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Nashville Elite Giants (NSH) 6 Pittsburgh Crawfords (PTC) 2

Game played on Sunday, July 16, 1933 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Pittsburgh Crawfords                1 0 1  0 0 0  0  -   2  9  0
Nashville Elite Giants              0 4 1  0 0 1  x  -   6  5  1

BATTING

Pittsburgh Crawfords                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell cf                     4   1   2    0     0         0   0
John Henry Russell 2b                 4   0   0    0     0         3   1
Oscar Charleston 1b, p                3   1   2    1     0         1   3
Josh Gibson lf, 1b                    3   0   0    0     0         5   0
Judy Johnson 3b                       3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Bill Perkins c                        3   0   0    0     0         3   0
Chester Williams ss                   3   0   1    0     0         2   2
Anthony Cooper rf                     3   0   2    0     0         1   1
Harry Kincannon p, 1b                 0   0   0    0     0         1   2
  Jimmie Crutchfield ph, lf           3   0   1    0     0         2   0
Totals                               29   2   9    1     0   1    18   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Bill Perkins, Anthony Cooper. 

BATTING -
3B:  Oscar Charleston. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Judy Johnson. 

Nashville Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Wild Bill Wright rf                   3   0   2    1     0         3   0
Felton Stratton ss                    2   0   1    1     1         4   5
Sam Bankhead cf                       3   0   0    0     1         2   0
Tommie Dukes c                        2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Felton Snow 3b                        1   1   0    0     2         0   1
Jim West lf                           2   0   0    0     0         7   0
Goose Curry 1b                        0   2   0    0     1         2   0
Poindexter Williams 2b                2   1   1    1     1         1   1
Percy Miller p                        2   2   1    2     1         1   1
Totals                               17   6   5    5     7   2    21   8

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Felton Stratton. 

BATTING -
3B:  Poindexter Williams, Percy Miller. 
SH:  Felton Stratton, Jim West. 
HBP:  Wild Bill Wright, Tommie Dukes 2, Goose Curry 2. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Pittsburgh Crawfords                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Harry Kincannon L                    1.1     3   4    4   3       0  11
Oscar Charleston                     4.2     2   2    2   4       0  20
Totals                               6       5   6    6   7   2   0  31

WP:  Harry Kincannon. 
HBP:  Harry Kincannon, Oscar Charleston 4. 

Nashville Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Percy Miller W                       7       9   2    1   0   1   0  29
Totals                               7       9   2    1   0   1   0  29

WP:  Percy Miller. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Pete Cleague, 2B -  Montgomery, 3B -  Moore

Time of Game: 1:10   Attendance: 1700

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/16/1933, game 2 --   at Nashville Elite Giants
(D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Nashville                     
1. C.Papa Bell         cf        W.Wright            rf        
2. J.Henry Russell     2b        F.Stratton          ss        
3. O.Charleston        1b        S.Bankhead          cf        
4. J.Gibson            lf        T.Dukes             c         
5. J.Johnson           3b        F.Snow              3b        
6. B.Perkins           c         J.West              lf        
7. C.Williams          ss        G.Curry             1b        
8. A.Cooper            rf        P.Williams          2b        
9. H.Kincannon         p         P.Miller            p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; J.Henry Russell out on
unknown play; O.Charleston tripled; P.Miller threw a wild pitch
[O.Charleston scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.   1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: W.Wright was hit by a pitch; F.Stratton out
on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Wright to second];
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Elite Giants 0.

 2ND: J.Johnson out on unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown
play; C.Williams singled; A.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Snow walked; J.West out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [F.Snow to second]; G.Curry walked; P.Williams
walked [F.Snow to third, G.Curry to second]; H.Kincannon threw a
wild pitch [F.Snow scored, G.Curry to third, P.Williams to
second]; P.Miller tripled [G.Curry scored, P.Williams scored];
W.Wright singled [P.Miller scored]; F.Stratton singled [W.Wright
to second]; H.KINCANNON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
O.CHARLESTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); S.Bankhead out on
unknown play; T.Dukes was hit by a pitch [W.Wright to third,
F.Stratton to second]; F.Snow out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.   1, Elite Giants 4.

 3RD: J.CRUTCHFIELD BATTED FOR H.KINCANNON; J.Crutchfield out
on unknown play; C.Papa Bell singled to shortstop [C.Papa Bell
to second (error by F.Stratton)]; J.Henry Russell out on unknown
play; O.Charleston singled [C.Papa Bell scored (unearned)];
J.Gibson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   2,
Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.CRUTCHFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
J.GIBSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); J.West out on unknown
play; G.Curry was hit by a pitch; P.Williams tripled [G.Curry
scored]; P.Miller hit into a double play (A.Cooper to B.Perkins)
[P.Williams out at home]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   2, Elite
Giants 5.

 4TH: J.Johnson out on unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown
play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   2,
Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; F.Stratton
walked; F.Stratton was picked off first (O.Charleston to
J.Gibson); S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  2, Elite Giants 5.

 5TH: A.Cooper singled; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play;
C.Papa Bell singled [A.Cooper to second]; J.Henry Russell out on
unknown play; O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.   2, Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: T.Dukes was hit by a pitch; T.Dukes was
picked off first (O.Charleston to J.Gibson); F.Snow walked;
J.West out on unknown play; G.Curry was hit by a pitch [F.Snow
to second]; P.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.   2, Elite Giants 5.

 6TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; J.Johnson singled;
J.Johnson stole second; B.Perkins out on unknown play;
C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Elite
Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: P.Miller walked; W.Wright singled [P.Miller
to third]; F.Stratton out on unknown play [P.Miller scored];
S.Bankhead walked [W.Wright to second]; S.Bankhead was picked
off first (O.Charleston to J.Gibson); T.Dukes out on unknown
play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 6.

 7TH: A.Cooper singled; A.Cooper was picked off first (P.Miller
to G.Curry); J.Crutchfield singled; C.Papa Bell out on unknown
play; J.Henry Russell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
  2, Elite Giants 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  2   9   0   6
 Elite Giants     6   5   1   7


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