Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Cincinnati Clowns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 7 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lloyd Davenport cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 John Bissant lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 Ed Young c 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 Art Pennington rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Charter 1b 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 Henry Smith 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Radcliffe p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 29 0 2 0 0 9 24 0 BATTING - Team LOB: 2 Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 Sylvester Snead ss 4 0 2 1 0 3 0 Fred Wilson rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Thad Christopher lf 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 Leonard Lindsay 1b 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 John Britton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bruce Wright 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Buster Haywood c 3 0 0 0 0 10 0 Roosevelt Davis p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 7 1 3 4 27 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Roosevelt Davis. BATTING - 2B: Sylvester Snead. SH: Leonard Lindsay. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Johnny Ray, Thad Christopher. CS: Leonard Lindsay. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ted Radcliffe L 8 7 1 1 3 4 0 33 Totals 8 7 1 1 3 4 0 33 Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roosevelt Davis W 9 2 0 0 0 9 0 29 Totals 9 2 0 0 0 9 0 29 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Percy Reed, 1B - Harry Ward Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 5000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/23/1943, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Cincinnati Clowns (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Cincinnati 1. L.Davenport cf J.Ray cf 2. R.Wyatt ss S.Snead ss 3. J.Bissant lf F.Wilson rf 4. A.Radcliff 3b T.Christopher lf 5. E.Young c L.Lindsay 1b 6. A.Pennington rf J.Britton 3b 7. B.Charter 1b B.Wright 2b 8. H.Smith 2b B.Haywood c 9. T.Radcliffe p R.Davis p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; L.Davenport out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: J.Ray singled; J.Ray stole second; S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Christopher walked; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: A.Radcliff singled; E.Young out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: J.Britton out on unknown play; B.Wright out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: H.Smith out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Snead singled; F.Wilson singled [S.Snead to second]; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 4TH: L.Lindsay singled; L.Lindsay was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); J.Britton out on unknown play; B.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: E.Young out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 5TH: B.Haywood out on unknown play; R.Davis singled; J.Ray forced R.Davis (unknown fielder) [J.Ray to first]; S.Snead doubled [J.Ray scored]; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 6TH: T.Christopher singled; L.Lindsay out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Christopher to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; B.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: On a bunt R.Wyatt singled; R.Wyatt was picked off first, but was safe on an error by R.Davis [R.Wyatt to second]; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 7TH: B.Haywood out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray walked; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. AM. GIANTS 8TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 8TH: F.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Christopher walked; T.Christopher stole second; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. AM. GIANTS 9TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Clowns 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 0 2 0 2 Clowns 1 7 1 8
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