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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 3 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 0

Game played on Thursday, September 14, 1944 (N) at Texas League Park, Oklahoma City OK
Exhibition game

Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  3  9
Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 x   -   3  9  0

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
George Minor cf                       3   0   1    0     1         1   0
Jesse Douglas 2b                      3   0   1    0     1         3   4
Johnny Smith rf                       4   0   0    0     0         3   1
Clyde Nelson 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         3   1
John Bissant lf                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Nat Rogers ph, lf                   2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Sam Jackson 1b                        1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Ollie Waldon 1b                     3   0   0    0     0        10   0
Herb Barnhill c                       3   0   1    0     0         2   0
Willie Wells ss                       0   0   0    0     2         2   3
Leroy Sutton p                        3   0   0    0     0         0   6
Totals                               28   0   3    0     4   3    24  16

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Ollie Waldon, Willie Wells, Leroy Sutton. 
E: 9.  Johnny Smith, Clyde Nelson, Sam Jackson 2, Ollie Waldon 3, Willie Wells 2. 

BATTING -
SH:  Willie Wells. 
Team LOB:  6


Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred McDaniel lf                      4   1   2    0     1   0     3   0
Cowan Hyde rf                         4   1   3    0     0   0     1   1
  Pepper Sharpe rf                    1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Casey Jones c                         4   0   1    0     0   0     3   0
Neil Robinson cf                      4   1   0    0     0   0     1   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      4   0   0    1     0   0     3   2
Larry Brown 3b                        4   0   1    0     0   0     2   1
Jim Canada 1b                         3   0   1    0     0   0    11   0
Buck Felder ss                        2   0   1    0     0   0     2   7
Al Jones p                            3   0   0    0     0   0     1   3
Totals                               33   3   9    1     1   0    27  14


BATTING -
2B:  Fred McDaniel. 
SH:  Jim Canada, Buck Felder 2, Al Jones. 
GDP:  Fred Bankhead. 
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leroy Sutton L                       8       9   3    0   1   0   0  38
Totals                               8       9   3    0   1   0   0  38


Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Al Jones W                           9       3   0    0   4   3   0  33
Totals                               9       3   0    0   4   3   0  33



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Umpires: HP -  Fitzpatrick, 1B -  Berry

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 9/14/1944 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Memphis Red
Sox (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Memphis                       
1. G.Minor             cf        F.McDaniel          lf        
2. J.Douglas           2b        C.Hyde              rf        
3. J.Smith             rf        C.Jones             c         
4. C.Nelson            3b        N.Robinson          cf        
5. J.Bissant           lf        F.Bankhead          2b        
6. S.Jackson           1b        L.Brown             3b        
7. H.Barnhill          c         J.Canada            1b        
8. W.Wells             ss        B.Felder            ss        
9. L.Sutton            p         A.Jones             p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; G.Minor singled; J.Douglas singled to right field
(C.Hyde to L.Brown) [G.Minor out at third]; J.Smith out on
unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: S.Jackson dropped a foul fly hit by F.McDaniel;
F.McDaniel doubled; C.Hyde out on unknown play; C.Jones singled
[F.McDaniel to third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am.
Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Bissant out on unknown play; S.Jackson out on
unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: L.Brown singled; J.Canada reached on an error on a
sacrifice bunt by S.Jackson [L.Brown to second, J.Canada to
first]; O.WALDON REPLACED S.JACKSON (PLAYING 1B); B.Felder out
on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Brown to third,
J.Canada to second]; O.Waldon dropped a foul fly hit by A.Jones;
A.Jones out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Wells walked; L.Sutton out on unknown play;
G.Minor out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: C.Hyde singled to right field [C.Hyde to second
(error by J.Smith)]; C.Jones out on unknown play; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on
unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: L.Brown reached on an error by W.Wells [L.Brown to
first]; L.Brown was picked off first, but was safe on an error
by O.Waldon [L.Brown to second]; J.Canada out on unknown play;
B.Felder out on unknown play; A.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: O.Waldon out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on
unknown play; W.Wells walked; L.Sutton out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: F.McDaniel walked; C.Hyde singled [F.McDaniel to
second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; N.Robinson reached on an
error by C.Nelson [F.McDaniel scored (unearned) (no RBI), C.Hyde
to third, N.Robinson to second]; F.Bankhead flied to unknown
fielder [C.Hyde scored (unearned), N.Robinson to third]; L.Brown
reached on an error by W.Wells [N.Robinson scored (unearned) (no
RBI), L.Brown to first]; J.Canada out on unknown play; 3 R (0
ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: G.Minor out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on
unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: B.Felder singled; A.Jones out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [B.Felder to second]; F.McDaniel out on
unknown play; C.Hyde singled [B.Felder to third]; C.Jones out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: P.SHARPE REPLACED C.HYDE (PLAYING RF); C.Nelson
out on unknown play; N.ROGERS BATTED FOR J.BISSANT; N.Rogers out
on unknown play; O.Waldon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: N.ROGERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); N.Robinson
reached on an error by O.Waldon [N.Robinson to first];
F.Bankhead grounded into a double play (L.Sutton to W.Wells to
O.Waldon) [N.Robinson out at second]; L.Brown out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: H.Barnhill singled; W.Wells out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Barnhill to second]; L.Sutton out on
unknown play; G.Minor walked; J.Douglas walked [H.Barnhill to
third, G.Minor to second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: J.Canada singled; B.Felder out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Canada to second]; A.Jones out on unknown
play; F.McDaniel singled [J.Canada to third]; P.Sharpe out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; N.Rogers out on
unknown play; O.Waldon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       0   3   9   6
 Red Sox          3   9   0  11


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