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NNL All Stars(NNL) (NNL) 5 NAL All Stars(NAL) (NAL) 4

Game played on Sunday, September 25, 1938 (D) at Polo Grounds V, New York NY
All-Star game

NAL All Stars(NAL)                  0 0 0  1 1 0  2 0 0  0  -   4  7  2
NNL All Stars(NNL)                  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 4 0  1  -   5  8  1

BATTING

NAL All Stars(NAL)                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Ford rf                         3   1   0    1     2         1   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       4   0   2    0     0         7   0
Bert Johnson lf                       5   1   1    1     0         6   0
Parnell Woods 2b                      5   1   1    1     0   1     0   4
Neil Robinson ss                      4   0   1    0     1   1     3   2
Charles Carter cf                     3   1   2    1     2   1     2   0
R. S. Smith 3b                        4   0   0    0     1         0   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   0    0     2         9   1
Ted Trent p                           4   0   0    0     0         1   1
  Jack Bruton ph, p                   1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               36   4   7    4     8  12    29   8

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Charles Carter, Ted Trent. 

BATTING -
2B:  Neil Robinson, Charles Carter. 
HR:  Bert Johnson. 
SH:  Jelly Taylor. 
Team LOB:  11


NNL All Stars(NNL)                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Wild Bill Wright rf                   5   2   3    0     0   0     1   0
Chester Williams 2b                   4   0   2    2     1   0     2   4
Sam Bankhead cf                       4   0   0    0     1   1     2   0
Josh Gibson c                         1   0   0    0     0   0     7   0
  Pepper Bassett c                    3   0   0    0     0   1     5   0
  Vic Harris ph                       0   0   0    1     1   0     0   0
Mule Suttles 1b                       4   0   0    0     0   0    11   1
Willie Wells ss                       3   1   1    0     1   0     1   2
Ray Dandridge 3b                      4   0   0    0     0   1     0   1
Jake Dunn lf                          4   1   1    0     0   0     1   0
Ray Brown p                           1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Johnny Taylor p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Barney Brown p                      2   1   1    2     0   0     0   2
Totals                               36   5   8    5     4   3    30  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Chester Williams. 
PB: 1.  Pepper Bassett. 

BATTING -
2B:  Wild Bill Wright, Willie Wells, Jake Dunn. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Wild Bill Wright, Chester Williams. 

PITCHING

NAL All Stars(NAL)                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Trent                            9       7   4    4   1   3   0  34
Jack Bruton L                        0.2     1   1    1   3   0   0  6
Totals                               9.2     8   5    5   4   3   0  40


NNL All Stars(NNL)                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown                            3       2   0    0   2   6   0  13
Johnny Taylor                        3       1   2    2   4   5   1  14
Barney Brown W                       4       4   2    0   2   1   0  18
Totals                               10      7   4    2   8  12   1  45



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B -  Turner, 2B - Frank Forbes, 3B - John Craig

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 13000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 9/25/1938 -- NAL All Stars(A) at NNL All
Stars(N) (D)

Starting Lineups:

   NAL                           NNL                           
1. J.Ford              rf        W.Wright            rf        
2. J.Taylor            1b        C.Williams          2b        
3. B.Johnson           lf        S.Bankhead          cf        
4. P.Woods             2b        J.Gibson            c         
5. N.Robinson          ss        M.Suttles           1b        
6. C.Carter            cf        W.Wells             ss        
7. R.Smith             3b        R.Dandridge         3b        
8. L.Brown             c         J.Dunn              lf        
9. T.Trent             p         R.Brown             p         

ALL STARS(A) 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Ford walked; J.Taylor out on unknown play;
B.Johnson out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  All Stars(A) 0, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 1ST: W.Wright reached on an error by T.Trent
[W.Wright to first]; W.Wright was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); C.Williams out on unknown play; S.Bankhead
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  All Stars(A) 0, All
Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(A) 2ND: N.Robinson doubled; C.Carter walked; R.Smith
out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; T.Trent out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  All Stars(A) 0, All
Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 2ND: J.Gibson out on unknown play; M.Suttles out
on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(A) 0, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(A) 3RD: J.Ford out on unknown play; J.Taylor singled;
B.Johnson out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  All Stars(A) 0, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 3RD: R.Dandridge out on unknown play; J.Dunn out
on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(A) 0, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(A) 4TH: P.BASSETT REPLACED J.GIBSON (PLAYING C);
J.TAYLOR REPLACED R.BROWN (PITCHING); N.Robinson out on unknown
play; C.Carter walked; P.Bassett allowed a passed ball [C.Carter
to second]; R.Smith walked; L.Brown walked [C.Carter to third,
R.Smith to second]; T.Trent out on unknown play; J.Ford walked
[C.Carter scored, R.Smith to third, L.Brown to second]; J.Taylor
out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  All Stars(A) 1, All
Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 4TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; C.Williams out
on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  All Stars(A) 1, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(A) 5TH: B.Johnson homered to rightfield; P.Woods
struck out; N.Robinson struck out; C.Carter struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  All Stars(A) 2, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 5TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; M.Suttles out
on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(A) 2, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(A) 6TH: R.Smith out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; T.Trent out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 All Stars(A) 2, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 6TH: R.Dandridge out on unknown play; J.Dunn out
on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(A) 2, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(A) 7TH: B.BROWN REPLACED J.TAYLOR (PITCHING); J.Ford
reached on an error by C.Williams [J.Ford to first]; J.Taylor
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Ford to second];
B.Johnson out on unknown play; P.Woods singled [J.Ford scored
(unearned)]; N.Robinson walked [P.Woods to second]; C.Carter
singled [P.Woods scored (unearned), N.Robinson to second];
R.Smith out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  All
Stars(A) 4, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 7TH: W.Wright singled; C.Williams singled
[W.Wright to second]; S.Bankhead struck out; P.Bassett struck
out; M.Suttles flied to C.Carter; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  All
Stars(A) 4, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(A) 8TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; T.Trent out on
unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
All Stars(A) 4, All Stars(N) 0.

ALL STARS(N) 8TH: W.Wells walked; R.Dandridge struck out;
J.Dunn doubled to right field [W.Wells to third]; B.Brown
singled [W.Wells scored, J.Dunn scored]; W.Wright doubled to
center field [B.Brown to third]; C.Williams singled [B.Brown
scored, W.Wright scored]; C.Williams was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); S.Bankhead popped to J.Taylor; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  All Stars(A) 4, All Stars(N) 4.

ALL STARS(A) 9TH: J.Taylor singled; J.Taylor was picked off
first (unknown fielder); B.Johnson out on unknown play; P.Woods
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  All Stars(A) 4, All
Stars(N) 4.

ALL STARS(N) 9TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; M.Suttles out
on unknown play; W.Wells doubled; R.Dandridge out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  All Stars(A) 4, All Stars(N) 4.

ALL STARS(A) 10TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Carter
doubled; R.Smith out on unknown play; L.Brown walked; J.BRUTON
BATTED FOR T.TRENT; J.Bruton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
All Stars(A) 4, All Stars(N) 4.

ALL STARS(N) 10TH: J.BRUTON STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); J.Dunn
out on unknown play; B.Brown out on unknown play; W.Wright
singled to center field [W.Wright to second (error by
C.Carter)]; C.Williams walked; S.Bankhead walked [W.Wright to
third, C.Williams to second]; V.HARRIS BATTED FOR P.BASSETT;
V.Harris walked [W.Wright scored, C.Williams to third,
S.Bankhead to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  All Stars(A) 4,
All Stars(N) 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 All Stars(A)     4   7   2  11
 All Stars(N)     5   8   1   6


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