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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 5 Cincinnati Clowns (CI2) 0

Game played on Wednesday, May 26, 1943 (N) at Lanphier Park, Springfield IL
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 1 0  1 0 2  1 0 0   -   5  7  1
Cincinnati Clowns                   0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  3  0

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ralph Wyatt ss                        3   0   0    0     2   0     0   0
Lloyd Davenport cf                    5   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
John Bissant lf                       4   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Ed Young c                            4   2   2    1     0   0     0   0
Art Pennington rf                     4   0   2    2     0   0     0   0
Bill Charter 1b                       3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Henry Smith 2b                        4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Willie Ferrell p                      3   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               34   5   7    3     5   0    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ralph Wyatt. 

BATTING -
2B:  Art Pennington. 
3B:  Art Pennington, Willie Ferrell. 
HR:  Ed Young. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  John Bissant, Alex Radcliff, Art Pennington. 

Cincinnati Clowns                    AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Sylvester Snead 2b                    4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Fred Wilson rf                        4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Thad Christopher lf                   3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    3   0   0    0     0   0     1   1
John Britton 3b                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Buster Haywood c                      2   0   1    0     1   0     0   0
Collins Jones ss                      1   0   1    0     0   0     0   1
  Charlie Harris ph                   1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
George Daniels p                      1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Luis Pillot p                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Barney Higdon ph                    1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               28   0   3    0     1   0    27   3

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sylvester Snead, Leonard Lindsay, John Britton, Collins Jones. 
PB: 1.  Buster Haywood. 

BATTING -
2B:  Collins Jones. 
SH:  Collins Jones. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Buster Haywood. 

PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Ferrell W                     9       3   0    0   1   0   0  30
Totals                               9       3   0    0   1   0   0  30


Cincinnati Clowns                    IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
George Daniels L                     3.1     3   2    2   2   0   1  15
Luis Pillot                          5.2     4   3    3   3   0   0  24
Totals                               9       7   5    5   5   0   1  39



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Umpires: HP -  Teater, 1B -  Scofield

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 5/26/1943 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Cincinnati
Clowns (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Cincinnati                    
1. R.Wyatt             ss        J.Ray               cf        
2. L.Davenport         cf        S.Snead             2b        
3. J.Bissant           lf        F.Wilson            rf        
4. A.Radcliff          3b        T.Christopher       lf        
5. E.Young             c         L.Lindsay           1b        
6. A.Pennington        rf        J.Britton           3b        
7. B.Charter           1b        B.Haywood           c         
8. H.Smith             2b        C.Jones             ss        
9. W.Ferrell           p         G.Daniels           p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; R.Wyatt walked; L.Davenport out on unknown play;
J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 1ST: J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown
play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am.
Giants 0, Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Young homered; A.Pennington out on unknown
play; B.Charter walked; H.Smith out on unknown play; W.Ferrell
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Clowns
0.

CLOWNS 2ND: T.Christopher out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on
unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 3RD: B.Haywood walked; C.Jones out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [B.Haywood to second]; G.Daniels out on
unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Am. Giants 1, Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Young
singled; A.Pennington tripled [E.Young scored]; L.PILLOT
REPLACED G.DANIELS (PITCHING); B.Charter out on unknown play;
H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants
2, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 4TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on
unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.Ferrell out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 5TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; J.Britton out on
unknown play; B.Haywood singled; B.Haywood was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 2,
Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Bissant walked; A.Radcliff reached on a
fielder's choice [J.Bissant to second]; E.Young flied to unknown
fielder [J.Bissant to third]; J.Bissant stole home and
A.Radcliff stole second; A.Pennington doubled [A.Radcliff
scored]; A.Pennington stole third; B.Charter out on unknown
play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 4, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 6TH: C.Jones doubled (unknown fielder) [C.Jones out at
third]; L.Pillot out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Ferrell tripled; B.Haywood allowed a passed
ball [W.Ferrell scored]; R.Wyatt walked; L.Davenport singled
[R.Wyatt to second]; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 7TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on
unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out
on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 8TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; J.Britton out on
unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Clowns 0.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Ferrell walked; R.Wyatt hit into a double
play (C.Jones to L.Lindsay to J.Britton to S.Snead) [W.Ferrell
out at third]; L.Davenport singled; J.Bissant out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 9TH: C.HARRIS BATTED FOR C.JONES; C.Harris reached on an
error by R.Wyatt [C.Harris to first]; B.HIGDON BATTED FOR
L.PILLOT; B.Higdon out on unknown play; J.Ray singled [C.Harris
to third]; S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Clowns 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       5   7   1   7
 Clowns           0   3   0   3


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