Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 1 5 2 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sherwood Brewer lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jesse Williams ss 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 Clyde Nelson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 Sam Hairston rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 Goose Tatum 1b 3 0 2 0 0 6 0 Leonard Pigg c 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 Reinaldo Drake cf 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Peanuts Davis p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 32 0 5 0 0 5 24 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ray Neil, Clyde Nelson, Goose Tatum. E: 1. Clyde Nelson. BATTING - 2B: Sherwood Brewer, Leonard Pigg. GDP: Ray Neil. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Ray Neil. CS: Ray Neil. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 Bonnie Serrell 1b 3 0 2 0 0 10 0 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bob Thurman rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 Earl Taborn c 2 0 0 0 1 6 1 Elston Howard lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 0 5 4 Jim LaMarque p 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 27 1 5 1 2 2 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Earl Taborn 2, Curt Roberts 2, Jim LaMarque. E: 2. Herb Souell 2. BATTING - HR: Bob Thurman. GDP: Bonnie Serrell. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Bonnie Serrell. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Peanuts Davis L 8 5 1 1 2 2 1 29 Totals 8 5 1 1 2 2 1 29 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 32 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 32 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Bob Motley Time of Game: 1:36 Attendance: 4500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 5/30/1949, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. S.Brewer lf G.Baker ss 2. J.Williams ss H.Souell 3b 3. R.Neil 2b B.Serrell 1b 4. C.Nelson 3b W.Brown cf 5. S.Hairston rf B.Thurman rf 6. G.Tatum 1b E.Taborn c 7. L.Pigg c E.Howard lf 8. R.Drake cf C.Roberts 2b 9. P.Davis p J.LaMarque p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Brewer doubled; J.Williams out on unknown play; R.Neil reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [S.Brewer out at third]; R.Neil stole second; C.Nelson singled [R.Neil to third]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; B.Serrell stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: B.Thurman homered to right-center; E.Taborn walked; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 3RD: P.Davis out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; B.Serrell grounded into a double play (C.Nelson to R.Neil to G.Tatum) [H.Souell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Neil reached on an error by H.Souell [R.Neil to first]; C.Nelson struck out while R.Neil was caught stealing second (E.Taborn to C.Roberts); S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 5TH: G.Tatum singled; L.Pigg doubled to right field [G.Tatum to third]; R.Drake out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled to right field (S.Hairston to J.Williams) [C.Roberts out at second]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Williams reached on an error by H.Souell [J.Williams to first]; R.Neil grounded into a double play (J.LaMarque to C.Roberts to E.Taborn) [J.Williams out at second]; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled to third base [B.Serrell to second (error by C.Nelson)]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 7TH: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled; L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 8TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; J.LaMarque walked; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 9TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 0 5 1 5 Monarchs 1 5 2 4
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