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The article reads: AT KANSAS CITY The St. Louis Giants leave for Kansas City Friday night, where they will open the Colored Association season on Saturday, with a series of five games against the K.C. Team. The St. Louis boys will return in time to open the season here with the Chicago Giants on Saturday, May 7. |
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The St. Louis Argus is a weekly paper, and covered the game in the next week's paper. However, the paper appears to have
taken wire reports for their report on the game.
GIANTS BREAK EVEN WITH THE K.C. MONARCHS Two Games Played in Rain To Open Colored Base Ball Season 1921 BIG PARADE LED BY COLORED POLICEMEN Finner Pitches Wonderful Game Saturday And Is Winner, Drake Loses Pitchers Battle KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 2 - The Colored National League baseball season opened here Saturday with a game, played in the rain between the St. Louis Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs. The contest was preceded by a parade headed by Colored police and Hon. Nelson Crews. It rained throughout the game, which was not called until 3:45 on account of the downpour. Finner pitched a wonderful game, and his team mates won behind him 4 to 2. The Giants utilized their six hits to better advantage than did the Monarchs. Singles by Brooks and Bennett in the ninth, combined with Blatner's error, gave the visitors two runs and the victorious margin. Blackwell's homer with Charleston abase in the first produced the other foreign markers. Aside from the first and the ninth, Currie was an enigma to the Giants, He set them down in order in the second, third, fourth and eighth without the semblance of a hit. Finner was also in fine form. Retiring the Monarchs in order in the first, second, fourth and fifth. Triples by Ray and Carr and Portuonda's single accounted for the home tallies. the Mendezians filled the bases in the ninth, but Pinch hitter King was unequal to the occasion. The rain kept the attendance down to 2,000. The score: St. Louis Giants AB. H. O. A. E. Hewitt, ss . . . . . . . . 4 1 3 1 0 Mongin, 3b . . . . . . .3 0 1 1 0 Charleston, cf . . . . .3 2 3 0 0 Blackwell, rf . . . . . .4 1 4 0 1 Kennard, c . . . . . . .4 0 6 0 0 Brooks, lf . . . . . . . .4 1 1 0 0 McAdoo, 1b . . . . . 2 0 8 0 0 Finner, p . . . . . . . . 4 0 1 1 0 Holt, 2b . . . . . . . . .4 0 1 1 0 *Bennett . . . . . . . . 1 1 0 0 0 Totals . . . . . . . .33 6 27 4 1 *Batted for McAdoo in ninth. K.C. Monarchs AB. H. O. A. E. Portuondo, 3b . . . 4 2 1 1 1 Garr, 2b . . . . . . . .3 1 0 3 0 Donaldson, cf . . . .4 0 3 0 0 McNair, lf . . . . . . 4 0 1 0 0 Moore, ss . . . . . . 4 1 3 3 0 Rogan, rf . . . . . . .3 0 2 0 0 Blatner, 1b . . . . . 3 1 12 0 1 Ray, c . . . . . . . . . 2 1 5 1 0 Currie, p . . . . . . . 3 0 0 6 1 *Eagan . . . . . . . . 1 0 0 0 0 **King . . . . . . . . 1 0 0 0 0 Totals . . . . . . 32 6 27 14 3 *Batted for Blatner in ninth **Batted for Currie in ninth The score by innings: St. Louis Giants . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 Monarchs . . . . . .0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 Summary - Left on bases - Giants, 5; Monarchs, 5. Runs - Charleston, Blackwell, Portuondo, Ray. Stolen bases - Portuondo. Sacrifice hits Mongin, Currie. Three base hits, Ray, Carr. Home runs-Blackwell. double plays-Hewitt unassisted. Struckout-By Currie, 4. by Finner 6. Bases on balls, Off Currie, 2, off Finner, 4. Time of game, 1:50. SUNDAY GAME IN RAIN The Monarchs evened the series by winning the second game, Sunday, 3 to 1. It drizzled rain throughout the game. The game was a pitcher's battle between Rogan and Drake, each having only one bad inning. Drake had his trouble in the first when the Monarchs scored their three runs. Portuondo got a life on an error and Carr followed with a single. Donaldson then doubled the two runners home and completed the circuit himself when McNair singled. Drake then put on the brakes and blanked the home club in the remaining innings but his mates were unable to hit Rogan. Rogan might have scored a shutout but for an error by Ray, the catcher's wild throw putting a runner on third from where he scored on a single. The play came in the fifth inning, when Brooks singled with one gone. He stole second a moment later and continued on his way to third when Ray made a wild heave to second. McAdoo's single sent him home. The visitors threatened again in the following stanza when Rogan lost control and walked three batters but Donaldson caught a high fly for the final out. The score by innings: Giants . . . . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 Monarchs . 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 Batteries: Giants-Drake and Kennard, Monarchs, Rogan and Ray. The summary: Errors-Drake, Ray (2). Left on bases-Giants 4, Monarchs 6. Stolen Bases-Brooks, Hewitt. Sacrifice hits-Charleston, Portuondo, Moore. One-base hits-Blackwell, McAdoo, Brooks, 2: Donaldson 2, McNair 3, Carr and H'kins. Two-base hits-Donaldson. Double plays-Hewitt to McAdoo; Moore to Blatner; Moore to Blatner to Portuondo. Struckout-by Rogan 5: By Drake 4. Bases on balls-Off Drake 4; off Rogan 4. Time of game-1:40. |
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