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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 9 Cincinnati Clowns (CI2) 5

Game played on Tuesday, May 25, 1943 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Springfield OH
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             1 1 2  1 4 0  0  -   9 16  0
Cincinnati Clowns                   1 0 0  1 2 1  0  -   5 10  1

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ralph Wyatt ss                        5   1   1    0     0         4   2
Lloyd Davenport cf                    5   1   2    3     0         1   0
John Bissant lf                       4   3   2    1     0         2   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   1   3    0     0         0   1
Ed Young c                            1   0   1    0     0         2   1
  Ted Radcliffe ph, c                 3   0   2    2     0         4   0
Art Pennington rf                     4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Bill Charter 1b                       4   2   2    2     0         7   0
Henry Smith 2b                        4   1   2    0     0         1   1
Leroy Sutton p                        4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               38   9  16    9     0   6    21   7

FIELDING -
PB: 2.  Ed Young Ted Radcliffe. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alex Radcliff. 
HR:  Lloyd Davenport, John Bissant, Bill Charter 2. 
Team LOB:  8


Cincinnati Clowns                    AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         3   3   2    0     1         0   0
Sylvester Snead 2b                    4   1   2    1     0         1   4
Fred Wilson rf                        1   0   1    0     1         3   0
Thad Christopher c                    2   0   0    0     0         4   0
  Buster Haywood c                    2   0   1    1     0         3   0
Goose Tatum lf                        4   0   0    1     0         0   0
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    4   1   2    1     0         9   1
John Britton 3b                       4   0   2    1     0         0   3
Collins Jones ss                      3   0   0    0     0         1   3
Preacher Henry p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Barney Higdon p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Nicodemus Smith p                   1   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               30   5  10    5     2   5    21  13

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Preacher Henry. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sylvester Snead. 
SH:  Collins Jones. 
HBP:  Fred Wilson 2. 
Team LOB:  9


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leroy Sutton W                       7      10   5    4   2   5   0  35
Totals                               7      10   5    4   2   5   0  35

HBP:  Leroy Sutton 2. 

Cincinnati Clowns                    IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Preacher Henry L                     2       8   4    4   0   0   2  15
Barney Higdon                        2.1     7   5    5   0   2   2  14
Nicodemus Smith                      2.2     1   0    0   0   4   0  9
Totals                               7      16   9    9   0   6   4  38

Preacher Henry pitched to 4 batters in the 3rd inning


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Umpires: HP -  Ware, 1B - Gene Stradling

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 5/25/1943 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Cincinnati
Clowns (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Cincinnati                    
1. R.Wyatt             ss        J.Ray               cf        
2. L.Davenport         cf        S.Snead             2b        
3. J.Bissant           lf        F.Wilson            rf        
4. A.Radcliff          3b        T.Christopher       c         
5. E.Young             c         G.Tatum             lf        
6. A.Pennington        rf        L.Lindsay           1b        
7. B.Charter           1b        J.Britton           3b        
8. H.Smith             2b        C.Jones             ss        
9. L.Sutton            p         P.Henry             p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; J.Bissant homered; A.Radcliff reached on an error
by P.Henry [A.Radcliff to first]; E.Young singled [A.Radcliff to
second]; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Am. Giants 1, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 1ST: J.Ray walked; E.Young allowed a passed ball [J.Ray
to second]; S.Snead doubled [J.Ray scored]; F.Wilson walked;
T.Christopher out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play;
L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants
1, Clowns 1.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: B.Charter homered; H.Smith singled; L.Sutton
out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Clowns
1.

CLOWNS 2ND: J.Britton out on unknown play; C.Jones out on
unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 2, Clowns 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Bissant singled; A.Radcliff singled
[J.Bissant to second]; T.RADCLIFFE BATTED FOR E.YOUNG;
T.Radcliffe singled [J.Bissant scored, A.Radcliff to second];
A.Pennington singled [A.Radcliff scored, T.Radcliffe to second];
B.HIGDON REPLACED P.HENRY (PITCHING); B.Charter out on unknown
play; H.Smith out on unknown play; L.Sutton out on unknown play;
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 3RD: T.RADCLIFFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); J.Ray out
on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson was hit
by a pitch; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Clowns 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: B.HAYWOOD REPLACED T.CHRISTOPHER (PLAYING C);
R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled; J.Bissant
forced L.Davenport (unknown fielder) [J.Bissant to first];
A.Radcliff singled [J.Bissant to second]; T.Radcliffe singled
[J.Bissant scored, A.Radcliff to second]; A.Pennington out on
unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 4TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Lindsay singled;
T.Radcliffe allowed a passed ball [L.Lindsay to second];
J.Britton singled [L.Lindsay scored (unearned)]; C.Jones out on
a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Britton to second];
B.Higdon out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 5, Clowns 2.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: B.Charter homered; H.Smith singled; L.Sutton
out on unknown play; R.Wyatt singled [H.Smith to second];
L.Davenport homered [H.Smith scored, R.Wyatt scored]; N.SMITH
REPLACED B.HIGDON (PITCHING); J.Bissant out on unknown play;
A.Radcliff doubled; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 9, Clowns 2.

CLOWNS 5TH: J.Ray singled; S.Snead singled [J.Ray to second];
F.Wilson was hit by a pitch [J.Ray to third, S.Snead to second];
B.Haywood out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play
[J.Ray scored]; L.Lindsay singled [S.Snead scored, F.Wilson to
second]; J.Britton singled [F.Wilson to third, L.Lindsay to
second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Am.
Giants 9, Clowns 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: 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 9, Clowns 4.

CLOWNS 6TH: N.Smith out on unknown play; J.Ray singled; S.Snead
out on unknown play; F.Wilson singled [J.Ray to second];
B.Haywood singled [J.Ray scored, F.Wilson to second]; G.Tatum
out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 9, Clowns
5.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: L.Sutton out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 9, Clowns 5.

CLOWNS 7TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; J.Britton out on
unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 9, Clowns 5.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: Game was seven innings to allow Chicago to

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       9  16   0   8
 Clowns           5  10   1   9


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