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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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