Rockers	Pos	Info
1	Lawman Pauling	3B	Song writer for the 1950s group 5 Royales and inventor of the "crotch level guitar stance."
2	Elias McDaniel	1B	Also known as Bo Diddley. First rock and roller to appear on the Ed Sullivan Television show (1955).
3	Elvis Presley	LF	On January 4, 1954, at 18, Presley who is a truck driver, records "Casual Love Affair" and "I'll Never Stand In Your Way" at the Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service.
4	Richie Valens	CF	Mexican-American pop guitarist who perished, February 1, 1959 in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. The four-seat Beechcraft Bonanza was being flown by Roger Peterson in poor weather conditions from Clear Lake, Iowa to Fargo, North Dakota. In 1987 Hollywood made a film about Valen's short and musical life called La Bamba.
5	Richard Penniman	RF	Also known as Little Richard. Left his home in Macon, Georgia when he was young because his family did not understand his sexuality. He moved to Houston in 1952. Trained as a gospel singer he released his classic song "Tutti Frutti" in 1955 and was propelled to stardom.
6	Sam Cooke	C	Records "You Send Me", a song written by his brother, which becomes the top selling pop song of 1957. Cooke is an early example of what will later be called "soul" music.
7	Bill Haley	2B	On April 12, 1954 Haley and his band "The Comets" record "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" which will become a big hit during the summer of 1955. A Western Swing band leader from Michigan who early on recognized that popular music's future was bound up with "big beat, small-combo cooled-down versions of black music." After his heyday in the 1950s he spend the next 20 years touring the United States and Europe as an oldies act. Haley was mostly forgotten by the public when he died in Harlingen, Texas in 1981.
8	Chuck Berry	SS	Born in San Jose, California Charles Edward Berry grows up in St. Louis. After serving time in jail for armed robbery he becomes a cosmetician. His hits "Maybelline", "School Days", "Roll Over Beethoven", and "Johnny B Goode" will become rock classics much admired by European rock musicians. Embittered by his experiences with the business of rock and roll he writes a telling autobiography that's published in 1987.
9	Johnny Ace	P	A singer named the "Most Programmed Artist" of 1954. Ace dies under suspicious circumstances in the Houston Civic Auditorium that same year. Ruled a suicide, rumors circulate that suggest he shot himself while playing a game of Russian Roulette. A Johnny Ace death cult emerges.

1952 Indians	Pos	Info
1	Bobby Avila	2B	1952 Cleveland Indian
2	Dale Mitchell	LF	1952 Cleveland Indian
3	Harry Simpson	CF	1952 Cleveland Indian
4	Larry Doby	RF	1952 Cleveland Indian; 1952 American League homerun leader (32).
5	Al Rosen	3B	1952 Cleveland Indian; 1952 American League Runs Batted In leader (105).
6	Ray Boone	SS	1952 Cleveland Indian
7	Luke Easter	1B	1952 Cleveland Indian
8	Jim Hegan	C	1952 Cleveland Indian
9	Wynn Feller Lemon	Pitcher	Wynn (1952 record:23 wins - 12 losses) Feller (9-13) Lemon (22-11)

Linescore

Inning	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs	Hits	Errors
Rockers	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	8	12	0
Indians	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	10	0

Scoresheet

Rockers-8 at Indians-5

KEY DP-Double Play; E-Error; FO-Fly Out; GO-Ground Out; HR-Homerun K-Strikeout; LO-Lineout; T-Triple; W-Walk; - Single; = Double

Boxscores

Rockers-8 at Indians-5

KEY AB-At Bats; H-Hits; HR-Homeruns RBI-Runs Batted In; B AVE-Batting Average

Pitching Details

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KEY W-Won; L-Lost; IP-Innings Pitched; H-Hits R-Runs ER-Earned Runs; W-Walks; K-Strikeouts

Game Notes

Homeruns	Bo Diddley (Grand Slam); Bob Lemon
Triples	none
Doubles	Cooke, Pauling, Presley, Valens

Errors	none
Doubleplays	Rockers-2
Left-on-Base	Rockers-10 Indians-8

Stolen Bases	none
Caught Stealing	none

Umpires	Arnold, Hinckley, Sirhan
Game Time	2 hours, 49 minutes
Attendance	37,190

MCP

Most Cosmic Player (MCP)

Bo Diddley

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