Houston Eagles 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 - 7 8 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 7 4 BATTING Houston Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 3 0 1 0 2 6 0 Curley Williams ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 Bob Wilson 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 Johnny Davis 1b 4 2 2 1 1 7 0 Raymon Lacy lf 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 Cotton Williams rf 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 Porter Reed rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Brooks 2b 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 Bo Wallace c 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 Max Manning p 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 Totals 35 7 8 6 5 4 27 6 FIELDING - E: 1. Cotton Williams. BATTING - 2B: Cotton Williams, Max Manning. HR: Johnny Davis. SH: Eddie Brooks, Bo Wallace. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Jimmy Wilkes. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 Herb Souell 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 Len Hunt lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown 1b 4 0 1 0 0 12 0 Elston Howard rf 4 0 2 3 0 1 0 Curt Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0 0 4 7 Gene Collins cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Julie Bowers c 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 Tom Cooper c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Frank Barnes p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 34 4 7 4 0 2 27 16 FIELDING - E: 4. Gene Baker, Willard Brown 2, Curt Roberts. BATTING - 2B: Elston Howard. 3B: Elston Howard. HR: Herb Souell. Team LOB: 3 PITCHING Houston Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Max Manning W 9 7 4 4 0 2 1 34 Totals 9 7 4 4 0 2 1 34 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank Barnes L 9 8 7 5 5 4 1 42 Totals 9 8 7 5 5 4 1 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Charlie Schartow, 1B - Akromis Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2888 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 8/11/1949 -- Houston Eagles at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Houston Kansas City 1. J.Wilkes cf G.Baker ss 2. C.Williams ss H.Souell 3b 3. B.Wilson 3b L.Hunt lf 4. J.Davis 1b W.Brown 1b 5. R.Lacy lf E.Howard rf 6. C.Williams rf C.Roberts 2b 7. E.Brooks 2b G.Collins cf 8. B.Wallace c J.Bowers c 9. M.Manning p F.Barnes p EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Brown dropped a foul fly hit by J.Wilkes; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell homered; L.Hunt out on unknown play; W.Brown singled; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 1. EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis singled; R.Lacy out on unknown play; C.Williams singled [J.Davis to third]; E.Brooks forced C.Williams (unknown fielder) [J.Davis scored, E.Brooks to first]; B.Wallace walked [E.Brooks to second]; M.Manning reached on an error by C.Roberts [E.Brooks scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Wallace to second, M.Manning to first]; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; J.Bowers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 2, Monarchs 1. EAGLES 3RD: C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Davis walked; J.Davis was picked off first, but was safe on an error by W.Brown [J.Davis to second]; R.Lacy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: F.Barnes out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 2, Monarchs 1. EAGLES 4TH: C.Williams reached on an error by G.Baker [C.Williams to first]; E.Brooks walked [C.Williams to second]; B.Wallace out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Williams to third, E.Brooks to second]; M.Manning doubled [C.Williams scored (unearned), E.Brooks scored]; J.Wilkes walked; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: L.Hunt out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Monarchs 1. EAGLES 5TH: J.Davis homered; R.Lacy out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; J.Bowers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 1. EAGLES 6TH: B.Wallace out on unknown play; M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes singled; C.Williams singled [J.Wilkes to second]; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: F.Barnes out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 1. EAGLES 7TH: T.COOPER REPLACED J.BOWERS (PLAYING C); J.Davis out on unknown play; R.Lacy singled; C.Williams doubled [R.Lacy scored, C.Williams to third (on throw)]; E.Brooks out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Williams scored]; B.Wallace out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 7, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: L.Hunt singled to right field [L.Hunt to second (error by C.Williams)]; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard doubled to right field [L.Hunt scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 7, Monarchs 2. EAGLES 8TH: M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes walked; J.Wilkes stole second; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 7, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; F.Barnes out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 7, Monarchs 2. EAGLES 9TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; R.Lacy out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 7, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 9TH: P.REED REPLACED C.WILLIAMS (PLAYING RF); H.Souell singled; L.Hunt singled [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard tripled [H.Souell scored, L.Hunt scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 7, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Eagles 7 8 1 8 Monarchs 4 7 4 3
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