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Cleveland Bears (CV9) 4 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 2

Game played on Sunday, August 13, 1939 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Cleveland Bears                     0 0 0  0 4 0  0 0 0   -   4 11  2
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  1 0 0  1 0 0   -   2  5  2

BATTING

Cleveland Bears                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         5   1   2    1     0         4   0
John Lyles ss                         5   1   2    0     0         2   2
Parnell Woods 3b                      4   0   2    1     0         1   1
Henry Turner c                        4   0   1    1     0         3   1
Duke Cleveland rf                     4   0   1    0     0         5   0
Ralph Coles lf                        4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Mint Jones 1b                         2   1   0    0     1        10   0
Al Frazier 2b                         2   0   1    0     0         1   2
Preacher Henry p                      4   1   1    1     0         0   0
Totals                               34   4  11    4     1   7    27   6

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Henry Turner, Duke Cleveland. 

BATTING -
2B:  Preacher Henry. 
SH:  Mint Jones, Al Frazier 2. 
Team LOB:  7


Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       4   0   1    0     0         3   1
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   0   0    0     0         2   2
John Bissant lf                       4   0   1    0     0   1     2   0
Ed Young 1b                           4   1   2    0     0         9   2
Subby Byas c                          3   0   0    0     1         7   0
Donald Reeves rf                      3   0   0    1     0         1   0
Joe Sparks ss                         2   0   0    0     2         1   3
Billy Horne 2b                        3   1   0    0     1         2   3
Willie Cornelius p                    1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Lefty Bowe p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ernest Smith ph                     1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Tommy Johnson p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               30   2   5    1     4   2    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Alex Radcliff, Ed Young, Willie Cornelius. 
E: 2.  Joe Sparks, Billy Horne. 

BATTING -
3B:  Ed Young. 
SF:  Donald Reeves. 
IW:  Subby Byas. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Willie Simms. 

PITCHING

Cleveland Bears                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Preacher Henry W                     9       5   2    1   4   2   0  35
Totals                               9       5   2    1   4   2   0  35

IW:  Preacher Henry. 

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius L                   4.1     6   3    2   1   3   0  19
Lefty Bowe                           2.2     4   1    0   0   2   0  12
Tommy Johnson                        2       1   0    0   0   2   0  7
Totals                               9      11   4    2   1   7   0  38



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/13/1939, game 1 -- Cleveland Bears at Chicago
Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Cleveland                     Chicago                       
1. J.Ray               cf        W.Simms             cf        
2. J.Lyles             ss        A.Radcliff          3b        
3. P.Woods             3b        J.Bissant           lf        
4. H.Turner            c         E.Young             1b        
5. D.Cleveland         rf        S.Byas              c         
6. R.Coles             lf        D.Reeves            rf        
7. M.Jones             1b        J.Sparks            ss        
8. A.Frazier           2b        B.Horne             2b        
9. P.Henry             p         W.Cornelius         p         

BEARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Lyles singled; P.Woods hit
into a double play (W.Cornelius to E.Young to A.Radcliff)
[J.Lyles out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bears 0, Am.
Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled; W.Simms was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); A.Radcliff out on unknown play;
J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bears 0,
Am. Giants 0.

BEARS 2ND: H.Turner singled; D.Cleveland singled [H.Turner to
second]; R.Coles out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown
play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Bears 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Young singled; E.Young was picked off first,
but was safe on an error by H.Turner [E.Young to second]; S.Byas
out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Sparks
walked; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Bears 0, Am. Giants 0.

BEARS 3RD: P.Henry out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown
play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bears
0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; W.Simms out on
unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Bears 0, Am. Giants 0.

BEARS 4TH: P.Woods singled; H.Turner out on unknown play;
D.Cleveland out on unknown play; R.Coles out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Bissant was called out on strikes; E.Young
tripled to left field; S.Byas was walked intentionally; D.Reeves
out on a sacrifice fly to J.Ray [E.Young scored]; J.Sparks out
on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 0, Am. Giants 1.

BEARS 5TH: M.Jones walked; A.Frazier out on a sacrifice bunt
(E.Young to B.Horne) [M.Jones to second]; P.Henry doubled to
right field [M.Jones scored]; J.Ray singled to center field
[P.Henry scored]; L.BOWE REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING);
J.Lyles reached on a fielder's choice [J.Ray to second (error by
J.Sparks; assist by B.Horne)]; P.Woods singled to center field
[J.Ray scored (unearned), J.Lyles to third]; H.Turner grounded
out (J.Sparks to E.Young) [J.Lyles scored (unearned), P.Woods to
second]; D.Cleveland popped to A.Radcliff in foul territory; 4 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 4, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: B.Horne walked; L.Bowe out on unknown play;
W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 4, Am. Giants 1.

BEARS 6TH: R.Coles singled; M.Jones out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [R.Coles to second]; A.Frazier out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Coles to third]; P.Henry out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 4, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Bissant out on unknown play; E.Young out on
unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Bears 4, Am. Giants 1.

BEARS 7TH: J.Ray singled to center field (W.Simms to B.Horne)
[J.Ray out at second]; J.Lyles singled; P.Woods out on unknown
play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears
4, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Sparks walked;
B.Horne forced J.Sparks (unknown fielder) [B.Horne to first];
E.SMITH BATTED FOR L.BOWE; E.Smith singled to right field
[B.Horne scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by D.Cleveland)];
W.Simms popped to A.Frazier; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Bears
4, Am. Giants 2.

BEARS 8TH: T.JOHNSON REPLACED E.SMITH (PITCHING); D.Cleveland
out on unknown play; R.Coles out on unknown play; M.Jones out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bears 4, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Bissant
singled; E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 4, Am. Giants 2.

BEARS 9TH: A.Frazier singled to second base [A.Frazier to
second (error by B.Horne)]; P.Henry out on unknown play; J.Ray
out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Bears 4, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on
unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bears 4, Am. Giants 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Bears            4  11   2   7
 Am. Giants       2   5   2   6


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