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Philadelphia Stars @ Newark Eagles

1947-08-04 · Night game

Philadelphia Stars defeated Newark Eagles 6–2. Philadelphia Stars put up 3 in the 1st. Gene Benson went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PH5	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	11
NW2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5

Philadelphia Stars — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Murray Watkins	5	3	3	0	0	0
Goose Curry	5	2	2	0	0	0
Frank Austin	3	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Benson	4	0	1	3	1	0
Archie Brathwaite	3	1	0	0	1	0
Barney Brown	3	0	1	0	1	1
Doc Dennis	3	0	2	2	1	0
Stanley Glenn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alfred Wilmore	3	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Newark Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Wilkes	4	0	1	0	1
Pat Patterson	5	0	1	0	0
Bob Wilson	4	0	1	0	0
Monte Irvin	2	1	0	0	2
Lennie Pearson	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Harvey	2	1	0	0	2
Charlie Parks	3	0	1	0	1
Leroy Williams	4	0	0	0	0
Cotton Williams	2	0	0	1	0
Red Applegate	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Davis	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Stars — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alfred Wilmore	6.0	3	3	0
Henry Miller	3.0	2	3	0

Newark Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cotton Williams	6.0	10	3	0
Red Applegate	3.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Murray Watkins: S7
Goose Curry: S7.1-2
Frank Austin: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Gene Benson: 53.3-H;2-3
Archie Brathwaite: W
Barney Brown: W.1-2
Doc Dennis: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Stanley Glenn: 8/L

Bot 1

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Pat Patterson: 99
Bob Wilson: S
Monte Irvin: 99

Top 2

Alfred Wilmore: 99
Murray Watkins: 99
Goose Curry: 99

Bot 2

Lennie Pearson: S
Bob Harvey: 99
Charlie Parks: 99
Leroy Williams: 99

Top 3

Frank Austin: S
Gene Benson: PO1(13)#
Gene Benson: 99
Archie Brathwaite: 99

Bot 3

Cotton Williams: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Pat Patterson: 99

Top 4

Barney Brown: 99
Doc Dennis: 99
Stanley Glenn: S
Alfred Wilmore: 99

Bot 4

Bob Wilson: 99
Monte Irvin: W#
Lennie Pearson: PO1(13)#
Lennie Pearson: 99

Top 5

Murray Watkins: S
Goose Curry: 99/G.1-2#
Frank Austin: 99
Gene Benson: S.2-H
Archie Brathwaite: 99

Bot 5

Bob Harvey: W
Charlie Parks: W.1-2
Leroy Williams: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Cotton Williams: 7/F.3-H
Jimmy Wilkes: 99

Top 6

Barney Brown: S
Doc Dennis: PO1(13)#
Doc Dennis: W#
Stanley Glenn: 99
Alfred Wilmore: 99

Bot 6

Pat Patterson: S
Bob Wilson: 99
Monte Irvin: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99

Top 7

Murray Watkins: S
Goose Curry: S.1-2
Frank Austin: HP.2-3;1-2
Gene Benson: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Archie Brathwaite: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H;2-3
Barney Brown: K

Bot 7

Bob Harvey: 99
Charlie Parks: S
Leroy Williams: FC.1-2#
Red Applegate: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: S.2-3;1-2
Pat Patterson: 99

Top 8

Doc Dennis: S
Stanley Glenn: 99
Henry Miller: 99
Murray Watkins: 99

Bot 8

Bob Wilson: 99
Monte Irvin: W
Lennie Pearson: 99
Bob Harvey: WP.1-2
Bob Harvey: PB.2-3
Bob Harvey: W
Charlie Parks: BK.3-H(UR);1-2
Charlie Parks: 99

Top 9

Goose Curry: 99
Frank Austin: 99
Gene Benson: 99

Bot 9

Leroy Williams: 99
Johnny Davis: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: W
Pat Patterson: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score

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