1     1   0    0   0   1   0  2
Totals                               8.1     7   3    3   3   7   0  35

Ted Trent pitched to 3 batters in the 9th inning

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Floyd Kranson W                      9       5   2    2   2   6   0  32
Totals                               9       5   2    2   2   6   0  32



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Umpires: HP -  Hergert, 1B -  Gaughan

Time of Game: 1:42   Attendance: 1000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 7/27/1939 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

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. S.Byas              1b        W.Brown             lf        
5. J.Bissant           rf        T.Strong            1b        
6. J.Sparks            ss        N.Allen             2b        
7. B.Horne             2b        P.Hardy             c         
8. P.Bassett           c         J.Williams          ss        
9. T.Trent             p         F.Kranson           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 out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled;
T.Stearnes forced R.Bibbs (unknown fielder) [T.Stearnes to
first]; T.Stearnes stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled;
J.Bissant was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); J.Sparks
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 0,
Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong singled; N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [T.Strong to second]; P.Hardy reached on an
error by A.Radcliff [T.Strong to third, P.Hardy to first];
T.Strong stole home and P.Hardy stole second; J.Williams out on
unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: B.Horne singled; B.Horne stole second;
P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Trent out on unknown play;
W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants
0, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled to
left field (E.Smith to A.Radcliff) [R.Bibbs out at third];
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Am.
Giants 0, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff walked; E.Smith out on unknown play;
S.Byas singled [A.Radcliff to third, S.Byas to second (on
throw)]; J.Bissant singled to center field [A.Radcliff scored,
S.Byas scored]; J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong walked;
N.Allen out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Trent out on
unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on
unknown play; H.Milton walked; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: 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 2, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: J.Bissant singled; J.Bissant was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); J.Sparks out on unknown play;
B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants
2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on
unknown play; J.Williams singled to center field [J.Williams to
second (error by W.Simms)]; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Trent out on
unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 8TH: 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 2, Monarchs 1.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; S.Byas walked; S.Byas stole second; J.Bissant out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 9TH: W.Brown singled; T.Strong doubled [W.Brown to
third]; N.Allen walked; T.JOHNSON REPLACED T.TRENT (PITCHING);
P.Hardy struck out; H.SMITH BATTED FOR J.WILLIAMS; H.Smith
singled to left field [W.Brown scored, T.Strong scored, N.Allen
to second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       2   5   3   3
 Monarchs         3   7   0   7


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