Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 4 Atlanta Black Crackers 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 x - 8 10 0 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jack Marshall rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ted Bond 3b 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 Alex Radcliff ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Subby Byas c 4 0 1 1 0 6 1 Wilson Redus lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 Luther Gilyard 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 10 1 Joe Sparks 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 5 Herman Dunlap cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willie Cornelius p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 Ted Trent p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walker ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Melvin Powell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 8 2 0 12 24 13 FIELDING - E: 4. Alex Radcliff, Wilson Redus, Luther Gilyard, Joe Sparks. BATTING - 2B: Ted Bond 2, Joe Sparks. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Ted Bond. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 Ormond Sampson ss 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 Babe Davis lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 Don Pelham cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Jack Thornton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 Hap Glenn 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 Red Hadley rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Bill Cooper c 4 1 1 0 0 0 12 0 Ping Burke p 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 8 10 6 1 1 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ormond Sampson, Don Pelham, Hap Glenn. BATTING - 2B: Ormond Sampson. 3B: Gabby Kemp, Red Hadley. SH: Ping Burke. HBP: Ormond Sampson. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius L 6.1 6 7 5 1 0 0 30 Ted Trent 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 Melvin Powell 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 Totals 8 10 8 6 1 1 0 38 HBP: Willie Cornelius. Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ping Burke W 9 8 2 2 0 12 0 33 Totals 9 8 2 2 0 12 0 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2858 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 7/20/1937 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Atlanta Bl. Crackers (N) Starting Lineups: Chicago Atlanta 1. J.Marshall rf G.Kemp 2b 2. T.Bond 3b O.Sampson ss 3. A.Radcliff ss B.Davis lf 4. S.Byas c D.Pelham cf 5. W.Redus lf J.Thornton 1b 6. L.Gilyard 1b H.Glenn 3b 7. J.Sparks 2b R.Hadley rf 8. H.Dunlap cf B.Cooper c 9. W.Cornelius p P.Burke p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Marshall struck out; T.Bond singled; A.Radcliff struck out; T.Bond stole second; S.Byas singled to right field [T.Bond scored]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson doubled to left field; B.Davis reached on an error by L.Gilyard [O.Sampson scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Davis to first]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. AM. GIANTS 2ND: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 2ND: H.Glenn reached on an error by J.Sparks [H.Glenn to first]; R.Hadley out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; P.Burke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; T.Bond doubled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus singled; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 4TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 5TH: R.Hadley out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; P.Burke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: T.Bond out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 6TH: G.Kemp tripled to right field; O.Sampson singled to shortstop [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson to second (error by A.Radcliff)]; B.Davis walked; D.Pelham reached on an error by W.Redus [O.Sampson scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Davis to second, D.Pelham to first]; J.Thornton out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 3. AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Redus was called out on strikes; L.Gilyard singled; J.Sparks doubled to center field (D.Pelham to O.Sampson to H.Glenn) [L.Gilyard out at second, J.Sparks out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 7TH: Sparks was thrown out trying for a triple; Gilyard was out for missing 2B on the play.; B.Cooper singled to right field; P.Burke out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Cooper to second]; G.Kemp singled to right field [B.Cooper scored]; O.Sampson was hit by a pitch [G.Kemp to second]; B.Davis singled to left field [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson to second]; T.TRENT REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); D.Pelham struck out; J.Thornton singled [O.Sampson to third, B.Davis to second]; H.Glenn singled to left field (W.Redus to T.Bond) [O.Sampson scored, B.Davis scored, J.Thornton out at third]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 7. AM. GIANTS 8TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; BATTED FOR T.TRENT; out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 7. BL. CRACKERS 8TH: M.POWELL REPLACED (PITCHING); R.Hadley tripled to left field; B.Cooper out on unknown play; P.Burke singled to left field [R.Hadley scored]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 8. AM. GIANTS 9TH: T.Bond doubled; A.Radcliff singled to center field [T.Bond to third]; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus flied to B.Davis [T.Bond scored]; L.Gilyard was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Bl. Crackers 8. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 2 8 4 4 Bl. Crackers 8 10 0 6
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