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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 9 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 4

Game played on Sunday, June 23, 1935 (D) at Passon Park, Philadelphia PA
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 1 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  6  -   9 17  2
Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 0 0  2 1 0  1  -   4 12  1

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jack Marshall 2b                      5   0   2    1     1         2   1
Alex Radcliff 3b                      6   0   1    1     0         0   1
Willie Wells ss                       3   3   3    1     3         5   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    5   1   2    1     0         2   1
Mule Suttles 1b                       4   2   4    1     0        12   0
Steel Arm Davis lf, rf                4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Wilson Redus rf                       4   0   1    1     0         1   0
  Jim Brown ph                        1   1   1    2     0         0   0
  Walter Thomas lf                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Subby Byas c                          5   1   2    0     0         5   1
Melvin Powell p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Cornelius p                  1   1   1    1     1         0   1
Totals                               41   9  17    9     5   4    30   5

FIELDING -
DP: 3.  Jack Marshall, Alex Radcliff, Turkey Stearnes, Mule Suttles 3, Subby Byas, Willie Cornelius. 
E: 2.  Jack Marshall, Willie Wells. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willie Wells, Turkey Stearnes, Mule Suttles. 
HR:  Willie Wells. 
SH:  Turkey Stearnes, Mule Suttles, Steel Arm Davis. 
GDP:  Alex Radcliff, Subby Byas. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Jack Marshall. 

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jake Stephens ss                      5   0   1    1     0         5   2
Ted Page rf                           4   0   1    0     1         0   0
Chaney White lf                       4   1   1    0     1         5   0
Mickey Casey c                        4   0   3    1     1         5   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       4   0   0    0     1         0   0
Granville Lyons 1b                    2   0   0    0     0         7   0
  Biz Mackey ph, 1b                   3   1   1    0     0         2   0
Dick Seay 2b                          5   1   3    0     0         3   0
Jake Dunn cf                          3   0   1    1     1         3   0
Rocky Ellis p                         2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Lefty Holmes ph                     1   1   1    1     0         0   0
  Paul Carter p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Reynolds p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Slim Jones ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               39   4  12    4     5   3    30   3

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Jake Stephens 2, Granville Lyons, Biz Mackey, Rocky Ellis. 
E: 1.  Jake Stephens. 
PB: 1.  Mickey Casey. 

BATTING -
2B:  Mickey Casey, Jake Dunn, Lefty Holmes. 
HBP:  Jake Dunn. 
GDP:  Biz Mackey, Jake Dunn. 
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Melvin Powell                        7       7   3    3   4   1   0  31
Willie Cornelius W                   3       5   1    1   1   2   0  14
Totals                               10     12   4    4   5   3   0  45

Melvin Powell pitched to 2 batters in the 8th inning
HBP:  Melvin Powell. 

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rocky Ellis                          7       8   2    2   2   2   0  29
Paul Carter                          1.1     2   1    1   2   2   0  8
Joe Reynolds L                       1.2     7   6    5   1   0   1  12
Totals                               10     17   9    8   5   4   1  49

WP:  Rocky Ellis. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/23/1935, game 1 -- Chicago American Giants at
Philadelphia Stars (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Philadelphia                  
1. J.Marshall          2b        J.Stephens          ss        
2. A.Radcliff          3b        T.Page              rf        
3. W.Wells             ss        C.White             lf        
4. T.Stearnes          cf        M.Casey             c         
5. M.Suttles           1b        D.Creacy            3b        
6. S.Davis             lf        G.Lyons             1b        
7. W.Redus             rf        D.Seay              2b        
8. S.Byas              c         J.Dunn              cf        
9. M.Powell            p         R.Ellis             p         

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; W.Wells walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: J.Stephens out on unknown play; T.Page walked;
C.White out on unknown play; M.Casey walked [T.Page to second];
D.Creacy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  American
Giants 0, Stars 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: M.Suttles doubled; S.Davis out on unknown
play; W.Redus singled [M.Suttles scored]; S.Byas grounded into a
double play (R.Ellis to J.Stephens to G.Lyons) [W.Redus out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 1, Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: G.Lyons out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown
play; J.Dunn was hit by a pitch; R.Ellis out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 1, Stars 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: M.Powell out on unknown play; J.Marshall
out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 1, Stars 0.

