Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 1 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 Lloyd Davenport cf 5 0 3 1 0 5 0 Johnny Smith lf 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 Ed Young 1b 2 0 0 0 1 12 0 Art Pennington 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Bill Charter 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Willie Ferrell rf 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 Willie Cornelius p 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 Totals 36 4 11 3 1 1 27 11 FIELDING - E: 1. Bill Charter. BATTING - 2B: Ralph Wyatt, Willie Cornelius. SH: Willie Cornelius. HBP: Ed Young. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Bill Charter. Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Marshall Riddle 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 Thad Christopher c 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Duke Cleveland lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Johnny Hundley rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 Sam Jethroe cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 Archie Ware 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 Eugene Bremer p 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 33 2 4 0 0 0 27 15 FIELDING - E: 1. Archie Ware. PB: 1. Thad Christopher. BATTING - Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Parnell Woods. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius W 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 33 Totals 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 33 BK: Willie Cornelius. Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eugene Bremer L 9 11 4 3 1 1 0 39 Totals 9 11 4 3 1 1 0 39 HBP: Eugene Bremer. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Harry Walker, 1B - Banaham, 2B - , 3B - Thomas Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 8000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/20/1943, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Cleveland 1. R.Wyatt ss B.Horne ss 2. L.Davenport cf M.Riddle 2b 3. J.Smith lf P.Woods 3b 4. E.Young 1b T.Christopher c 5. A.Pennington 2b D.Cleveland lf 6. T.Radcliffe c J.Hundley rf 7. B.Charter 3b S.Jethroe cf 8. W.Ferrell rf A.Ware 1b 9. W.Cornelius p E.Bremer p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled; J.Smith singled to left field (D.Cleveland to P.Woods) [L.Davenport out at third]; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods singled; T.Christopher reached on a fielder's choice [P.Woods to second]; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: A.Pennington singled to center field (S.Jethroe to B.Horne) [A.Pennington out at second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: J.Hundley out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Ferrell out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: E.Bremer out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young walked; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: T.Radcliffe singled; B.Charter forced T.Radcliffe (unknown fielder) [B.Charter to first]; B.Charter stole second; W.Ferrell reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [B.Charter out at third, W.Ferrell to second]; W.Cornelius singled [W.Ferrell scored]; R.Wyatt doubled [W.Cornelius to third]; T.Christopher allowed a passed ball [W.Cornelius scored, R.Wyatt to third]; L.Davenport singled [R.Wyatt scored (unearned)]; J.Smith out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 5TH: J.Hundley singled; S.Jethroe forced J.Hundley (unknown fielder) [S.Jethroe to first]; A.Ware out on unknown play; E.Bremer singled [S.Jethroe to second]; W.Cornelius balked [S.Jethroe to third, E.Bremer to second]; B.Horne reached on an error by B.Charter [S.Jethroe scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Bremer scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Horne to first]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 2. AM. GIANTS 6TH: E.Young reached on an error by A.Ware [E.Young to first]; A.Pennington flied to D.Cleveland; 45-minute argument ensued with Chicago players and manager claiming Cleveland trapped the ball; Two Chicago players were ejected but were allowed to remain in the game because Chicago claimed they had no replacement players available.; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 6TH: P.Woods singled; P.Woods stole second; T.Christopher out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 2. AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Ferrell singled; W.Cornelius out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Ferrell to second]; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled [W.Ferrell to third]; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 7TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; E.Bremer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 2. AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Young was hit by a pitch; A.Pennington out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 8TH: 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. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 2. AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Ferrell singled; W.Cornelius doubled [W.Ferrell scored]; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 9TH: T.Christopher out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 4 11 1 8 Buckeyes 2 4 1 4
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