Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0 Atlanta Black Crackers 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 x - 6 12 0 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jack Marshall rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Ted Bond 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 Alex Radcliff ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 Subby Byas c 4 0 1 0 0 7 0 Wilson Redus lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 Joe Sparks 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Melvin Powell ph, 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 Herman Dunlap cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Willie Foster p 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Cliff Blackmon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Cornelius ph, p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 9 24 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Alex Radcliff, Luther Gilyard, Joe Sparks. BATTING - Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - CS: Jack Marshall. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 Ormond Sampson ss 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 Babe Davis lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 Don Pelham cf 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 Jack Thornton 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0 Hap Glenn 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Red Hadley rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Joe Greene c 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 2 Telosh Howard p 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 35 6 12 6 2 3 27 9 BATTING - 2B: Ormond Sampson. 3B: Babe Davis. HR: Ormond Sampson, Don Pelham. HBP: Don Pelham. GDP: Babe Davis. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Ormond Sampson. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Foster L 5.2 8 4 4 2 3 1 27 Cliff Blackmon 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 7 Willie Cornelius 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 8 12 6 6 2 3 2 38 HBP: Willie Foster. Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Telosh Howard W 9 5 1 1 3 9 0 34 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 9 0 34 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 7/21/1937 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Atlanta Bl. Crackers (D) 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 J.Greene c 9. W.Foster p T.Howard p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Marshall singled; J.Marshall was caught stealing second (J.Greene to O.Sampson); T.Bond out on unknown play; A.Radcliff struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson doubled; O.Sampson stole third; B.Davis out on unknown play [O.Sampson scored]; D.Pelham homered; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus singled; L.Gilyard struck out; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 2ND: H.Glenn singled; R.Hadley out on unknown play; J.Greene struck out; T.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. AM. GIANTS 3RD: H.Dunlap struck out; W.Foster walked; J.Marshall struck out; T.Bond out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson singled; B.Davis grounded into a double play (J.Sparks to A.Radcliff to L.Gilyard) [O.Sampson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff struck out; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 4TH: D.Pelham singled; J.Thornton out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; R.Hadley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. AM. GIANTS 5TH: L.Gilyard walked; J.Sparks struck out; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; W.Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 5TH: J.Greene walked; T.Howard struck out; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; T.Bond out on unknown play; A.Radcliff struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 6TH: B.Davis singled; D.Pelham was hit by a pitch [B.Davis to second]; J.Thornton singled [B.Davis scored, D.Pelham to second]; H.Glenn out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; J.Greene walked [D.Pelham to third, J.Thornton to second]; T.Howard singled [D.Pelham scored, J.Thornton to third, J.Greene to second]; C.BLACKMON REPLACED W.FOSTER (PITCHING); G.Kemp out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 4. AM. GIANTS 7TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 4. BL. CRACKERS 7TH: O.Sampson homered; B.Davis tripled to right field; D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Thornton singled [B.Davis scored]; H.Glenn out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bl. Crackers 6. AM. GIANTS 8TH: M.POWELL BATTED FOR J.SPARKS; M.Powell singled; H.Dunlap out on unknown play [M.Powell to second]; W.CORNELIUS BATTED FOR C.BLACKMON; W.Cornelius singled [M.Powell to third]; J.Marshall flied to B.Davis [M.Powell scored]; T.Bond walked [W.Cornelius to second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 6. BL. CRACKERS 8TH: M.POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); W.CORNELIUS STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); J.Greene out on unknown play; T.Howard out on unknown play; On a bunt G.Kemp singled; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 6. AM. GIANTS 9TH: S.Byas singled; W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; M.Powell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bl. Crackers 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 1 5 0 6 Bl. Crackers 6 12 0 8
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