STARS 3RD: J.Stephens out on unknown play; T.Page out on
unknown play; C.White out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 American Giants 1, Stars 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: W.Wells singled; T.Stearnes doubled
[W.Wells scored]; M.Suttles out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [T.Stearnes to third]; S.Davis out on unknown play;
W.Redus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American
Giants 2, Stars 0.

STARS 4TH: M.Casey singled to shortstop [M.Casey to second
(error by W.Wells)]; D.Creacy out on unknown play; G.Lyons out
on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  American Giants 2, Stars 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: S.Byas singled; M.Powell out on unknown
play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff singled [S.Byas
to second]; R.Ellis threw a wild pitch [S.Byas to third,
A.Radcliff to second]; W.Wells walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  American Giants 2, Stars 0.

STARS 5TH: J.Dunn walked; R.Ellis out on unknown play;
J.Stephens out on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 2, Stars 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: M.Suttles singled to shortstop [M.Suttles
to second (error by J.Stephens)]; S.Davis out on unknown play;
W.Redus out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 2, Stars 0.

STARS 6TH: C.White walked; M.Casey singled [C.White to second];
D.Creacy out on unknown play; B.MACKEY BATTED FOR G.LYONS;
B.Mackey grounded into a double play (A.Radcliff to J.Marshall
to M.Suttles) [M.Casey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
American Giants 2, Stars 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: B.MACKEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
M.Powell out on unknown play; J.Marshall singled; J.Marshall was
caught stealing second (unknown fielder); A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 2, Stars 0.

STARS 7TH: D.Seay singled; J.Dunn out on unknown play; L.HOLMES
BATTED FOR R.ELLIS; L.Holmes doubled [D.Seay scored]; J.Stephens
singled [L.Holmes scored]; T.Page hit into a double play
(T.Stearnes to M.Suttles) [J.Stephens out at first]; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 2, Stars 2.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: P.CARTER REPLACED L.HOLMES (PITCHING);
W.Wells doubled; T.Stearnes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [W.Wells to third]; M.Suttles singled [W.Wells scored];
S.Davis out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 3, Stars 2.

STARS 8TH: C.White singled; M.Casey doubled [C.White scored];
W.CORNELIUS REPLACED M.POWELL (PITCHING); D.Creacy walked;
B.Mackey out on unknown play; D.Seay singled [M.Casey to third,
D.Creacy to second]; J.Dunn grounded into a double play
(W.Cornelius to S.Byas to M.Suttles) [M.Casey out at home]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  American Giants 3, Stars 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Cornelius
walked; J.Marshall walked [W.Cornelius to second]; J.REYNOLDS
REPLACED P.CARTER (PITCHING); A.Radcliff grounded into a double
play (J.Stephens to B.Mackey) [J.Marshall out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 3, Stars 3.

STARS 9TH: J.Reynolds out on unknown play; J.Stephens out on
unknown play; T.Page singled to second base [T.Page to second
(error by J.Marshall)]; C.White out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 3, Stars 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 10TH: W.Wells homered to leftfield; T.Stearnes
singled; M.Suttles singled [T.Stearnes to second]; S.Davis out
on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Stearnes to third,
M.Suttles to second]; J.BROWN BATTED FOR W.REDUS; J.Brown
singled [T.Stearnes scored, M.Suttles scored]; S.Byas singled
[J.Brown to second]; W.Cornelius singled [J.Brown scored, S.Byas
to second]; J.Marshall singled [S.Byas scored, W.Cornelius to
second]; M.Casey allowed a passed ball [W.Cornelius to third,
J.Marshall to second]; A.Radcliff flied to unknown fielder
[W.Cornelius scored (unearned)]; W.Wells walked; T.Stearnes out
on unknown play; 6 R (5 ER), 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  American Giants
9, Stars 3.

STARS 10TH: W.THOMAS REPLACED J.BROWN (PLAYING LF); S.DAVIS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); M.Casey out on unknown play;
D.Creacy out on unknown play; B.Mackey singled; D.Seay singled
[B.Mackey to second]; J.Dunn doubled [B.Mackey scored, D.Seay to
third]; S.JONES BATTED FOR J.REYNOLDS; S.Jones out on unknown
play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  American Giants 9, Stars 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 American Giants   9  17   2  10
 Stars            4  12   1  11


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