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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 5 Houston Eagles (HOE) 4

Game played on Sunday, August 14, 1949 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Exhibition game

Houston Eagles                      0 1 1  0 0 2  0  -   4  9  3
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 2 0  2 0 1  x  -   5 12  0

BATTING

Houston Eagles                       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       3   0   1    0     1         0   0
Curley Williams ss                    3   1   2    2     1         0   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   2    1     0         0   0
Raymon Lacy lf                        4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Leon Ruffin 3b                        3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Eddie Brooks 2b                       4   2   2    0     0         0   0
Bo Wallace c                          3   1   2    0     0         0   0
Porter Reed rf                        3   0   0    1     0         0   0
Cotton Williams p                     3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               30   4   9    4     3   2    18   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Jimmy Wilkes, Curley Williams, Cotton Williams. 

BATTING -
3B:  Curley Williams. 
Team LOB:  8


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leon Day ss                           3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Ed Finney 2b                          4   1   2    1     0         0   0
Henry Kimbro 3b                       2   0   2    1     2         0   0
Bill Byrd lf                          4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bob Romby cf                          3   1   2    0     1         0   0
Butch McCord 1b                       3   0   1    1     0         0   0
Joe Black rf                          4   1   2    0     0         0   0
Johnny Hayes c                        3   1   2    0     0         0   0
Toots Ferrell p                       3   1   1    1     0         0   0
Totals                               29   5  12    4     4   2    21   0


BATTING -
2B:  Johnny Hayes. 
3B:  Ed Finney, Bob Romby. 
SH:  Butch McCord. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Ed Finney, Joe Black. 

PITCHING

Houston Eagles                       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Cotton Williams L                    6      12   5    4   4   2   0  34
Totals                               6      12   5    4   4   2   0  34


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Toots Ferrell W                      7       9   4    4   3   2   0  33
Totals                               7       9   4    4   3   2   0  33



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/14/1949, game 2 -- Houston Eagles at Baltimore
Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Houston                       Baltimore                     
1. J.Wilkes            cf        L.Day               ss        
2. C.Williams          ss        E.Finney            2b        
3. J.Washington        1b        H.Kimbro            3b        
4. R.Lacy              lf        B.Byrd              lf        
5. L.Ruffin            3b        B.Romby             cf        
6. E.Brooks            2b        B.McCord            1b        
7. B.Wallace           c         J.Black             rf        
8. P.Reed              rf        J.Hayes             c         
9. C.Williams          p         T.Ferrell           p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams walked;
J.Washington out on unknown play; R.Lacy out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: L.Day out on unknown play; E.Finney out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro singled to shortstop [H.Kimbro to second
(error by C.Williams)]; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0.

EAGLES 2ND: L.Ruffin out on unknown play; E.Brooks singled;
B.Wallace singled [E.Brooks to third]; P.Reed out on unknown
play [E.Brooks scored]; C.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Romby tripled; B.McCord out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Romby scored]; J.Black singled;
J.Black stole second; J.Hayes singled [J.Black to third];
T.Ferrell out on unknown play [J.Black scored]; L.Day out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Elite Giants 2.

EAGLES 3RD: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams tripled;
J.Washington singled [C.Williams scored]; R.Lacy out on unknown
play; L.Ruffin walked [J.Washington to second]; E.Brooks out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 2, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: E.Finney singled; E.Finney stole second;
H.Kimbro walked; B.Byrd out on unknown play; B.Romby out on
unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Eagles 2, Elite Giants 2.

EAGLES 4TH: B.Wallace out on unknown play; P.Reed out on
unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 2, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Black out on unknown play; J.Hayes doubled;
T.Ferrell singled to center field [J.Hayes scored (no RBI)
(error by J.Wilkes), T.Ferrell to third]; L.Day walked; E.Finney
flied to unknown fielder [T.Ferrell scored (unearned)]; L.Day
was picked off first, but was safe on an error by C.Williams
[L.Day to second]; H.Kimbro walked; B.Byrd out on unknown play;
2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 2, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 5TH: J.Wilkes singled; C.Williams out on unknown play;
J.Washington singled [J.Wilkes to second]; R.Lacy out on unknown
play; L.Ruffin out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 2, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.Romby walked; B.McCord out on unknown play;
J.Black singled [B.Romby to second]; J.Hayes out on unknown
play; T.Ferrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 2, Elite Giants 4.

EAGLES 6TH: E.Brooks singled; B.Wallace singled [E.Brooks to
second]; P.Reed out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Wilkes walked [E.Brooks to third, B.Wallace to second];
C.Williams singled [E.Brooks scored, B.Wallace scored, J.Wilkes
to second]; J.Washington out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Eagles 4, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: L.Day out on unknown play; E.Finney tripled;
H.Kimbro singled [E.Finney scored]; B.Byrd out on unknown play;
B.Romby singled [H.Kimbro to second]; B.McCord singled [H.Kimbro
to third, B.Romby to second]; J.Black out on unknown play; 1 R,
4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Eagles 4, Elite Giants 5.

EAGLES 7TH: R.Lacy out on unknown play; L.Ruffin out on unknown
play; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 4, Elite Giants 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           4   9   3   8
 Elite Giants     5  12   0  11


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