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New York Black Yankees (NY5) 4 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 0

Game played on Sunday, August 6, 1939 (D) at Pelican Stadium, New Orleans LA
Exhibition game

New York Black Yankees              1 0 0  0 0 2  0 1 0   -   4 10  1
St. Louis Stars                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  4  2

BATTING

New York Black Yankees               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
David Campbell 2b                     5   0   0    0     0         1   2
Flash Miller ss                       3   1   0    0     1         1   1
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   0    0     0         8   0
Ameal Brooks cf                       4   2   3    1     0         2   0
Walter Cannady 3b                     4   1   2    0     0         1   3
Zollie Wright rf                      4   0   2    2     0         3   0
 Benjamin lf                          4   0   1    1     0         2   0
Bob Clarke c                          3   0   1    0     1         9   0
Neck Stanley p                        4   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               35   4  10    4     2   3    27   8

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Flash Miller. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Clarke. 
Team LOB:  6


St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leslie Green cf                       4   0   1    0     0         4   0
Bobby Robinson 3b                     3   0   0    0     1         2   2
Marshall Riddle 2b                    4   0   1    0     0         3   5
Jimmy Ford ss                         4   0   1    0     0         4   1
Ed Mayweather 1b                      3   0   0    0     1         9   1
Raymond Taylor c                      4   0   0    0     0         4   1
Bill Bradford rf                      4   0   1    0     0         1   0
 Jones lf                             3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Lefty Calhoun p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   0   4    0     3   9    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Marshall Riddle, Jimmy Ford, Ed Mayweather. 
TP: 1. , Jimmy Ford, Ed Mayweather. 
E: 2.  Marshall Riddle, Bill Bradford. 
PB: 1.  Raymond Taylor. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bill Bradford. 
SH:  Lefty Calhoun. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

New York Black Yankees               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Neck Stanley W                       9       4   0    0   3   9   0  35
Totals                               9       4   0    0   3   9   0  35


St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Lefty Calhoun L                      9      10   4    4   2   3   0  37
Totals                               9      10   4    4   2   3   0  37



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Umpires: HP -  Ronzon, 1B -  Benjamin

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 3500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/6/1939, game 1 -- New York Black Yankees at  
(D)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                                                    
1. D.Campbell          2b        L.Green             cf        
2. F.Miller            ss        B.Robinson          3b        
3. J.Washington        1b        M.Riddle            2b        
4. A.Brooks            cf        J.Ford              ss        
5. W.Cannady           3b        E.Mayweather        1b        
6. Z.Wright            rf        R.Taylor            c         
7.                     lf        B.Bradford          rf        
8. B.Clarke            c                             lf        
9. N.Stanley           p         L.Calhoun           p         

BLACK YANKEES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; D.Campbell out on unknown play; F.Miller
walked; R.Taylor allowed a passed ball [F.Miller to second];
J.Washington out on unknown play; A.Brooks singled [F.Miller
scored]; W.Cannady out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Yankees 1,  0.

 1ST: L.Green singled; B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle
out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Black Yankees 1,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 2ND: Z.Wright out on unknown play;  out on
unknown play; B.Clarke doubled; N.Stanley out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 1,  0.

 2ND: E.Mayweather reached on an error by F.Miller
[E.Mayweather to first]; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 1,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 3RD: D.Campbell reached on an error by M.Riddle
[D.Campbell to first]; F.Miller out on unknown play;
J.Washington out on unknown play; A.Brooks out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 1,  0.

 3RD: L.Calhoun out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown
play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Yankees 1,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 4TH: W.Cannady out on unknown play; Z.Wright out
on unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Yankees 1,  0.

 4TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; J.Ford singled;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 1,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 5TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; N.Stanley
singled to right field [N.Stanley to second (error by
B.Bradford)]; D.Campbell out on unknown play; F.Miller out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 1,  0.

 5TH: B.Bradford doubled;  walked; L.Calhoun out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Bradford to third,  to second];
L.Green out on unknown play; B.Robinson walked; M.Riddle out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Black Yankees 1,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 6TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; A.Brooks
singled; W.Cannady singled [A.Brooks to second]; Z.Wright
singled [A.Brooks scored, W.Cannady to second];  singled
[W.Cannady scored, Z.Wright to second]; B.Clarke out on unknown
play; N.Stanley out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Yankees 3,  0.

 6TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather walked; R.Taylor
out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 3,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 7TH: D.Campbell out on unknown play; F.Miller out
on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Black Yankees 3,  0.

 7TH:  out on unknown play; L.Calhoun out on unknown play;
L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Yankees 3,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 8TH: A.Brooks singled; W.Cannady singled
[A.Brooks to second]; Z.Wright singled [A.Brooks scored,
W.Cannady to second];  hit into a triple play (J.Ford to
E.Mayweather) [W.Cannady out at second, Z.Wright out at first];
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Yankees 4,  0.

 8TH: B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled; J.Ford
out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 4,  0.

BLACK YANKEES 9TH: B.Clarke walked; N.Stanley hit into a double
play (M.Riddle to E.Mayweather to J.Ford) [B.Clarke out at
second]; D.Campbell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Yankees 4,  0.

 9TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown
play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Yankees
4,  0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Yankees    4  10   1   6
                  0   4   2   8


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