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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 10 Indianapolis Clowns (IN9) 1

Game played on Wednesday, June 8, 1949 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Davenport IA
Regular-Season game

Indianapolis Clowns                 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   1  2  1
Kansas City Monarchs                1 4 0  1 0 3  1 0 x   -  10 16  1

BATTING

Indianapolis Clowns                  AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sherwood Brewer 3b                    4   0   0    0     0   2     1   0
Jesse Williams ss                     3   0   0    0     1   1     3   1
Ray Neil 2b                           3   0   1    0     1   1     0   4
Sam Hairston rf                       3   0   0    0     1         2   0
Goose Tatum 1b                        4   0   1    0     0   1     5   0
Leonard Pigg c                        4   0   0    0     0   2     7   0
Reinaldo Drake cf                     2   0   0    0     2   1     3   0
Chuck Wilson lf                       3   1   0    0     1   1     3   0
Manuel Godinez p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Cathey p                     3   0   0    0     0   2     0   0
Totals                               29   1   2    0     6  15    24   5

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jesse Williams, Ray Neil, Goose Tatum. 
E: 1.  Jesse Williams. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  7


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         4   2   2    0     1         1   1
Herb Souell 3b                        5   1   2    4     0         0   0
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     5   2   3    0     0         3   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   1   2    1     1         1   0
Bob Thurman rf                        5   1   3    2     0         2   0
Earl Taborn c                         4   1   1    1     1        15   0
Elston Howard lf                      5   1   2    2     0         1   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   0   0    0     1         3   0
Gene Collins p                        4   1   1    0     0         1   1
Totals                               40  10  16   10     4   6    27   2

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Gene Collins. 

BATTING -
2B:  Gene Baker, Bob Thurman, Earl Taborn. 
3B:  Gene Baker, Bob Thurman. 
GDP:  Curt Roberts. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Indianapolis Clowns                  IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Manuel Godinez L                     1.2     6   5    5   0   0   0  11
Willie Cathey                        6.1    10   5    5   4   6   0  33
Totals                               8      16  10   10   4   6   0  44


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Collins W                       9       2   1    0   6  15   0  35
Totals                               9       2   1    0   6  15   0  35



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Umpires: HP - Manny Hord, 1B -  Gamber

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 2500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 6/8/1949 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas
City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Indianapolis                  Kansas City                   
1. S.Brewer            3b        G.Baker             ss        
2. J.Williams          ss        H.Souell            3b        
3. R.Neil              2b        B.Serrell           1b        
4. S.Hairston          rf        W.Brown             cf        
5. G.Tatum             1b        B.Thurman           rf        
6. L.Pigg              c         E.Taborn            c         
7. R.Drake             cf        E.Howard            lf        
8. C.Wilson            lf        C.Roberts           2b        
9. M.Godinez           p         G.Collins           p         

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

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker tripled to right-center; H.Souell flied
to unknown fielder [G.Baker scored]; B.Serrell out on unknown
play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns
0, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 2ND: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled;
L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake walked [G.Tatum to second];
C.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 0,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.Thurman tripled; E.Taborn doubled [B.Thurman
scored]; E.Howard singled [E.Taborn scored]; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker doubled
[E.Howard to third]; H.Souell singled [E.Howard scored, G.Baker
scored]; W.CATHEY REPLACED M.GODINEZ (PITCHING); B.Serrell
singled [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown walked [H.Souell to third,
B.Serrell to second]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 4 R, 6 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 5.

CLOWNS 3RD: W.Cathey struck out; S.Brewer struck out;
J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 0,
Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 3RD: E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on
unknown play; C.Roberts walked; G.Collins out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 5.

CLOWNS 4TH: R.Neil walked; S.Hairston walked [R.Neil to
second]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown
play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns
0, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 4TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; B.Serrell singled; W.Brown singled [B.Serrell to
second]; B.Thurman doubled [B.Serrell scored, W.Brown to third];
E.Taborn out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 0,
Monarchs 6.

CLOWNS 5TH: C.Wilson walked; W.Cathey out on unknown play
[C.Wilson to second]; C.Wilson was picked off second, but was
safe on an error by G.Collins [C.Wilson scored (unearned)];
S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams walked; R.Neil singled
[J.Williams to second]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 5TH: E.Howard reached on an error by J.Williams
[E.Howard to first]; C.Roberts grounded into a double play
(R.Neil to J.Williams to G.Tatum) [E.Howard out at second];
G.Collins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1,
Monarchs 6.

CLOWNS 6TH: G.Tatum struck out; L.Pigg struck out; R.Drake
walked; C.Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1,
Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker walked; H.Souell forced G.Baker (unknown
fielder) [H.Souell to first]; B.Serrell singled [H.Souell to
second]; W.Brown singled [H.Souell scored, B.Serrell to second];
B.Thurman singled [B.Serrell scored, W.Brown to second];
E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard singled [W.Brown scored,
B.Thurman to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 9.

CLOWNS 7TH: W.Cathey struck out; S.Brewer struck out;
J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1,
Monarchs 9.

MONARCHS 7TH: G.Collins singled; G.Baker out on unknown play
[G.Collins to second]; H.Souell singled [G.Collins scored];
B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 10.

CLOWNS 8TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on
unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Clowns 1, Monarchs 10.

MONARCHS 8TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked;
E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 10.

CLOWNS 9TH: L.Pigg struck out; R.Drake struck out; C.Wilson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 10.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           1   2   1   7
 Monarchs        10  16   1  10


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