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Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (CIA) 5 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 0

Game played on Monday, July 10, 1944 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Davenport IA
Regular-Season game

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns      0 0 4  0 0 0  1 0 0   -   5  9  0
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  4  4

BATTING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray rf                         4   2   0    0     1         5   0
Fermin Valdes ss                      3   0   2    0     0         1   2
Leovigildo Xiques lf                  2   0   1    1     2         1   0
Antonio Ruiz 2b                       4   1   1    1     0         3   1
Rafael Cabrera cf                     3   1   2    1     1         2   0
Hoss Walker 3b                        4   0   2    1     0         0   3
Armando Vazquez 1b                    4   0   0    0     0         9   0
Buster Haywood c                      4   0   0    0     0         6   0
Roosevelt Davis p                     4   1   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               32   5   9    4     4   5    27   8


BATTING -
SH:  Fermin Valdes. 
IW:  Leovigildo Xiques. 
GDP:  Armando Vazquez. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Antonio Ruiz 2. 
CS:  Leovigildo Xiques, Hoss Walker. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Douglas ss                      3   0   0    0     1         6   6
Lloyd Davenport cf, p                 3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Johnny Smith rf                       4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   0   1    0     0         0   3
Art Pennington 1b                     4   0   0    0     0         9   0
John Bissant lf, 2b                   3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Herb Barnhill c                       3   0   1    0     0         8   4
Willie Wells 2b                       1   0   0    0     0         2   2
  George Minor ph, lf                 2   0   1    0     0         0   0
Al Jones p                            0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Leroy Sutton p                      2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ollie Waldon ph, cf                 1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               30   0   4    0     1   5    27  16

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jesse Douglas, Art Pennington. 
E: 4.  Johnny Smith, Herb Barnhill, George Minor, Al Jones. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alex Radcliff. 
SH:  Lloyd Davenport. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roosevelt Davis W                    9       4   0    0   1   5   0  32
Totals                               9       4   0    0   1   5   0  32


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Al Jones L                           2.1     2   3    0   3   2   0  12
Leroy Sutton                         5.2     7   2    1   1   3   0  22
Lloyd Davenport                      1       0   0    0   0       0  3
Totals                               9       9   5    1   4   5   0  37

IW:  Al Jones. 


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Umpires: HP -  Knudson, 1B - Chet Weiderquist, 2B -  , 3B - Ed Hendee

Time of Game: 1:38   Attendance: 1200

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 7/10/1944 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Chicago Am.
Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Cin-Ind                       Chicago                       
1. J.Ray               rf        J.Douglas           ss        
2. F.Valdes            ss        L.Davenport         cf        
3. L.Xiques            lf        J.Smith             rf        
4. A.Ruiz              2b        A.Radcliff          3b        
5. R.Cabrera           cf        A.Pennington        1b        
6. H.Walker            3b        J.Bissant           lf        
7. A.Vazquez           1b        H.Barnhill          c         
8. B.Haywood           c         W.Wells             2b        
9. R.Davis             p         A.Jones             p         

CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Ray out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on unknown play;
L.Xiques walked; L.Xiques was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill
to J.Douglas); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: J.Douglas walked; L.Davenport out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Douglas to second]; J.Smith
out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: A.Ruiz singled; A.Ruiz stole second; R.Cabrera
walked; H.Walker out on unknown play; A.Ruiz stole third;
A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Bissant out
on unknown play; H.Barnhill singled; W.Wells out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 3RD: R.Davis singled; J.Ray reached on a fielder's
choice [R.Davis to second (error by A.Jones)]; F.Valdes out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Davis to third, J.Ray to
second]; L.Xiques was walked intentionally; L.SUTTON REPLACED
A.JONES (PITCHING); A.Ruiz forced L.Xiques (unknown fielder)
[R.Davis scored (unearned), J.Ray to third, A.Ruiz to first];
R.Cabrera singled [J.Ray scored (unearned) (error by
H.Barnhill), A.Ruiz scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
H.Barnhill), R.Cabrera to third]; H.Walker singled [R.Cabrera
scored (unearned)]; H.Walker was caught stealing second
(H.Barnhill to J.Douglas); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns
4, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: L.Sutton out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 4TH: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on
unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
doubled; A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 5TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; F.Valdes singled to left
field (J.Bissant to J.Douglas) [F.Valdes out at second];
L.Xiques singled to right field [L.Xiques to second (error by
J.Smith)]; A.Ruiz out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.MINOR BATTED
FOR W.WELLS; G.Minor singled; L.Sutton out on unknown play;
J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4,
Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 6TH: J.BISSANT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); G.MINOR
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); R.Cabrera singled to left field
[R.Cabrera to second (error by G.Minor)]; H.Walker out on
unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Smith out on
unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 7TH: R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray walked; F.Valdes
singled [J.Ray to third]; L.Xiques flied to J.Smith [J.Ray
scored]; A.Ruiz out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Bissant out
on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 8TH: R.Cabrera out on unknown play; H.Walker singled;
A.Vazquez grounded into a double play (J.Douglas to
A.Pennington) [H.Walker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: G.Minor out on unknown play; O.WALDON BATTED
FOR L.SUTTON; O.Waldon singled; J.Douglas out on unknown play;
L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns
5, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 9TH: O.WALDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); L.DAVENPORT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); B.Haywood out on unknown play;
R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 10TH: Clowns beat Blackhawk Beers 11-1 following this

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           5   9   0   5
 Am. Giants       0   4   4   5


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