Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 4 5 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 Sherwood Brewer 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 Norman Robinson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Sam Hairston rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 Leon Kellman 3b 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 Archie Ware 1b 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 Leonard Pigg c 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 Raydell Maddix pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buster Haywood c 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 Henry Merchant cf 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 Raul Galata p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 4 5 3 2 5 21 8 FIELDING - DP: 1. Leon Kellman, Leonard Pigg. E: 1. Leonard Pigg. BATTING - SH: Leon Kellman. HBP: Archie Ware. Team LOB: 5 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Merle Porter 1b 3 0 1 0 1 9 0 Herb Souell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Tom Cooper rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Willard Brown lf 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 Elston Howard cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 Luther Clifford c 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 Isaac Gaston ss 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 Jim LaMarque ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Richardson p 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Buck O'Neil ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 1 3 1 5 6 21 9 FIELDING - E: 2. Isaac Gaston 2. BATTING - 2B: Elston Howard. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Merle Porter. CS: Merle Porter. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Raul Galata W 7 3 1 1 5 6 0 28 Totals 7 3 1 1 5 6 0 28 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Richardson L 7 5 4 3 2 5 0 30 Totals 7 5 4 3 2 5 0 30 HBP: Gene Richardson. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Mayfield Time of Game: 1:40 Attendance: 3165 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/18/1949, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. J.Williams ss M.Porter 1b 2. S.Brewer 2b H.Souell 3b 3. N.Robinson lf T.Cooper rf 4. S.Hairston rf W.Brown lf 5. L.Kellman 3b E.Howard cf 6. A.Ware 1b L.Clifford c 7. L.Pigg c C.Roberts 2b 8. H.Merchant cf I.Gaston ss 9. R.Galata p G.Richardson p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Williams out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled to shortstop [N.Robinson to second (error by I.Gaston)]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: M.Porter walked; H.Souell out on unknown play; T.Cooper walked [M.Porter to second]; W.Brown struck out while M.Porter was caught stealing third (L.Pigg to L.Kellman); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: L.Kellman out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard doubled; L.Clifford out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; I.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Galata out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Richardson out on unknown play; M.Porter singled; M.Porter stole second [M.Porter to third (error by L.Pigg)]; H.Souell out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Brewer out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled; S.Hairston out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown walked; E.Howard walked [W.Brown to second]; L.Clifford flied to unknown fielder [W.Brown to third]; C.Roberts out on unknown play [W.Brown scored, E.Howard to second]; I.Gaston out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 5TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Pigg walked; R.MADDIX RAN FOR L.PIGG; H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Galata out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: B.HAYWOOD REPLACED R.MADDIX (PLAYING C); G.Richardson walked; M.Porter out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown singled; E.Howard out on unknown play; L.Clifford out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 7TH: S.Hairston singled; L.Kellman out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Hairston to second]; A.Ware was hit by a pitch; B.Haywood singled to left field [S.Hairston scored, A.Ware to second]; H.Merchant walked [A.Ware to third, B.Haywood to second]; R.Galata out on unknown play; J.Williams singled [A.Ware scored, B.Haywood scored, H.Merchant to third]; S.Brewer reached on an error by I.Gaston [H.Merchant scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Williams to second, S.Brewer to first]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: J.LAMARQUE BATTED FOR I.GASTON; J.LaMarque flied to unknown fielder; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR G.RICHARDSON; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; M.Porter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 4 5 1 5 Monarchs 1 3 2 6
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