October 18, 1924: Game Eight of the first Colored World Series
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October 18, 1924, at Schorling Park in Chicago
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hilldale 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 1
KS City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 0
W: Bullet Rogan (2–1) L: Rube Currie (1–1)
HRs: none
Umpires: Goeckel, Moore, McGrew, and Costello
In one of Negro league baseball's legendary games, the Monarchs rallied for three runs in the ninth to stun Hilldale. Because of an injury to shortstop Jake Stephens some weeks before and to get maximum offensive output from his lineup, Hilldale manager Warfield moved regular third baseman Judy Johnson to short, moved catcher-short stop Mackey to third, and installed aging backup receiver Louis Santop as the regular catcher. With three players playing out of position at critical defensive positions, Warfield's moves came back to haunt him in the ninth when Mackey and Johnson both missed key plays, and when Santop dropped Frank Duncan's foul popup, Duncan lined a single past Mackey that scored the tying and winning runs.
Also legendary was the vicious verbal assault that Warfield launched against Santop following the loss, laying blame for the loss squarely at Santop's feet. Santop and others were already in tears in their locker room following the game, and it is one of Blackball's legends that Santop never recovered from the humiliation of Warfield's tirade.
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