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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 5 New York Black Yankees (NY5) 0

Game played on Sunday, May 9, 1948 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

New York Black Yankees              0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  3  3
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  0 1 0  4 0 x   -   5  8  1

BATTING

New York Black Yankees               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred Bankhead 2b                      3   0   0    0     1         4   3
T.J. Brown ss                         4   0   1    0     0         1   4
Johnny Smith rf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Art Hefner cf                         3   0   1    0     1         4   0
George Crowe 1b                       4   0   1    0     0         7   0
Bud Barbee lf                         3   0   0    0     0         3   0
Joe Spencer 3b                        2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Marvin Barker ph, 3b                2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Johnny Hayes c                        2   0   0    0     1         5   0
  Walter Hardy ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Frank Pearson p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Alex Newkirk p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Rufus Baker ph                      1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               31   0   3    0     3   7    24   7

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Fred Bankhead, T.J. Brown, George Crowe. 
E: 3.  Fred Bankhead, T.J. Brown 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  T.J. Brown. 
SH:  Bud Barbee, Frank Pearson. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Art Hefner 2. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       3   1   0    0     1         3   0
Tommy Butts ss                        4   1   2    2     0         5   1
Jim Gilliam 2b                        3   0   1    2     1         3   4
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   0    0     0         5   2
Lester Lockett lf                     4   0   2    0     0         3   0
Frank Russell rf                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ed Finney 3b                          4   1   3    0     0         0   1
Frazier Robinson c                    3   2   0    0     0         8   1
Bob Romby p                           3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   5   8    4     2   5    27   9

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Johnny Washington. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jim Gilliam. 
GDP:  Frank Russell. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Ed Finney. 

PITCHING

New York Black Yankees               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Pearson L                      6.2     5   4    0   2   5   0  28
Alex Newkirk                         1.1     3   1    0   0   0   0  6
Totals                               8       8   5    0   2   5   0  34


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Romby W                          9       3   0    0   3   7   0  36
Totals                               9       3   0    0   3   7   0  36



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Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B -  Hartzell

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/9/1948, game 1 -- New York Black Yankees at
Baltimore Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Baltimore                     
1. F.Bankhead          2b        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. T.Brown             ss        T.Butts             ss        
3. J.Smith             rf        J.Gilliam           2b        
4. A.Hefner            cf        J.Washington        1b        
5. G.Crowe             1b        L.Lockett           lf        
6. B.Barbee            lf        F.Russell           rf        
7. J.Spencer           3b        E.Finney            3b        
8. J.Hayes             c         F.Robinson          c         
9. F.Pearson           p         B.Romby             p         

BLACK YANKEES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Brown
doubled; J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Hefner reached on a
fielder's choice [T.Brown to third]; A.Hefner stole second;
G.Crowe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black
Yankees 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts
singled; J.Gilliam walked [T.Butts to second]; J.Washington out
on unknown play; L.Lockett was credited with a single when a
runner was hit by the batted ball (F.Bankhead unassisted)
[J.Gilliam out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Yankees
0, Elite Giants 0.

BLACK YANKEES 2ND: B.Barbee out on unknown play; J.Spencer out
on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Russell out on unknown play; E.Finney
singled; F.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Romby out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 0.

BLACK YANKEES 3RD: F.Pearson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead
out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 0.

BLACK YANKEES 4TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Hefner
singled; G.Crowe singled [A.Hefner to second]; B.Barbee reached
on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [A.Hefner to third,
G.Crowe to second]; J.Spencer out on unknown play; J.Hayes out
on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite
Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; L.Lockett
out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 0.

BLACK YANKEES 5TH: F.Pearson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead
out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: On a bunt E.Finney singled; F.Robinson forced
E.Finney (unknown fielder) [F.Robinson to second (error by
F.Bankhead)]; B.Romby out on unknown play [F.Robinson to third];
H.Kimbro reached on an error by T.Brown [F.Robinson scored
(unearned) (no RBI), H.Kimbro to first]; T.Butts out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite
Giants 1.

BLACK YANKEES 6TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Hefner
walked; A.Hefner stole second; G.Crowe out on unknown play;
B.Barbee out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Yankees 0, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; J.Washington
out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 1.

BLACK YANKEES 7TH: M.BARKER BATTED FOR J.SPENCER; M.Barker
flied to unknown fielder; J.Hayes walked; F.Pearson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Hayes to second]; F.Bankhead
walked; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: M.BARKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
F.Russell out on unknown play; E.Finney singled to right field;
E.Finney stole second; F.Robinson reached on an error by T.Brown
[E.Finney to third, F.Robinson to first]; B.Romby out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro walked [F.Robinson to second]; A.NEWKIRK REPLACED
F.PEARSON (PITCHING); T.Butts singled to left-center [E.Finney
scored (unearned), F.Robinson scored (unearned), H.Kimbro to
second]; J.Gilliam doubled to right field [H.Kimbro scored
(unearned), T.Butts scored (unearned)]; J.Washington out on
unknown play; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 0,
Elite Giants 5.

BLACK YANKEES 8TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Hefner out on
unknown play; G.Crowe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: L.Lockett singled; F.Russell grounded into a
double play (F.Bankhead to T.Brown to G.Crowe) [L.Lockett out at
second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Yankees 0, Elite Giants 5.

BLACK YANKEES 9TH: B.Barbee out on unknown play; M.Barker out
on unknown play; W.HARDY BATTED FOR J.HAYES; W.Hardy reached on
an error by J.Washington [W.Hardy to first]; R.BAKER BATTED FOR
A.NEWKIRK; R.Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Yankees 0, Elite Giants 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Yankees    0   3   3   9
 Elite Giants     5   8   1   5


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