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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 11 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4

Game played on Tuesday, August 24, 1937 (N) at Fans Field, Decatur IL
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 0  0 0 2  8 0 0   -  11 14  3
Chicago American Giants             0 1 0  0 2 0  1 0 0   -   4  8  2

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf, 2b                   5   3   3    0     0   0     0   1
Willie Simms cf, rf                   4   2   2    1     1   0     0   0
Newt Allen 2b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     1   3
   Wright ph, cf                      2   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Willard Brown lf                      5   1   3    2     0   0     1   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   1   1    1     1   0    15   0
Jess Brooks 3b                        5   0   2    1     0   0     1   1
Frank Duncan c                        4   1   1    1     1   0     7   1
Mex Johnson ss                        5   1   0    0     0   0     2   2
Andy Cooper p                         1   0   0    0     0   0     0   3
  Floyd Kranson p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
  Hilton Smith ph, p                  2   1   1    0     0   0     0   4
Totals                               41  11  14    7     3   0    27  16

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Henry Milton, Ed Mayweather, Mex Johnson. 
E: 3.  Ed Mayweather, Mex Johnson, Hilton Smith. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willie Simms, Frank Duncan. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Milton 3, Willie Simms, Willard Brown. 
CS:  Willie Simms. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Bond 3b                           5   1   2    0     0         1   0
Herman Dunlap cf                      5   1   1    0     0         6   0
Alex Radcliff ss                      5   0   3    3     0         1   2
Subby Byas c                          4   1   0    0     0         6   1
Wilson Redus lf                       1   0   0    0     2         0   0
Melvin Powell rf, p                   4   0   1    0     0         0   1
Jack Marshall 2b                      4   0   0    0     0         1   3
Luther Gilyard 1b                     3   0   1    1     1        10   0
Walter Thomas p                       3   1   0    0     0         1   2
  Ted Trent p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Cornelius rf                 1   0   0    0     0         1   0
Totals                               35   4   8    4     3   9    27   9

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Subby Byas, Melvin Powell. 

BATTING -
3B:  Alex Radcliff. 
SH:  Wilson Redus. 
GDP:  Herman Dunlap. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Wilson Redus. 
CS:  Luther Gilyard. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Andy Cooper                          3       1   1    1   0   2   0  11
Floyd Kranson W                      3       4   2    1   3   3   0  17
Hilton Smith SV                      3       3   1    0   0   4   0  11
Totals                               9       8   4    2   3   9   0  39


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Walter Thomas                        6       6   3    3   3   0   0  26
Ted Trent L                          0       7   7    6   0   0   0  7
Melvin Powell                        3       1   1    0   0   0   0  11
Totals                               9      14  11    9   3   0   0  44

Ted Trent pitched to 7 batters in the 7th inning
WP:  Walter Thomas. 


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Umpires: HP -  Ford, 1B -  Lascody

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/24/1937 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago
Am. Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Chicago                       
1. H.Milton            rf        T.Bond              3b        
2. W.Simms             cf        H.Dunlap            cf        
3. N.Allen             2b        A.Radcliff          ss        
4. W.Brown             lf        S.Byas              c         
5. E.Mayweather        1b        W.Redus             lf        
6. J.Brooks            3b        M.Powell            rf        
7. F.Duncan            c         J.Marshall          2b        
8. M.Johnson           ss        L.Gilyard           1b        
9. A.Cooper            p         W.Thomas            p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton singled; H.Milton stole second; W.Thomas
threw a wild pitch [H.Milton to third]; H.Milton stole home;
W.Simms walked; W.Simms was caught stealing second (S.Byas to
J.Marshall); N.Allen out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: T.Bond out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on
unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on
unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas reached on an error by M.Johnson [S.Byas
to first]; W.Redus out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[S.Byas to second]; M.Powell reached on a fielder's choice
[S.Byas to third]; J.Marshall out on unknown play; L.Gilyard
singled to left field [S.Byas scored, M.Powell to third];
L.Gilyard was caught stealing second (F.Duncan to N.Allen); 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: M.Johnson out on unknown play; A.Cooper out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Thomas out on unknown play; T.Bond out on
unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; W.Brown singled; E.Mayweather out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: F.KRANSON REPLACED A.COOPER (PITCHING);
A.Radcliff singled; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus walked
[A.Radcliff to second]; M.Powell singled [A.Radcliff to third,
W.Redus to second]; J.Marshall out on unknown play; L.Gilyard
out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am.
Giants 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: J.Brooks singled; F.Duncan out on unknown play;
M.Johnson out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.Thomas reached on an error by E.Mayweather
[W.Thomas to first]; T.Bond singled [W.Thomas to second];
H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff tripled to right field
[W.Thomas scored (unearned), T.Bond scored]; S.Byas out on
unknown play; W.Redus walked; W.Redus stole second; M.Powell out
on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am.
Giants 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: H.Milton singled; W.Simms singled [H.Milton to
second]; H.Milton stole third and W.Simms stole second; N.Allen
out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [H.Milton scored, W.Simms
scored]; W.Brown stole second; E.Mayweather walked; J.Brooks out
on unknown play; F.Duncan walked [W.Brown to third, E.Mayweather
to second]; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Monarchs 3, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; L.Gilyard
walked; W.Thomas out on unknown play; T.Bond out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: T.TRENT REPLACED W.THOMAS (PITCHING); H.SMITH
BATTED FOR F.KRANSON; H.Smith singled; H.Milton singled [H.Smith
to second]; W.Simms doubled [H.Smith scored, H.Milton scored (no
RBI) (error by S.Byas)];  BATTED FOR N.ALLEN;  singled [W.Simms
scored]; W.Brown singled [ to second]; E.Mayweather singled [
scored, W.Brown to second]; J.Brooks singled [W.Brown scored,
E.Mayweather to second]; W.CORNELIUS REPLACED T.TRENT (PLAYING
RF); M.POWELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); F.Duncan doubled
[E.Mayweather scored, J.Brooks to third]; M.Johnson reached on a
fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [J.Brooks out at home,
F.Duncan to third]; H.Smith out on unknown play [M.Johnson to
second]; H.Milton reached on an error by M.Powell [F.Duncan
scored (unearned) (no RBI), M.Johnson scored (unearned) (no
RBI), H.Milton to first]; W.Simms out on unknown play; 8 R (6
ER), 8 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 11, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: H.MILTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
W.SIMMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);  STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
CF); H.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); H.Dunlap singled to
pitcher [H.Dunlap to second (error by H.Smith)]; A.Radcliff
singled [H.Dunlap scored (unearned)]; S.Byas out on unknown
play; W.Redus out on unknown play; M.Powell out on unknown play;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 11, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 8TH:  out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown
play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 11, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out
on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Monarchs 11, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 9TH: J.Brooks out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on
unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 11, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: T.Bond singled; H.Dunlap grounded into a double
play (H.Milton to M.Johnson to E.Mayweather) [T.Bond out at
second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 11, Am. Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs        11  14   3   6
 Am. Giants       4   8   2   8


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