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Houston Eagles (HOE) 7 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4

Game played on Thursday, August 11, 1949 (N) at League Park, Omaha NE
Regular-Season game

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



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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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