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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 12 Indianapolis Clowns (IN9) 6

Game played on Tuesday, May 25, 1948 (N) at City Stadium, St. Joseph MO
Regular-Season game

Indianapolis Clowns                 1 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 2   -   6 10  4
Kansas City Monarchs                0 5 2  1 0 0  1 3 x   -  12 15  0

BATTING

Indianapolis Clowns                  AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Coco Ferrer 2b                        5   1   1    0     0         1   1
Reinaldo Drake cf                     4   0   2    1     0         0   0
Rafael Cabrera lf                     4   1   1    0     0         1   0
Sam Hairston 3b                       4   1   1    0     0         1   1
Ted Strong rf                         3   2   2    2     1         3   1
Goose Tatum 1b                        4   1   1    1     0         9   0
Leonard Pigg c                        1   0   0    0     0         4   0
  Buster Haywood ph, c                2   0   0    0     0         4   1
  Johnny Williams ph                  1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Koney Williams ss                     4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Willie Cathey p                       3   0   1    0     0         0   4
  Luis Perez ph                       1   0   1    1     0         0   0
Totals                               36   6  10    5     1   4    24   9

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Coco Ferrer, Sam Hairston 2, Koney Williams. 

BATTING -
3B:  Coco Ferrer. 
GDP:  Coco Ferrer. 
Team LOB:  4


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Curtis Roberts 2b                     5   0   0    0     0         1   3
Herb Souell 3b                        5   1   3    1     0         0   3
Hank Thompson lf                      5   1   0    0     0         1   1
Willard Brown cf                      5   2   3    2     0         1   0
Johnie Scott rf                       4   3   2    1     1         1   0
Buck O'Neil 1b                        5   1   2    0     0        14   0
Gene Baker ss                         4   2   2    4     1         3   5
Earl Taborn c                         5   1   2    1     0         6   0
Jim LaMarque p                        4   1   1    1     0         0   2
Totals                               42  12  15   10     2   6    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Curtis Roberts, Buck O'Neil, Gene Baker. 
PB: 1.  Earl Taborn. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown, Earl Taborn, Jim LaMarque. 
HR:  Willard Brown, Gene Baker. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Herb Souell, Johnie Scott, Earl Taborn. 

PITCHING

Indianapolis Clowns                  IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cathey L                      8      15  12    9   2   6   2  44
Totals                               8      15  12    9   2   6   2  44


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim LaMarque W                       9      10   6    6   1   4   0  37
Totals                               9      10   6    6   1   4   0  37



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Umpires: HP - Manny Hord, 1B - Bill Litz

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 2500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 5/25/1948 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Indianapolis                  Kansas City                   
1. C.Ferrer            2b        C.Roberts           2b        
2. R.Drake             cf        H.Souell            3b        
3. R.Cabrera           lf        H.Thompson          lf        
4. S.Hairston          3b        W.Brown             cf        
5. T.Strong            rf        J.Scott             rf        
6. G.Tatum             1b        B.O'Neil            1b        
7. L.Pigg              c         G.Baker             ss        
8. K.Williams          ss        E.Taborn            c         
9. W.Cathey            p         J.LaMarque          p         

CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; C.Ferrer tripled; R.Drake singled [C.Ferrer scored];
R.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play;
T.Strong singled [R.Drake to second]; G.Tatum out on unknown
play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: L.Pigg out on unknown play; K.Williams out on
unknown play; W.Cathey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott singled; J.Scott stole second; B.O'Neil
singled [J.Scott to third]; G.Baker homered to leftfield
[J.Scott scored, B.O'Neil scored]; E.Taborn singled; E.Taborn
stole second; J.LaMarque doubled [E.Taborn scored]; C.Roberts
out on unknown play [J.LaMarque to third]; H.Souell out on
unknown play [J.LaMarque scored]; H.Thompson out on unknown
play; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 5.

CLOWNS 3RD: C.Ferrer out on unknown play; R.Drake singled;
R.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown homered to centerfield; J.Scott walked;
B.O'Neil singled [J.Scott to second]; G.Baker singled [J.Scott
scored, B.O'Neil to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play;
J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 7.

CLOWNS 4TH: T.Strong flied to J.Scott; Barehanded sliding catch
by Scott; G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.HAYWOOD BATTED FOR
L.PIGG; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 1, Monarchs 7.

MONARCHS 4TH: B.HAYWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); H.Souell
singled; H.Souell stole second; H.Thompson out on unknown play;
W.Brown doubled [H.Souell scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play;
B.O'Neil grounded out (W.Cathey to G.Tatum); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 8.

CLOWNS 5TH: K.Williams out on unknown play; W.Cathey singled;
C.Ferrer grounded into a double play (G.Baker to C.Roberts to
B.O'Neil) [W.Cathey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 1, Monarchs 8.

MONARCHS 5TH: G.Baker walked; E.Taborn out on unknown play;
J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 8.

CLOWNS 6TH: R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Cabrera singled;
S.Hairston singled [R.Cabrera to third, S.Hairston to second (on
throw)]; T.Strong singled [R.Cabrera scored, S.Hairston scored,
T.Strong to second (on throw)]; G.Tatum out on unknown play
[T.Strong scored (no RBI)]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 4, Monarchs 8.

MONARCHS 6TH: H.Souell reached on an error by S.Hairston
[H.Souell to first]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out
on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Clowns 4, Monarchs 8.

CLOWNS 7TH: K.Williams out on unknown play; W.Cathey out on
unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 4, Monarchs 8.

MONARCHS 7TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker reached on
an error by K.Williams [G.Baker to second]; E.Taborn reached on
an error by S.Hairston [G.Baker scored (unearned) (no RBI),
E.Taborn to first]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts
out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4,
Monarchs 9.

CLOWNS 8TH: R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on
unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 4, Monarchs 9.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell singled; H.Thompson forced H.Souell
(unknown fielder) [H.Thompson to first]; W.Brown singled
[H.Thompson to second]; J.Scott singled [H.Thompson scored,
W.Brown to third]; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker reached
on an error by C.Ferrer [W.Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI),
J.Scott to second, G.Baker to first]; E.Taborn doubled to right
field (T.Strong to B.Haywood) [J.Scott scored (unearned),
G.Baker out at home]; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4,
Monarchs 12.

CLOWNS 9TH: T.Strong walked; E.Taborn allowed a passed ball
[T.Strong to second]; G.Tatum singled [T.Strong scored];
J.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR B.HAYWOOD; J.Williams struck out;
K.Williams out on unknown play [G.Tatum to second]; L.PEREZ
BATTED FOR W.CATHEY; L.Perez singled [G.Tatum scored]; C.Ferrer
out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 6, Monarchs
12.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           6  10   4   4
 Monarchs        12  15   0   8


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