Cincinnati Clowns 0 5 0 2 3 0 0 - 10 14 2 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 4 BATTING Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sylvester Snead ss, 2b 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Goose Tatum rf 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 Thad Christopher c 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 Leonard Lindsay 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 John Britton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Harris 2b, lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buster Haywood lf 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Bruce Wright ph, ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Wilson p 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 10 14 5 3 0 20 0 FIELDING - E: 2. Sylvester Snead 2. BATTING - 2B: Sylvester Snead 2, Thad Christopher 2, Fred Wilson. SH: Johnny Ray, Fred Wilson. HBP: Fred Wilson. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Sylvester Snead, Goose Tatum, John Britton. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Harvey Young ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Russell 2b 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 Henry Kimbro cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Hoskins lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Byrd rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Art Milton 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Junior Scales 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Clarke c 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 William Makell c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Glover p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Scales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cowboy Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felton Snow ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 2 3 2 3 0 21 0 FIELDING - E: 4. Harvey Young 2, Art Milton 2. BATTING - 2B: Henry Kimbro, Bob Clarke. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Fred Wilson W 6.2 3 2 2 3 0 0 29 Totals 6.2 3 2 2 3 0 0 29 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tom Glover L 4 9 7 2 2 0 0 26 Cowboy Murray 3 5 3 3 1 0 0 15 Totals 7 14 10 5 3 0 0 41 HBP: Tom Glover. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Price, 1B - Crush Holloway Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 4327 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/9/1943, game 2 -- Cincinnati Clowns at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cincinnati Baltimore 1. J.Ray cf H.Young ss 2. S.Snead ss F.Russell 2b 3. G.Tatum rf H.Kimbro cf 4. T.Christopher c B.Hoskins lf 5. L.Lindsay 1b B.Byrd rf 6. J.Britton 3b A.Milton 1b 7. C.Harris 2b J.Scales 3b 8. B.Haywood lf B.Clarke c 9. F.Wilson p T.Glover p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Snead walked; S.Snead stole second; G.Tatum out on unknown play; T.Christopher singled [S.Snead to third]; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Young reached on an error by S.Snead [H.Young to first]; F.Russell out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Elite Giants 0. CLOWNS 2ND: J.Britton out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled; F.Wilson was hit by a pitch [B.Haywood to second]; J.Ray reached on an error by H.Young [B.Haywood scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by H.Young), F.Wilson scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Ray to second]; S.Snead doubled [J.Ray scored (unearned)]; G.Tatum singled to first base [S.Snead scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by A.Milton), G.Tatum to second]; T.Christopher doubled [G.Tatum scored (unearned)]; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 5 R (0 ER), 4 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Byrd out on unknown play; A.Milton out on unknown play; J.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Elite Giants 0. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Britton singled; C.Harris out on unknown play; B.Haywood walked [J.Britton to second]; F.Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Britton to third, B.Haywood to second]; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Clarke doubled; T.Glover out on unknown play; H.Young out on unknown play; F.Russell singled [B.Clarke scored]; H.Kimbro doubled [F.Russell scored]; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Elite Giants 2. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled; T.Christopher singled [G.Tatum to third]; G.Tatum stole home; L.Lindsay singled [T.Christopher to second]; J.Britton forced L.Lindsay (unknown fielder) [T.Christopher to third, J.Britton to first]; J.Britton stole second [T.Christopher scored]; C.Harris reached on an error by A.Milton [J.Britton to third, C.Harris to first]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 7, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Byrd walked; A.Milton reached on an error by S.Snead [B.Byrd to second, A.Milton to first]; J.Scales out on unknown play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; G.SCALES BATTED FOR T.GLOVER; G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 7, Elite Giants 2. CLOWNS 5TH: W.MAKELL REPLACED B.CLARKE (PLAYING C); C.MURRAY REPLACED G.SCALES (PITCHING); F.Wilson doubled; J.Ray out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Wilson to third]; S.Snead doubled [F.Wilson scored]; G.Tatum singled [S.Snead scored]; T.Christopher doubled [G.Tatum scored]; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 10, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: H.Young out on unknown play; F.Russell walked; H.Kimbro reached on a fielder's choice [F.Russell to second]; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 10, Elite Giants 2. CLOWNS 6TH: C.Harris out on unknown play; B.WRIGHT BATTED FOR B.HAYWOOD; B.Wright out on unknown play; F.Wilson singled; J.Ray walked [F.Wilson to second]; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 10, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: S.SNEAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); C.HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); B.WRIGHT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); A.Milton out on unknown play; J.Scales out on unknown play; W.Makell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 10, Elite Giants 2. CLOWNS 7TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 10, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.SNOW BATTED FOR C.MURRAY; F.Snow out on unknown play; H.Young out on unknown play; F.Russell walked; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 10, Elite Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 10 14 2 10 Elite Giants 2 3 4 7
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