Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 3 9 2 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fred McDaniel lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cowan Hyde rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jimmy Ford 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 Neil Robinson cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 4 0 3 1 0 2 3 T.J. Brown ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 Jim Canada 1b 2 0 0 0 2 12 1 Larry Brown c 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Casey Jones ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Hutchinson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Verdell Mathis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 6 1 3 3 24 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Fred Bankhead, T.J. Brown, Jim Canada. E: 2. Fred McDaniel, Jimmy Ford. BATTING - 2B: Fred Bankhead. HBP: Casey Jones. Team LOB: 10 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 1 2 0 0 3 4 Newt Allen 1b 3 1 0 0 0 12 0 Herb Souell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 Lee Moody cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Dave Harper rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Matchett p 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Eddie Locke p 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Sammy Haynes c 3 0 1 0 1 4 1 Mance Smith lf 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 Totals 31 3 9 3 2 2 27 11 FIELDING - E: 2. Jesse Williams, Mance Smith. BATTING - SH: Newt Allen, Mance Smith. GDP: Dave Harper. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Jesse Williams, Bonnie Serrell. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Hutchinson L 8 9 3 3 2 2 0 35 Totals 8 9 3 3 2 2 0 35 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett 7.1 6 1 1 2 2 0 32 Eddie Locke W 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 3 0 38 HBP: Jack Matchett. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 5033 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/3/1944, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. F.McDaniel lf J.Williams ss 2. C.Hyde rf N.Allen 1b 3. J.Ford 3b H.Souell 3b 4. N.Robinson cf B.Serrell 2b 5. F.Bankhead 2b L.Moody cf 6. T.Brown ss D.Harper rf 7. J.Canada 1b J.Matchett p 8. L.Brown c S.Haynes c 9. W.Hutchinson p M.Smith lf RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams singled; N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Williams to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; J.Williams stole third; B.Serrell singled [J.Williams scored]; B.Serrell stole second; L.Moody out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled; T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Canada walked [F.Bankhead to second]; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: D.Harper out on unknown play; J.Matchett singled to left field [J.Matchett to second (error by F.McDaniel)]; S.Haynes walked; M.Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Matchett to third, S.Haynes to second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 3RD: W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; F.McDaniel reached on an error by J.Williams [F.McDaniel to first]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Ford walked [F.McDaniel to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 4TH: F.Bankhead singled; T.Brown singled [F.Bankhead to second]; J.Canada out on unknown play; C.JONES BATTED FOR L.BROWN; C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: C.JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); L.Moody singled; D.Harper grounded into a double play (T.Brown to F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [L.Moody out at second]; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 5TH: F.McDaniel out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: S.Haynes out on unknown play; M.Smith out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson singled to left field [N.Robinson to second (error by M.Smith)]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen reached on an error by J.Ford [N.Allen to first]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 7TH: C.Jones was hit by a pitch; W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: D.Harper out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; S.Haynes singled; M.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 8TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled; F.Bankhead doubled [N.Robinson scored]; E.LOCKE REPLACED J.MATCHETT (PITCHING); T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Canada walked; C.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams singled; N.Allen forced J.Williams (unknown fielder) [N.Allen to first]; H.Souell walked [N.Allen to second]; B.Serrell singled [N.Allen scored, H.Souell to second]; L.Moody forced H.Souell (unknown fielder) [B.Serrell to second, L.Moody to first]; D.Harper singled [B.Serrell to third, L.Moody to second]; E.Locke singled [B.Serrell scored, L.Moody to third, D.Harper to second]; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 9TH: V.MATHIS BATTED FOR W.HUTCHINSON; V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 1 6 2 10 Monarchs 3 9 2 8
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