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Indianapolis Clowns (IN9) 10 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3

Game played on Sunday, July 21, 1946 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Indianapolis Clowns                 0 3 0  0 2 0  5 0 0   -  10  9  3
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 0   -   3  6  4

BATTING

Indianapolis Clowns                  AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Reinaldo Drake cf                     5   0   0    1     0         3   1
Coco Ferrer ss                        5   0   1    0     0         0   2
Ray Neil 2b                           4   0   1    0     1         2   5
Sam Hairston c                        3   2   0    0     2         5   0
Goose Tatum 1b                        4   3   1    0     1        12   0
Lester Lockett 3b                     5   2   0    0     0         2   1
Duke Cleveland rf                     5   1   3    4     0         1   0
Leovigildo Xiques lf                  4   1   1    2     1         2   0
Jim Colzie p                          3   1   2    2     0         0   2
Totals                               38  10   9    9     5   3    27  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Reinaldo Drake, Ray Neil, Goose Tatum. 
E: 3.  Sam Hairston, Goose Tatum, Jim Colzie. 

BATTING -
2B:  Duke Cleveland. 
3B:  Duke Cleveland. 
SH:  Jim Colzie. 
GDP:  Sam Hairston. 
Team LOB:  7


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        5   0   1    0     0         4   3
Chico Renfroe 2b                      4   0   2    0     0         4   2
Johnie Scott lf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ted Strong rf                         3   1   0    0     1         0   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   1   2    0     0         1   0
  Jim LaMarque cf                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Joe Greene c                          3   0   0    1     1   1     5   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   1   1    1     1        10   1
Jim Hamilton ss                       4   0   0    0     0         2   5
Steve Wylie p                         3   0   0    0     0         1   8
  Hank Thompson ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   3   6    2     3   4    27  19

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Herb Souell, Chico Renfroe, Buck O`Neil. 
E: 4.  Chico Renfroe, Jim Hamilton, Steve Wylie 2. 

BATTING -
3B:  Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Willard Brown 2, Buck O`Neil. 

PITCHING

Indianapolis Clowns                  IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim Colzie W                         9       6   3    2   3   4   0  37
Totals                               9       6   3    2   3   4   0  37


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Steve Wylie L                        9       9  10    4   5   3   0  44
Totals                               9       9  10    4   5   3   0  44



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Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B -  Fambro, 2B -  , 3B -  

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 10957

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/21/1946, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at
Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Indianapolis                  Kansas City                   
1. R.Drake             cf        H.Souell            3b        
2. C.Ferrer            ss        C.Renfroe           2b        
3. R.Neil              2b        J.Scott             lf        
4. S.Hairston          c         T.Strong            rf        
5. G.Tatum             1b        W.Brown             cf        
6. L.Lockett           3b        J.Greene            c         
7. D.Cleveland         rf        B.O`Neil            1b        
8. L.Xiques            lf        J.Hamilton          ss        
9. J.Colzie            p         S.Wylie             p         

CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; R.Drake out on unknown play; C.Ferrer singled; R.Neil
out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe singled;
J.Scott hit into a double play (R.Drake to R.Neil to G.Tatum)
[C.Renfroe out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 0,
Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum singled to left field; L.Lockett reached on
an error by S.Wylie [G.Tatum to second, L.Lockett to first];
D.Cleveland out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play
[G.Tatum to third, L.Lockett to second]; J.Colzie singled
[G.Tatum scored (unearned), L.Lockett scored (unearned)];
R.Drake reached on an error by J.Hamilton [J.Colzie scored
(unearned) (no RBI), R.Drake to first]; C.Ferrer out on unknown
play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 3, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 3, Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 3RD: R.Neil singled; S.Hairston grounded into a double
play (H.Souell to C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [R.Neil out at second];
G.Tatum walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Clowns 3, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: B.O`Neil walked; B.O`Neil stole second;
J.Hamilton reached on an error by J.Colzie [B.O`Neil scored
(unearned) (no RBI), J.Hamilton to first]; S.Wylie out on
unknown play; H.Souell reached on an error by G.Tatum
[J.Hamilton to second, H.Souell to first]; C.Renfroe out on
unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E,
2 LOB.  Clowns 3, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 4TH: D.Cleveland singled; L.Xiques walked [D.Cleveland
to second]; J.Colzie out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[D.Cleveland to third, L.Xiques to second]; R.Drake out on
unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Clowns 3, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong walked; W.Brown out on unknown play;
J.Greene walked [T.Strong to second]; B.O`Neil singled to center
field [T.Strong scored, J.Greene to second]; J.Hamilton out on
unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Clowns 3, Monarchs 2.

CLOWNS 5TH: R.Neil walked; S.Hairston walked [R.Neil to
second]; G.Tatum forced R.Neil (unknown fielder) [S.Hairston to
second, G.Tatum to first]; L.Lockett out on unknown play;
D.Cleveland tripled to center field [S.Hairston scored, G.Tatum
scored]; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Clowns 5, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: S.Hairston dropped a foul fly hit by H.Souell;
H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play;
J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 5,
Monarchs 2.

CLOWNS 6TH: J.Colzie singled; R.Drake out on unknown play;
C.Ferrer out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 5, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 6TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown tripled to
center field; J.Greene struck out; B.O`Neil grounded out (R.Neil
to G.Tatum); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 5, Monarchs 2.

CLOWNS 7TH: S.Hairston walked; G.Tatum reached on an error by
C.Renfroe [S.Hairston to second, G.Tatum to first]; L.Lockett
reached on an error by S.Wylie [S.Hairston to third, G.Tatum to
second, L.Lockett to first]; D.Cleveland doubled [S.Hairston
scored, G.Tatum scored (unearned), L.Lockett to third]; L.Xiques
singled [L.Lockett scored (unearned), D.Cleveland scored,
L.Xiques to second (on throw)]; J.Colzie grounded out (C.Renfroe
to B.O`Neil) [L.Xiques to third]; R.Drake out on unknown play
[L.Xiques scored (unearned)]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 5 R
(2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 10, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 7TH: J.Hamilton out on unknown play; S.Wylie out on
unknown play; H.Souell singled; C.Renfroe singled [H.Souell to
second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Clowns 10, Monarchs 2.

CLOWNS 8TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on
unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Clowns 10, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 8TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown singled;
W.Brown stole second; W.Brown stole third; J.Greene flied to
L.Xiques [W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 10, Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 9TH: J.LAMARQUE REPLACED W.BROWN (PLAYING CF); L.Lockett
out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; L.Xiques
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 10, Monarchs
3.

MONARCHS 9TH: J.Hamilton out on unknown play; H.THOMPSON BATTED
FOR S.WYLIE; H.Thompson out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 10, Monarchs 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns          10   9   3   7
 Monarchs         3   6   4   7


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