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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5 Indianapolis Clowns (IN9) 2

Game played on Sunday, September 21, 1947 (N) at American Legion Park, Council Bluffs IA
Exhibition game

Indianapolis Clowns                 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 1   -   2  7  3
Kansas City Monarchs                0 1 0  0 1 2  0 1 x   -   5  6  3

BATTING

Indianapolis Clowns                  AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Reinaldo Drake cf                     3   0   0    0     1         1   0
  Johnny Williams ph                  1   0   0    1     0         0   0
Sherwood Brewer ss                    3   1   0    0     2         0   0
Ray Neil 2b                           4   0   1    0     1         2   3
Sam Hairston 3b                       3   0   1    1     1         1   3
Goose Tatum 1b                        3   0   0    0     1         9   2
Robert Abernathy lf                   4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Henry Merchant rf                     3   0   1    0     0         2   0
  Leonard Pigg ph, c                  1   0   0    0     0         0   1
Buster Haywood c, rf                  3   1   2    0     1         9   2
Jim Colzie p                          2   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Armando Vazquez ph, p               1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Vicente Villafane ph                1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   2   7    2     7   8    24  13

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Ray Neil 2, Leonard Pigg. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Reinaldo Drake, Ray Neil. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Buster Haywood. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Curt Roberts ss                       5   1   1    2     0         3   3
Chico Renfroe 2b                      3   0   1    0     1         4   2
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   1   0    0     1         9   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   1   2    1     0         2   0
Johnie Scott lf                       3   1   0    0     1         1   0
Earl Taborn c                         1   1   1    0     1         8   1
Tom Cooper rf                         4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Gene Richardson p                     4   0   1    0     0         0   4
Totals                               31   5   6    3     4   8    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Curt Roberts 2, Chico Renfroe, Buck O`Neil 2. 
E: 3.  Herb Souell, Johnie Scott, Tom Cooper. 

BATTING -
HR:  Curt Roberts, Willard Brown. 
SH:  Earl Taborn. 
HBP:  Earl Taborn. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Willard Brown, Johnie Scott. 
CS:  Curt Roberts. 

PITCHING

Indianapolis Clowns                  IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim Colzie                           5       5   2    1   3   7   1  24
Armando Vazquez L                    3       1   3    2   1   1   1  13
Totals                               8       6   5    3   4   8   2  37

HBP:  Armando Vazquez. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Richardson W                    9       7   2    1   7   8   0  39
Totals                               9       7   2    1   7   8   0  39



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Umpires: HP - Matt Ohlinger, 1B - Bob Ohlinger, 2B -  , 3B -  Akronis

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 3095

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 9/21/1947, game 2 -- Indianapolis Clowns at
Kansas City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Indianapolis                  Kansas City                   
1. R.Drake             cf        C.Roberts           ss        
2. S.Brewer            ss        C.Renfroe           2b        
3. R.Neil              2b        H.Souell            3b        
4. S.Hairston          3b        B.O`Neil            1b        
5. G.Tatum             1b        W.Brown             cf        
6. R.Abernathy         lf        J.Scott             lf        
7. H.Merchant          rf        E.Taborn            c         
8. B.Haywood           c         T.Cooper            rf        
9. J.Colzie            p         G.Richardson        p         

CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; R.Drake out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown
play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns
0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked;
H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum walked;
R.Abernathy out on unknown play; H.Merchant singled to left
field [G.Tatum to second]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown homered to leftfield; J.Scott out on
unknown play; E.Taborn walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play;
G.Richardson singled [E.Taborn to second]; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 3RD: J.Colzie out on unknown play; R.Drake out on
unknown play; S.Brewer walked; R.Neil singled [S.Brewer to
second]; S.Hairston singled [S.Brewer scored, R.Neil to second];
G.Tatum out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 1,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Renfroe singled; H.Souell out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil walked [C.Renfroe to second]; W.Brown out on unknown
play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns
1, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 4TH: R.Abernathy out on unknown play; H.Merchant reached
on an error by H.Souell [H.Merchant to first]; B.Haywood singled
to right field [H.Merchant to third, B.Haywood to second (error
by T.Cooper)]; J.Colzie out on unknown play; R.Drake walked;
S.Brewer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Clowns 1,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: E.Taborn singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play;
G.Richardson out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 5TH: R.Neil walked; S.Hairston walked [R.Neil to
second]; G.Tatum forced S.Hairston (unknown fielder) [R.Neil to
third, G.Tatum to first]; R.Abernathy out on unknown play;
H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 1,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil reached on an error by R.Neil [B.O`Neil
to first]; W.Brown singled [B.O`Neil to third]; W.Brown stole
second [B.O`Neil scored (unearned)]; J.Scott out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 2.

CLOWNS 6TH: B.Haywood walked; B.Haywood was caught stealing
second (E.Taborn to C.Renfroe); A.VAZQUEZ BATTED FOR J.COLZIE;
A.Vazquez singled; R.Drake grounded into a double play
(C.Roberts to B.O`Neil) [A.Vazquez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 6TH: A.VAZQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); E.Taborn was
hit by a pitch; T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Richardson out
on unknown play; C.Roberts hit an inside the park homer to right
field [E.Taborn scored]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 4.

CLOWNS 7TH: S.Brewer out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown
play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Clowns 1, Monarchs 4.

CLOWNS 8TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; R.Abernathy out on
unknown play; L.PIGG BATTED FOR H.MERCHANT; L.Pigg out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: L.PIGG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); B.HAYWOOD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); J.Scott walked; J.Scott stole
second; E.Taborn reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by
L.Pigg [J.Scott to third, E.Taborn to first]; T.Cooper out on
unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; C.Roberts
reached on an error by R.Neil [J.Scott scored (unearned) (no
RBI), E.Taborn to third, C.Roberts to first]; C.Roberts was
caught stealing second (L.Pigg to R.Neil); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 5.

CLOWNS 9TH: B.Haywood singled; V.VILLAFANE BATTED FOR
A.VAZQUEZ; V.Villafane singled to left field [B.Haywood to third
(error by J.Scott)]; J.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR R.DRAKE; J.Williams
forced V.Villafane (unknown fielder) [B.Haywood scored
(unearned), J.Williams to first]; S.Brewer walked [J.Williams to
second]; R.Neil grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to
C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [S.Brewer out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 2, Monarchs 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           2   7   3  10
 Monarchs         5   6   3   8


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