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Nashville Elite Giants (NSH) 7 Newark Dodgers (NW1) 4

Game played on Saturday, July 14, 1934 (D) at Bayonne City Park Stadium, Bayonne NJ
Regular-Season game

Nashville Elite Giants              0 0 2  0 2 0  0 1 2   -   7 10  2
Newark Dodgers                      0 0 1  0 0 2  1 0 0   -   4 10  2

BATTING

Nashville Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Wild Bill Wright cf                   5   1   3    1     0         3   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   3   2    3     0         3   3
Sammy Hughes 2b                       5   1   3    2     0         2   3
Nish Williams lf                      5   0   0    0     0         6   0
Tom Parker rf                         4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Felton Snow 3b                        4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Jim West 1b                           4   0   0    0     0         9   0
Mack Eggleston c                      3   1   0    0     1         3   0
Henry Wright p                        2   1   1    0     1         0   1
  Percy Miller p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               38   7  10    7     2   1    27   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Jim West, Henry Wright. 
E: 2.  Wild Bill Wright, Henry Wright. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sammy Hughes. 
HR:  Sam Bankhead. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Wild Bill Wright, Sammy Hughes. 

Newark Dodgers                       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Buddy Burbage lf                      5   1   1    0     0         2   0
Subby Byas ss                         5   1   1    0     0         3   3
Jim Starks 1b                         4   1   1    1     1        12   0
Bert Johnson rf                       4   1   1    2     1         3   0
Paul Arnold cf                        4   0   2    0     1         2   0
Johnny Hayes c                        4   0   1    0     1         1   0
Ray Dandridge 3b                      4   0   2    1     0         2   6
  Schute Merritt 2b                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Frank McCoy ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
 Powell 2b, 3b                        4   0   1    0     0         2   1
Ray Clark p                           2   0   0    0     1         0   2
  George Britt ph                     0   0   0    0     1         0   0
  Bob Evans p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               37   4  10    4     6   7    27  12

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Johnny Hayes, Ray Dandridge. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jim Starks, Ray Dandridge. 
GDP:   Powell. 
Team LOB:  12

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Subby Byas, Jim Starks. 

PITCHING

Nashville Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry Wright W                       7.2    10   4    4   2   6   0  35
Percy Miller SV                      1.1     0   0    0   4   1   0  8
Totals                               9      10   4    4   6   7   0  43


Newark Dodgers                       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Clark L                          8       7   5    5   2   0   1  34
Bob Evans                            1       3   2    2   0   1   0  6
Totals                               9      10   7    7   2   1   1  40



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 7/14/1934 -- Nashville Elite Giants at Newark
Dodgers (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Nashville                     Newark                        
1. W.Wright            cf        B.Burbage           lf        
2. S.Bankhead          ss        S.Byas              ss        
3. S.Hughes            2b        J.Starks            1b        
4. N.Williams          lf        B.Johnson           rf        
5. T.Parker            rf        P.Arnold            cf        
6. F.Snow              3b        J.Hayes             c         
7. J.West              1b        R.Dandridge         3b        
8. M.Eggleston         c                             2b        
9. H.Wright            p         R.Clark             p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; W.Wright singled; S.Bankhead out on unknown
play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: B.Burbage reached on an error by H.Wright
[B.Burbage to first]; S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Starks out
on unknown play; B.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: T.Parker out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: P.Arnold out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on
unknown play; R.Dandridge doubled;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: M.Eggleston out on unknown play; H.Wright
singled; H.Wright was picked off first, but was safe on an error
by J.Hayes [H.Wright to second]; W.Wright singled [H.Wright
scored]; S.Bankhead forced W.Wright (unknown fielder)
[S.Bankhead to first]; S.Hughes doubled [S.Bankhead scored];
N.Williams out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Elite
Giants 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: R.Clark out on unknown play; B.Burbage singled;
S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Starks doubled [B.Burbage scored];
B.Johnson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite
Giants 2, Dodgers 1.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: T.Parker out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: P.Arnold singled; J.Hayes singled [P.Arnold to
second]; R.Dandridge out on unknown play;  grounded into a
double play (H.Wright to S.Bankhead to J.West) [J.Hayes out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 2, Dodgers 1.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: M.Eggleston walked; H.Wright out on unknown
play; W.Wright out on unknown play; S.Bankhead homered
[M.Eggleston scored]; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: R.Clark out on unknown play; B.Burbage out on
unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 4, Dodgers 1.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: N.Williams out on unknown play; T.Parker out
on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: J.Starks walked; J.Starks stole second; B.Johnson
singled [J.Starks scored]; P.Arnold singled [B.Johnson to
second]; J.Hayes out on unknown play; R.Dandridge singled
[B.Johnson scored, P.Arnold to second];  out on unknown play;
R.Clark walked [P.Arnold to third, R.Dandridge to second];
B.Burbage out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Elite
Giants 4, Dodgers 3.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: J.West out on unknown play; M.Eggleston out
on unknown play; H.Wright walked; W.Wright out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 4, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: S.Byas singled; S.Byas stole second; J.Starks out
on unknown play [S.Byas to third]; B.Johnson out on unknown play
[S.Byas scored]; P.Arnold out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 4, Dodgers 4.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; S.Hughes
singled; S.Hughes stole second; N.Williams out on unknown play;
T.Parker singled [S.Hughes scored]; F.Snow reached on an error
by R.Dandridge [T.Parker to second, F.Snow to first]; J.West out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 5, Dodgers
4.

DODGERS 8TH: J.Hayes out on unknown play; R.Dandridge out on
unknown play;  singled to center field [ to second (error by
W.Wright)]; F.MCCOY BATTED FOR R.CLARK; P.MILLER REPLACED
H.WRIGHT (PITCHING); G.BRITT BATTED FOR F.MCCOY; Frank McCoy
initially announced as PH; when Nashville changed pitchers Britt
PH for McCoy; G.Britt walked; B.Burbage out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 5, Dodgers 4.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: B.EVANS REPLACED G.BRITT (PITCHING);
S.MERRITT REPLACED R.DANDRIDGE (PLAYING 2B);  CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 3B); M.Eggleston out on unknown play; P.Miller out on
unknown play; W.Wright singled; W.Wright stole second;
S.Bankhead singled [W.Wright scored, S.Bankhead to second (on
throw)]; S.Hughes singled [S.Bankhead scored]; N.Williams out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 9TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Starks out on
unknown play; B.Johnson walked; P.Arnold walked [B.Johnson to
second]; J.Hayes walked [B.Johnson to third, P.Arnold to
second]; F.MCCOY BATTED FOR S.MERRITT; F.McCoy out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Dodgers 4.

ELITE GIANTS 10TH: McCoy hit a two-run single; Nashville
players immediately pointed out to the umpire that McCoy was
ineligible to bat because he had been announced as a PH in the
8th inning; the umpire agreed and called McCoy out to end the

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     7  10   2   6
 Dodgers          4  10   2  12


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