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Washington Elite Giants (WEG) 7 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 3

Game played on Sunday, September 20, 1936 (D) at Polo Grounds V, New York NY
Exhibition game

Washington Elite Giants             0 0 0  1 1 1  0 0 4   -   7  8  1
Philadelphia Stars                  0 1 0  1 0 0  1 0 0   -   3 11  3

BATTING

Washington Elite Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Goose Curry cf                        5   2   3    5     0         1   0
Jimmy Binder 3b                       4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       5   1   2    1     0         4   5
Wild Bill Wright rf                   4   0   1    1     0         1   0
Jim West 1b                           3   1   0    0     1        14   0
Thad Christopher lf                   3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Biz Mackey c                          4   1   0    0     0         5   1
Hoss Walker ss                        3   1   0    0     1         1   7
Bill Byrd p                           4   1   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               35   7   8    7     3   2    27  14

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Sammy Hughes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Wild Bill Wright. 
3B:  Bill Byrd. 
HR:  Goose Curry, Sammy Hughes. 
SH:  Jimmy Binder. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jimmy Binder. 

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Page rf                           5   0   1    0     0   0     2   0
Roy Parnell lf                        5   0   2    1     0   0     1   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    5   0   2    0     0   0     2   0
Jud Wilson 1b                         3   0   0    0     1   0    10   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   1    0     0   0     2   1
Dewey Creacy 3b                       4   1   1    0     0   0     5   1
Obie Lackey 2b                        4   1   2    0     0   0     2   6
Jake Dunn ss                          4   0   1    1     0   0     3   0
Webster McDonald p                    2   0   0    1     0   0     0   1
  Bert Hunter p                       2   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               38   3  11    3     1   0    27   9

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Obie Lackey, Jake Dunn, Webster McDonald. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  9


PITCHING

Washington Elite Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Byrd W                          9      11   3    3   1   0   0  39
Totals                               9      11   3    3   1   0   0  39


Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Webster McDonald                     6       6   3    3   0   2   1  24
Bert Hunter L                        3       2   4    4   3   0   1  15
Totals                               9       8   7    7   3   2   2  39



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Umpires: HP -  Turner, 1B - Mo Harris, 2B - Josh DeVoe, 3B - Bert Gholston

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 20000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 9/20/1936, game 1 --   at Philadelphia Stars (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Philadelphia                  
1. G.Curry             cf        T.Page              rf        
2. J.Binder            3b        R.Parnell           lf        
3. S.Hughes            2b        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. W.Bill Wright       rf        J.Wilson            1b        
5. J.West              1b        L.Brown             c         
6. T.Christopher       lf        D.Creacy            3b        
7. B.Mackey            c         O.Lackey            2b        
8. H.Walker            ss        J.Dunn              ss        
9. B.Byrd              p         W.McDonald          p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; G.Curry out on unknown play; J.Binder out on unknown play;
S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: T.Page out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown
play; T.Stearnes singled to second base [T.Stearnes to second
(error by S.Hughes)]; J.Wilson walked; L.Brown out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   0, Stars 0.

 2ND: W.Bill Wright out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown
play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  
0, Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: D.Creacy singled; O.Lackey singled [D.Creacy to
third]; J.Dunn out on unknown play [D.Creacy scored]; W.McDonald
out on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.   0, Stars 1.

 3RD: B.Mackey out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown
play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Stars 1.

STARS 3RD: R.Parnell singled; T.Stearnes singled [R.Parnell to
second]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown
play; D.Creacy out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0,
Stars 1.

 4TH: G.Curry singled; J.Binder out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [G.Curry to second]; S.Hughes singled [G.Curry
to third]; W.Bill Wright doubled [G.Curry scored, S.Hughes to
third]; J.West out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown
play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   1, Stars 1.

STARS 4TH: O.Lackey singled; J.Dunn singled [O.Lackey to
third]; W.McDonald out on unknown play [O.Lackey scored]; T.Page
out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   1, Stars 2.

 5TH: B.Mackey out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown
play; B.Byrd tripled; G.Curry singled [B.Byrd scored]; G.Curry
was picked off first, but was safe on an error by W.McDonald
[G.Curry to second]; J.Binder out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.   2, Stars 2.

STARS 5TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on
unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  2, Stars 2.

 6TH: S.Hughes homered; W.Bill Wright out on unknown play;
J.West out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3, Stars 2.

STARS 6TH: D.Creacy out on unknown play; O.Lackey out on
unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
 3, Stars 2.

 7TH: B.HUNTER REPLACED W.MCDONALD (PITCHING); B.Mackey out on
unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3, Stars 2.

STARS 7TH: B.Hunter singled; T.Page singled [B.Hunter to
second]; R.Parnell singled [B.Hunter scored, T.Page to second];
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play;
L.Brown singled [T.Page to third, R.Parnell to second]; D.Creacy
out on unknown play; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.   3, Stars 3.

 8TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; J.Binder reached on an error
by O.Lackey [J.Binder to first]; J.Binder stole second; S.Hughes
out on unknown play; W.Bill Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   3, Stars 3.

STARS 8TH: O.Lackey out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown
play; B.Hunter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3,
Stars 3.

 9TH: J.West walked; T.Christopher walked [J.West to second];
B.Mackey forced T.Christopher (unknown fielder) [J.West to
third, B.Mackey to first]; H.Walker walked [B.Mackey to second];
B.Byrd popped to D.Creacy in foul territory; G.Curry homered to
leftfield [J.West scored, B.Mackey scored, H.Walker scored];
J.Binder singled to shortstop [J.Binder to second (error by
J.Dunn)]; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 4 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  
7, Stars 3.

STARS 9TH: T.Page out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown
play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   7,
Stars 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  7   8   1   5
 Stars            3  11   3   9


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