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Nashville Elite Giants (NSH) 4 New York Cubans (NY6) 3

Game played on Saturday, May 18, 1935 (D) at Red Bird Stadium, Columbus OH
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     1 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0   -   3  5  5
Nashville Elite Giants              0 0 1  0 0 0  1 0 2   -   4 13  2

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cando Lopez lf                        4   1   2    0     0         0   0
Martin Dihigo rf                      3   0   1    1     1         0   0
Francisco Correa ss                   4   0   0    0     0         3   6
Alejandro Oms cf                      4   1   1    0     0         2   0
Lazaro Salazar 1b                     3   0   0    0     1        12   1
Pedro Arango 3b                       3   1   0    0     0         1   2
Frank Duncan c                        4   0   1    2     0         5   0
Fermin Valdes 2b                      3   0   0    0     0         3   4
Neck Stanley p                        3   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Johnny Taylor p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   3   5    3     2   4    26  15

FIELDING -
E: 5.  Francisco Correa 2, Lazaro Salazar, Frank Duncan, Fermin Valdes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Cando Lopez, Alejandro Oms. 
HBP:  Pedro Arango. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Martin Dihigo. 
CS:  Cando Lopez, Martin Dihigo. 

Nashville Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sammy Hughes 2b                       5   1   2    0     0         7   3
Felton Snow 3b                        5   1   2    0     0         2   2
Leroy Morney ss                       5   0   2    1     0         2   2
Roy Parnell lf                        5   1   0    0     0         0   0
Zollie Wright rf, 1b                  5   1   3    2     0         2   0
Wild Bill Wright cf                   5   0   3    0     0         0   0
Paul Hardy c                          3   0   0    0     0         5   3
  Nish Williams ph, c                 1   0   0    0     1         9   0
Jim West 1b                           1   0   0    0     2         0   0
  Candy Jim Taylor ph                 1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Bill Byrd rf                        0   0   0    1     1         0   0
Jim Willis p                          3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               39   4  13    4     4   4    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Roy Parnell, Jim West. 

BATTING -
2B:  Felton Snow, Jim Willis. 
3B:  Wild Bill Wright. 
SH:  Jim Willis. 
Team LOB:  14


PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Neck Stanley L                       8.2    12   4    2   2   4   0  41
Johnny Taylor                        0       1   0    0   2   0   0  3
Totals                               8.2    13   4    2   4   4   0  44


Nashville Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim Willis W                         9       5   3    2   2   4   0  34
Totals                               9       5   3    2   2   4   0  34

HBP:  Jim Willis. 


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Umpires: HP - Mo Harris, 1B - John Craig

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 5/18/1935 -- New York Cubans at Nashville
Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Nashville                     
1. C.Lopez             lf        S.Hughes            2b        
2. M.Dihigo            rf        F.Snow              3b        
3. F.Correa            ss        L.Morney            ss        
4. A.Oms               cf        R.Parnell           lf        
5. L.Salazar           1b        Z.Wright            rf        
6. P.Arango            3b        W.Wright            cf        
7. F.Duncan            c         P.Hardy             c         
8. F.Valdes            2b        J.West              1b        
9. N.Stanley           p         J.Willis            p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; C.Lopez doubled; M.Dihigo singled [C.Lopez scored];
M.Dihigo stole second; F.Correa out on unknown play; A.Oms out
on unknown play; L.Salazar walked; P.Arango out on unknown play;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: F.Duncan dropped a foul fly hit by S.Hughes;
S.Hughes out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play;
L.Morney singled to second base [L.Morney to second (error by
F.Valdes)]; R.Parnell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 2ND: F.Duncan out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on
unknown play; N.Stanley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: Z.Wright out on unknown play; W.Wright
tripled; P.Hardy out on unknown play; J.West walked; J.Willis
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite
Giants 0.

CUBANS 3RD: C.Lopez singled; C.Lopez was caught stealing second
(P.Hardy to S.Hughes); M.Dihigo out on unknown play; F.Correa
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite
Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: S.Hughes singled; F.Snow singled [S.Hughes to
second]; L.Morney singled [S.Hughes scored, F.Snow to second];
R.Parnell out on unknown play; Z.Wright out on unknown play;
W.Wright out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 1,
Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 4TH: A.Oms doubled; L.Salazar out on unknown play;
P.Arango reached on an error by R.Parnell [A.Oms to third,
P.Arango to second]; F.Duncan singled [A.Oms scored, P.Arango
scored (unearned)]; F.Valdes out on unknown play; N.Stanley out
on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite
Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; J.West walked;
J.Willis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.West to
second]; S.Hughes singled [J.West to third]; F.Snow out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 5TH: C.Lopez out on unknown play; M.Dihigo walked;
M.Dihigo was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to S.Hughes);
F.Correa out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 3,
Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: L.Salazar dropped a foul fly hit by L.Morney;
L.Morney out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
Z.Wright singled; W.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 6TH: J.West dropped a foul fly hit by A.Oms; A.Oms out
on unknown play; L.Salazar out on unknown play; P.Arango out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; J.West out on
unknown play; J.Willis doubled; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 7TH: F.Duncan out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on
unknown play; N.Stanley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Snow doubled; L.Morney out on unknown play;
R.Parnell out on unknown play; Z.Wright singled [F.Snow scored];
W.Wright singled [Z.Wright to second]; N.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
P.HARDY; N.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 3, Elite Giants 2.

CUBANS 8TH: N.WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); C.Lopez out
on unknown play; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; F.Correa out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: C.TAYLOR BATTED FOR J.WEST; C.Taylor out on
unknown play; J.Willis out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 2.

CUBANS 9TH: B.BYRD REPLACED C.TAYLOR (PLAYING RF); Z.WRIGHT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); A.Oms out on unknown play;
L.Salazar out on unknown play; P.Arango was hit by a pitch;
F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3,
Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; L.Morney out on
unknown play; R.Parnell reached on an error by F.Correa
[R.Parnell to second (error by F.Correa)]; Z.Wright singled
[R.Parnell scored (unearned)]; J.TAYLOR REPLACED N.STANLEY
(PITCHING); W.Wright singled [Z.Wright to second]; N.Williams
walked [Z.Wright to third, W.Wright to second]; B.Byrd walked
[Z.Wright scored (unearned), W.Wright to third, N.Williams to
second]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           3   5   5   4
 Elite Giants     4  13   2  14


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