Nashville Elite Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 New York Black Yankees 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 x - 5 14 2 BATTING Nashville Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Wild Bill Wright cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Felton Snow ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 Alfred Carter lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nish Williams 3b 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 Tommie Dukes c 4 0 1 0 0 6 1 Lloyd Scott 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 Jim West 1b 3 0 1 0 1 8 0 Paul Hardy rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Henry Wright p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 4 1 3 6 24 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Nish Williams, Tommie Dukes. E: 1. Nish Williams. BATTING - HBP: Nish Williams. GDP: Nish Williams. Team LOB: 8 New York Black Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Clyde Spearman rf 3 1 1 0 2 3 0 Clint Thomas lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 George Scales 3b 4 1 4 2 1 1 0 Dave Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0 1 9 0 Walter Cannady 2b 4 0 0 0 1 4 4 John Beckwith cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 Bill Yancey ss 4 1 3 1 0 1 2 Bob Clarke c 4 0 1 1 0 6 0 Frank Blake p 4 0 3 0 0 2 5 Totals 36 5 14 5 5 4 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Dave Thomas, Walter Cannady. E: 2. Walter Cannady, Bill Yancey. BATTING - 2B: Clyde Spearman, George Scales, John Beckwith, Bill Yancey 2, Bob Clarke, Frank Blake 2. GDP: Clint Thomas. Team LOB: 12 BASERUNNING - SB: George Scales. CS: George Scales. PITCHING Nashville Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Henry Wright L 8 14 5 5 5 4 0 41 Totals 8 14 5 5 5 4 0 41 New York Black Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank Blake W 9 4 1 0 3 6 0 36 Totals 9 4 1 0 3 6 0 36 HBP: Frank Blake. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Harriet, 1B - Pohlman Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 8/25/1934 -- Nashville Elite Giants at New York Black Yankees (D) Starting Lineups: Nashville New York 1. W.Wright cf C.Spearman rf 2. F.Snow ss C.Thomas lf 3. A.Carter lf G.Scales 3b 4. N.Williams 3b D.Thomas 1b 5. T.Dukes c W.Cannady 2b 6. L.Scott 2b J.Beckwith cf 7. J.West 1b B.Yancey ss 8. P.Hardy rf B.Clarke c 9. H.Wright p F.Blake p ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Wright reached on an error by B.Yancey [W.Wright to first]; F.Snow out on unknown play; A.Carter out on unknown play [W.Wright to second]; N.Williams singled [W.Wright scored (unearned)]; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0. BLACK YANKEES 1ST: C.Spearman doubled; C.Thomas out on unknown play; G.Scales walked; D.Thomas out on unknown play; W.Cannady out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: L.Scott out on unknown play; J.West walked; P.Hardy out on unknown play; H.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0. BLACK YANKEES 2ND: J.Beckwith out on unknown play; B.Yancey doubled; B.Clarke doubled [B.Yancey scored]; F.Blake singled [B.Clarke to third]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; C.Thomas out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: W.Wright out on unknown play; F.Snow singled; A.Carter out on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. BLACK YANKEES 3RD: G.Scales singled to third base [G.Scales to second (error by N.Williams)]; D.Thomas out on unknown play; W.Cannady walked; J.Beckwith out on unknown play; B.Yancey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: T.Dukes out on unknown play; L.Scott walked; J.West out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. BLACK YANKEES 4TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; F.Blake doubled; C.Spearman out on unknown play; C.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: H.Wright out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. BLACK YANKEES 5TH: G.Scales singled; G.Scales was caught stealing second (T.Dukes to F.Snow); D.Thomas walked; W.Cannady out on unknown play; J.Beckwith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: A.Carter out on unknown play; N.Williams was hit by a pitch; T.Dukes singled [N.Williams to second]; L.Scott out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. BLACK YANKEES 6TH: B.Yancey singled; B.Clarke out on unknown play; F.Blake doubled [B.Yancey to third]; C.Spearman walked; C.Thomas grounded into a double play (N.Williams to T.Dukes) [B.Yancey out at home, F.Blake out at third, C.Thomas to first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; H.Wright out on unknown play; W.Wright walked; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 1. BLACK YANKEES 7TH: G.Scales singled; G.Scales stole second; D.Thomas out on unknown play; W.Cannady out on unknown play; J.Beckwith doubled [G.Scales scored]; B.Yancey doubled [J.Beckwith scored]; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 3. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: A.Carter reached on an error by W.Cannady [A.Carter to first]; N.Williams grounded into a double play (W.Cannady to D.Thomas) [A.Carter out at second]; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 3. BLACK YANKEES 8TH: F.Blake out on unknown play; C.Spearman walked; C.Thomas singled [C.Spearman to second]; G.Scales doubled [C.Spearman scored, C.Thomas scored]; D.Thomas out on unknown play; W.Cannady out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 5. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: L.Scott out on unknown play; J.West singled; P.Hardy out on unknown play; H.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Elite Giants 1 4 1 8 Black Yankees 5 14 2 12
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