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Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (CIA) 9 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 1

Game played on Sunday, July 16, 1944 (D) at Comiskey Park I, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns      0 0 3  1 3 1  1  -   9 15  0
Chicago American Giants             0 1 0  0 0 0  0  -   1  8  0

BATTING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray rf                         4   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Fermin Valdes 2b                      4   2   2    0     0   0     0   0
Leovigildo Xiques lf                  4   1   3    2     0   0     0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   2   3    2     0   0     0   0
Hoss Walker ss                        3   2   1    0     1   0     0   0
Henry Merchant cf                     4   1   2    2     0   0     1   0
Armando Vazquez 1b                    4   0   1    1     0   1     0   0
Buster Haywood c                      4   1   2    1     0   0     0   0
Roosevelt Davis p                     3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               34   9  15    9     1   1    21   0


BATTING -
2B:  Leovigildo Xiques. 
3B:  Leovigildo Xiques, Hoss Walker, Henry Merchant. 
HR:  Alex Radcliff. 
SH:  Roosevelt Davis. 
GDP:  Buster Haywood. 
Team LOB:  6


Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Douglas ss                      4   0   2    0     0   0     0   4
John Bissant 2b                       4   0   1    0     0   0     2   2
Johnny Smith rf                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Lloyd Davenport cf                    3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Ollie Waldon lf                       3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Clyde Nelson 3b                       3   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Henry McCall 1b                       3   0   0    0     0   0     4   0
Herb Barnhill c                       3   0   2    1     0   0     1   0
Leroy Sutton p                        1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Pepper Sharpe p                     0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Al Jones p                          2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               29   1   8    1     0   0    21   6

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jesse Douglas, John Bissant, Henry McCall. 

BATTING -
3B:  Clyde Nelson. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roosevelt Davis W                    7       8   1    1   0   0   0  29
Totals                               7       8   1    1   0   0   0  29


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leroy Sutton L                       2.1     6   3    3   0   0   1  13
Pepper Sharpe                        2       5   4    4   1   0   0  12
Al Jones                             2.2     4   2    2   0   1   0  11
Totals                               7      15   9    9   1   1   1  36



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 11113

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/16/1944, game 2 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Chicago
Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Cin-Ind                       Chicago                       
1. J.Ray               rf        J.Douglas           ss        
2. F.Valdes            2b        J.Bissant           2b        
3. L.Xiques            lf        J.Smith             rf        
4. A.Radcliff          3b        L.Davenport         cf        
5. H.Walker            ss        O.Waldon            lf        
6. H.Merchant          cf        C.Nelson            3b        
7. A.Vazquez           1b        H.McCall            1b        
8. B.Haywood           c         H.Barnhill          c         
9. R.Davis             p         L.Sutton            p         

CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories;
J.Ray out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on unknown play;
L.Xiques singled; A.Radcliff singled [L.Xiques to second];
H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 0,
Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: J.Douglas singled; J.Bissant out on unknown
play; J.Smith out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: H.Merchant singled; A.Vazquez out on unknown play;
B.Haywood out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: O.Waldon out on unknown play; C.Nelson tripled
to right field; H.McCall flied to H.Merchant; H.Barnhill singled
to left field [C.Nelson scored]; L.Sutton out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Am. Giants 1.

CLOWNS 3RD: J.Ray grounded out (J.Bissant to H.McCall);
F.Valdes singled; L.Xiques tripled to right field [F.Valdes
scored]; A.Radcliff homered to leftfield [L.Xiques scored];
P.SHARPE REPLACED L.SUTTON (PITCHING); H.Walker out on unknown
play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 3, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant
singled; J.Smith out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 3, Am. Giants 1.

CLOWNS 4TH: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled;
R.Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Haywood to
second]; J.Ray singled [B.Haywood scored]; F.Valdes out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: O.Waldon singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play;
H.McCall out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4, Am. Giants 1.

CLOWNS 5TH: L.Xiques grounded out (J.Douglas to H.McCall);
A.Radcliff singled; H.Walker walked [A.Radcliff to second];
H.Merchant tripled to right field [A.Radcliff scored, H.Walker
scored]; A.Vazquez singled to right field [H.Merchant scored];
A.JONES REPLACED P.SHARPE (PITCHING); B.Haywood grounded into a
double play (J.Douglas to J.Bissant to H.McCall) [A.Vazquez out
at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 7, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: A.Jones out on unknown play; J.Douglas singled;
J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 7, Am. Giants 1.

CLOWNS 6TH: R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown
play; F.Valdes singled to third base; L.Xiques doubled [F.Valdes
scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Clowns 8, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.Davenport singled; O.Waldon out on unknown
play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 8, Am. Giants 1.

CLOWNS 7TH: H.Walker tripled to right field; H.Merchant
grounded out (J.Douglas to H.McCall); A.Vazquez struck out;
B.Haywood singled [H.Walker scored]; R.Davis forced B.Haywood
(J.Douglas to J.Bissant) [R.Davis to first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Clowns 9, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: H.Barnhill singled; A.Jones out on unknown
play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 9, Am. Giants 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           9  15   0   6
 Am. Giants       1   8   0   7


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