Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 - 8 12 0 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 7 3 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Douglas 3b 5 1 3 2 0 3 3 Lloyd Davenport cf, rf 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 Lyman Bostock 1b 4 1 2 0 0 9 2 Lonnie Summers rf, c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Felix McLaurin lf, cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 Ted Radcliffe c 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 John Wilson pr, lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 3 1 0 1 4 1 Leamon Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clyde McNeal ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Gentry Jessup p 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 Totals 34 8 12 6 2 4 27 9 BATTING - 2B: Ted Radcliffe. SH: Clyde McNeal. IW: Gentry Jessup. GDP: Lloyd Davenport 2, Felix McLaurin. Team LOB: 2 BASERUNNING - CS: Lyman Bostock, John Wilson. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 Bonnie Serrell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 Len Hunt cf 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bob Thurman rf 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 Earl Taborn c 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 Elston Howard lf 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 0 0 1 6 5 Jim LaMarque p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gene Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 7 2 3 4 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 3. Gene Baker 3, Bonnie Serrell 3, Curt Roberts 2. E: 3. Gene Baker, Willard Brown 2. BATTING - 3B: Herb Souell. SH: Earl Taborn 2. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Gene Baker. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup W 9 7 2 2 3 4 0 36 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 4 0 36 WP: Gentry Jessup. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque L 9 12 8 3 2 4 0 37 Totals 9 12 8 3 2 4 0 37 IW: Jim LaMarque. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Bob Motley, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 5699 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/24/1949, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Kansas City 1. J.Douglas 3b G.Baker ss 2. L.Davenport cf H.Souell 3b 3. L.Bostock 1b B.Serrell 1b 4. L.Summers rf W.Brown cf 5. F.McLaurin lf B.Thurman rf 6. T.Radcliffe c E.Taborn c 7. T.Sampson 2b E.Howard lf 8. C.McNeal ss C.Roberts 2b 9. G.Jessup p J.LaMarque p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Douglas singled; L.Davenport grounded into a double play (G.Baker to C.Roberts to B.Serrell) [J.Douglas out at second]; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker walked; G.Baker was caught stealing second (T.Radcliffe to T.Sampson); H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: L.Summers singled; F.McLaurin grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to G.Baker to B.Serrell) [L.Summers out at second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman singled; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Douglas singled; L.Davenport grounded into a double play (G.Baker to B.Serrell) [J.Douglas out at second]; L.Bostock singled; L.Bostock was caught stealing second (E.Taborn to C.Roberts); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: L.Summers out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 6TH: T.Sampson reached on an error by G.Baker [T.Sampson to first]; C.McNeal out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Sampson to second]; G.Jessup singled [T.Sampson scored (unearned)]; J.Douglas out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell tripled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 7TH: L.Bostock out on unknown play; L.Summers out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: W.Brown singled; B.Thurman walked [W.Brown to second]; E.Taborn out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Brown to third, B.Thurman to second]; E.Howard singled to center field [W.Brown scored, B.Thurman scored]; G.Jessup threw a wild pitch [E.Howard to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 8TH: T.Radcliffe doubled to left field; J.WILSON RAN FOR T.RADCLIFFE; T.Sampson singled [J.Wilson to third]; C.McNeal reached on an error by W.Brown [J.Wilson scored (no RBI), T.Sampson to third, C.McNeal to second]; Brown collided with Howard causing the latter to drop the ball; error charged to Brown; G.Jessup was walked intentionally; J.Douglas singled to left field [T.Sampson scored, C.McNeal scored (unearned), G.Jessup to second]; L.Davenport forced G.Jessup (G.Baker to H.Souell) [J.Douglas to second, L.Davenport to first]; L.Bostock singled to center field [J.Douglas scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by W.Brown), L.Davenport to third, L.Bostock to second]; L.Summers flied to E.Howard; F.McLaurin singled to right field [L.Davenport scored (unearned), L.Bostock to third]; J.Wilson singled [L.Bostock scored (unearned), F.McLaurin to third]; J.Wilson was caught stealing second (E.Taborn to C.Roberts); 6 R (2 ER), 6 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: J.WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); F.MCLAURIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); L.DAVENPORT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); L.SUMMERS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 9TH: L.HUNT REPLACED W.BROWN (PLAYING CF); T.Sampson walked; C.McNeal flied to L.Hunt [T.Sampson to second]; G.Jessup singled [T.Sampson scored]; G.Jessup was picked off first (J.LaMarque to B.Serrell); J.Douglas out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 8, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 9TH: L.JOHNSON REPLACED T.SAMPSON (PLAYING 2B); B.Thurman singled; E.Taborn out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Thurman to second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts walked; G.COLLINS BATTED FOR J.LAMARQUE; G.Collins flied to unknown fielder; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 8, Monarchs 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 8 12 0 2 Monarchs 2 7 3 7
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