Cincinnati Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 9 4 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 x - 3 7 0 BATTING Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Britton 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 Johnny Ray cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Sylvester Snead ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 Thad Christopher lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Leonard Lindsay 1b 4 0 1 0 0 9 1 Goose Tatum rf 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 Buster Haywood c 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 Charlie Harris 2b 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 Roosevelt Davis p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Fred Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 0 9 0 1 4 24 4 FIELDING - E: 4. John Britton, Sylvester Snead, Leonard Lindsay, Roosevelt Davis. BATTING - Team LOB: 10 Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 Marshall Riddle 2b 4 0 0 1 0 4 5 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Sam Jethroe cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 Johnny Hundley rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Quincy Smith lf 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 Raymond Taylor c 3 1 1 0 1 4 0 Theolic Smith p 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 7 2 2 4 27 14 BATTING - Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roosevelt Davis L 8 7 3 2 2 4 0 35 Totals 8 7 3 2 2 4 0 35 Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Theolic Smith W 9 9 0 0 1 4 0 37 Totals 9 9 0 0 1 4 0 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Harry Walker, 1B - Banaham, 2B - , 3B - Jimmy Thompson Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 4000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/30/1943, game 1 -- Cincinnati Clowns at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Cincinnati Cleveland 1. J.Britton 3b B.Horne ss 2. J.Ray cf M.Riddle 2b 3. S.Snead ss P.Woods 3b 4. T.Christopher lf S.Jethroe cf 5. L.Lindsay 1b A.Ware 1b 6. G.Tatum rf J.Hundley rf 7. B.Haywood c Q.Smith lf 8. C.Harris 2b R.Taylor c 9. R.Davis p T.Smith p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Britton walked; J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; T.Christopher singled [J.Britton to second]; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: B.Horne reached on an error by J.Britton [B.Horne to first]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods singled [B.Horne to second]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: J.Hundley reached on an error by S.Snead [J.Hundley to first]; Q.Smith out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. CLOWNS 3RD: R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; L.Lindsay singled; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: On a bunt S.Jethroe singled to pitcher [S.Jethroe scored (unearned) (error by R.Davis) (error by L.Lindsay)]; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; Q.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R (-1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 5TH: B.Haywood out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: R.Taylor walked; T.Smith singled [R.Taylor to second]; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; J.Ray singled; S.Snead out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 7TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled; On a bunt C.Harris singled [B.Haywood to second]; R.Davis singled to center field [B.Haywood to third, C.Harris to second]; J.Britton flied to S.Jethroe; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: Q.Smith singled; R.Taylor singled [Q.Smith to second]; T.Smith singled [Q.Smith scored, R.Taylor to third]; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle flied to unknown fielder [R.Taylor scored]; P.Woods out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 3. CLOWNS 8TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Snead singled; T.Christopher out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 8TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; J.Hundley out on unknown play; Q.Smith walked [A.Ware to second]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 3. CLOWNS 9TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled; C.Harris singled [B.Haywood to second]; F.WILSON BATTED FOR R.DAVIS; F.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 0 9 4 10 Buckeyes 3 7 0 8
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