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

Game played on Sunday, July 9, 1944 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0   -   1  5  3
Baltimore Elite Giants              1 0 2  1 0 0  0 0 x   -   4  9  0

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 3b                     3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Willie Wynn c                         4   1   2    0     0         1   0
Ray Dandridge 2b                      4   0   1    0     0         3   5
Bob Harvey lf                         4   0   1    1     0         1   0
Lennie Pearson 1b, cf                 4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Vic Barnett rf                        4   0   0    0     0         5   0
Archie Brathwaite cf                  0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Mule Suttles ph, 1b                 4   0   0    0     0        11   0
Sy Morton ss                          3   0   0    0     0         1   6
Terris McDuffie p                     3   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               33   1   5    1     1   6    24  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Ray Dandridge, Mule Suttles, Sy Morton. 
E: 3.  Lennie Pearson, Archie Brathwaite, Sy Morton. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willie Wynn. 
Team LOB:  6


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   2   2    1     0         0   0
Felton Snow 3b                        4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Frank Russell 2b                      4   0   0    0     0         1   6
George Scales rf                      4   0   0    1     0         4   0
  Norman Robinson pr, rf              0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       3   1   1    0     1         2   0
Doc Dennis 1b                         4   1   2    2     0        13   0
Tommy Butts ss                        4   0   1    0     0         0   5
Bob Clarke c                          4   0   2    0     0         7   0
Bill Byrd p                           3   0   0    0     1         0   8
Totals                               34   4   9    4     2   1    27  19


BATTING -
2B:  Bob Clarke. 
3B:  Bill Hoskins. 
HR:  Henry Kimbro, Doc Dennis. 
GDP:  Bill Hoskins. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Terris McDuffie L                    8       9   4    4   2   1   2  36
Totals                               8       9   4    4   2   1   2  36


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Byrd W                          9       5   1    1   1   6   0  34
Totals                               9       5   1    1   1   6   0  34



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Umpires: HP - Phil Cockrell, 1B -  Holloway

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 11000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/9/1944, game 1 -- Newark Eagles at Baltimore
Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Newark                        Baltimore                     
1. M.Watkins           3b        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. W.Wynn              c         F.Snow              3b        
3. R.Dandridge         2b        F.Russell           2b        
4. B.Harvey            lf        G.Scales            rf        
5. L.Pearson           1b        B.Hoskins           lf        
6. V.Barnett           rf        D.Dennis            1b        
7. A.Brathwaite        cf        T.Butts             ss        
8. S.Morton            ss        B.Clarke            c         
9. T.McDuffie          p         B.Byrd              p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; M.Watkins walked; W.Wynn out on unknown play;
R.Dandridge out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro singled; F.Snow singled to center
field [H.Kimbro to third (error by A.Brathwaite)]; F.Russell out
on unknown play; G.Scales out on unknown play [H.Kimbro scored];
B.Hoskins walked [F.Snow to second]; D.Dennis out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 1.

EAGLES 2ND: L.Pearson out on unknown play; V.Barnett out on
unknown play; M.SUTTLES BATTED FOR A.BRATHWAITE; M.Suttles out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: L.PEARSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
M.SUTTLES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); T.Butts singled; B.Clarke
singled [T.Butts to second]; B.Byrd out on unknown play;
H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 1.

EAGLES 3RD: S.Morton out on unknown play; T.McDuffie singled;
M.Watkins reached on a fielder's choice [T.McDuffie to second];
W.Wynn out on unknown play; R.Dandridge out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: F.Russell out on unknown play; G.Scales out
on unknown play; B.Hoskins tripled; D.Dennis homered to
leftfield [B.Hoskins scored]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 3.

EAGLES 4TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; V.Barnett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro homered to centerfield; F.Snow out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 5TH: M.Suttles out on unknown play; S.Morton out on
unknown play; T.McDuffie out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: F.Russell reached on an error by L.Pearson
[F.Russell to first]; G.Scales out on unknown play; B.Hoskins
out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 6TH: M.Watkins out on unknown play; W.Wynn doubled;
R.Dandridge out on unknown play; B.Harvey singled [W.Wynn
scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; B.Clarke
doubled; B.Byrd walked; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 7TH: V.Barnett out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on
unknown play; S.Morton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Russell out on unknown play; G.Scales
reached on an error by S.Morton [G.Scales to first]; N.ROBINSON
RAN FOR G.SCALES; B.Hoskins grounded into a double play
(S.Morton to R.Dandridge to M.Suttles) [N.Robinson out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 8TH: N.ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); T.McDuffie
out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; W.Wynn
singled; R.Dandridge singled [W.Wynn to second]; B.Harvey out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: D.Dennis singled; T.Butts out on unknown
play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 9TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; V.Barnett out on
unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           1   5   3   6
 Elite Giants     4   9   0   8


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