Indianapolis Clowns 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 9 13 0 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 0 2 1 1 3 3 Sherwood Brewer 2b 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 Norman Robinson lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 Sam Hairston c 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 John Britton rf 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 Leon Kellman 3b 4 2 3 1 0 0 3 Archie Ware 1b 3 1 1 0 1 11 0 Henry Merchant cf 3 1 3 3 1 1 0 Jim Cohen p 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 Totals 33 9 13 7 8 1 21 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jesse Williams, Archie Ware, Jim Cohen. BATTING - 2B: Jesse Williams, Sam Hairston. GDP: John Britton. Team LOB: 11 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 Herb Souell 3b 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 Bonnie Serrell rf 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 Willard Brown lf 3 0 2 0 0 5 1 Elston Howard cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 Luther Clifford c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 Tom Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Jim LaMarque p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mel Duncan p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 24 0 4 0 2 2 21 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Curt Roberts, Tom Cooper, Mel Duncan. E: 1. Herb Souell. BATTING - GDP: Elston Howard. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim Cohen W 7 4 0 0 2 2 0 26 Totals 7 4 0 0 2 2 0 26 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque L 1.2 5 7 6 5 1 0 15 Mel Duncan 5.1 8 2 2 3 0 0 26 Totals 7 13 9 8 8 1 0 41 WP: Jim LaMarque. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bob Ohlinger, 1B - Charlie Schartow Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1700 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/11/1949, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. J.Williams ss G.Baker ss 2. S.Brewer 2b H.Souell 3b 3. N.Robinson lf B.Serrell rf 4. S.Hairston c W.Brown lf 5. J.Britton rf E.Howard cf 6. L.Kellman 3b L.Clifford c 7. A.Ware 1b C.Roberts 2b 8. H.Merchant cf T.Cooper 1b 9. J.Cohen p J.LaMarque p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Williams out on unknown play; S.Brewer walked; N.Robinson walked [S.Brewer to second]; S.Hairston doubled [S.Brewer scored, N.Robinson to third]; J.Britton reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson out at home, S.Hairston to third]; L.Kellman singled [S.Hairston scored, J.Britton to second]; A.Ware walked [J.Britton to third, L.Kellman to second]; H.Merchant singled [J.Britton scored, L.Kellman scored, A.Ware to third]; J.LaMarque threw a wild pitch [A.Ware scored, H.Merchant to second]; J.Cohen singled [H.Merchant scored]; J.Williams out on unknown play; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 6, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [H.Souell to second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 6, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Brewer walked; N.Robinson singled [S.Brewer to second]; S.Hairston walked [S.Brewer to third, N.Robinson to second]; J.Britton forced S.Brewer (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to third, S.Hairston to second, J.Britton to first]; L.Kellman out on unknown play; M.DUNCAN REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); A.Ware reached on an error by H.Souell (W.Brown to L.Clifford) [N.Robinson scored (unearned) (no RBI), S.Hairston out at home, J.Britton to second, A.Ware to first]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Clifford out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; M.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: H.Merchant walked; J.Cohen out on unknown play; J.Williams doubled [H.Merchant to third]; S.Brewer out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Hairston out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Kellman singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown singled; E.Howard grounded into a double play (J.Cohen to J.Williams to A.Ware) [W.Brown out at second]; L.Clifford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 5TH: H.Merchant singled; J.Cohen out on unknown play; J.Williams walked [H.Merchant to second]; S.Brewer out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; M.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 6TH: S.Hairston walked; J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Kellman singled [S.Hairston to second]; A.Ware singled [S.Hairston to third, L.Kellman to second]; H.Merchant singled [S.Hairston scored, L.Kellman to third, A.Ware to second]; J.Cohen out on unknown play; J.Williams singled [L.Kellman scored, A.Ware to third, H.Merchant to second]; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 9, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 9, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 7TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; S.Hairston singled; J.Britton grounded into a double play (M.Duncan to C.Roberts to T.Cooper) [S.Hairston out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 9, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: E.Howard singled; L.Clifford out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 9, Monarchs 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 9 13 0 11 Monarchs 0 4 1 5
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