Newark Eagles 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 3 BATTING Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 Curley Williams ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 Bob Harvey rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 Johnny Davis lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Bob Wilson 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Earl Ashby c 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Leroy Williams 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 Leniel Hooker p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Cotton Williams p 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 7 1 4 4 27 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Curley Williams. BATTING - 2B: Jimmy Wilkes, Curley Williams, Bob Wilson. SH: Jimmy Wilkes, Curley Williams, Leniel Hooker. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - CS: Lennie Pearson. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Johnny Washington 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 Ed Finney 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Frank Russell rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 Bob Romby ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frazier Robinson c 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 Joe Black p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 1 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jim Gilliam, Frazier Robinson. E: 3. Tommy Butts, Henry Kimbro, Ed Finney. BATTING - 2B: Jim Gilliam. SH: Joe Black. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Jim Gilliam. PITCHING Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leniel Hooker W 5.1 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 Cotton Williams SV 3.2 2 1 0 1 1 0 15 Totals 9 6 1 0 1 1 0 34 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Joe Black L 9 7 2 1 4 4 0 39 Totals 9 7 2 1 4 4 0 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Ted Lewis Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 5000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/2/1948 -- Newark Eagles at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Newark Baltimore 1. J.Wilkes cf J.Gilliam 2b 2. C.Williams ss T.Butts ss 3. L.Pearson 1b H.Kimbro cf 4. B.Harvey rf L.Lockett lf 5. J.Davis lf J.Washington 1b 6. B.Wilson 3b E.Finney 3b 7. E.Ashby c F.Russell rf 8. L.Williams 2b F.Robinson c 9. L.Hooker p J.Black p EAGLES 1ST: J.Wilkes doubled; C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked; B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam singled; J.Gilliam stole second; T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 2ND: B.Wilson singled; E.Ashby walked [B.Wilson to second]; L.Williams out on unknown play; L.Hooker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Wilson to third, E.Ashby to second]; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: J.Washington out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; F.Russell flied to J.Wilkes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 3RD: C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: F.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 4TH: J.Davis struck out; B.Wilson doubled; E.Ashby struck out; L.Williams walked; L.Hooker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro flied to B.Harvey; L.Lockett lined to J.Davis; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 5TH: J.Wilkes singled to center field [J.Wilkes to second (error by H.Kimbro)]; C.Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Wilkes to third]; L.Pearson reached on an error by T.Butts [J.Wilkes scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Pearson to first]; B.Harvey struck out while L.Pearson was caught stealing second (F.Robinson to J.Gilliam); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; F.Russell singled; F.Robinson singled to right field (B.Harvey to C.Williams) [F.Russell to third, F.Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 6TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; E.Ashby out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam doubled to center field; C.WILLIAMS REPLACED L.HOOKER (PITCHING); T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 7TH: L.Williams walked; C.Williams forced L.Williams (unknown fielder) [C.Williams to first]; J.Wilkes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Williams to second]; C.Williams doubled [C.Williams scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 8TH: B.Harvey singled; J.Davis reached on an error by E.Finney [B.Harvey to second, J.Davis to first]; B.Wilson out on unknown play; E.Ashby out on unknown play; L.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: F.Russell singled to right field; F.Robinson reached on a fielder's choice [F.Russell to second (error by C.Williams; assist by L.Williams)]; J.Black out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Russell to third, F.Robinson to second]; J.Gilliam walked; T.Butts out on unknown play [F.Russell scored (unearned), F.Robinson to third, J.Gilliam to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 9TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams singled; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Washington singled; E.Finney struck out; B.ROMBY BATTED FOR F.RUSSELL; B.Romby flied to J.Wilkes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Eagles 2 7 1 10 Elite Giants 1 6 3 6
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