From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY
OPENING DAY
vs.
FROM
EBBETS FIELD
On Saturday, May 18, 1935, in their first-ever (and only) Opening Day game at Ebbets Field, Abe and Effa Manley's newly formed Brooklyn Eagles baseball club host the famed Homestead Grays.
If not impressed by the outcome, Brooklyn fans were nevertheless appreciative to have witnessed a Grays' ilk team in action. Homestead compiles 20 runs on 23 hits in quite the lopsided affair, of which eleven go for extra bases. Second baseman Matt Carlisle leads the Grays with four hits in six at-bats, including a double and triple. Right fielder Buddy Burbage goes 3 for 6 with a double and home run, and left fielder Vic Harris similarly finishes 3 for 6 with a double and home run. Leadoff hitter and center fielder Jerry Benjamin and Grays starting pitcher Willie Gisentaner also homer for Homestead. Third baseman George Scales is the lone Grays batter failing to register a hit. Buck Leonard goes 2 for 6 with eleven putouts at first.
It was Brooklyn who initially jumps out to a 6-5 lead after two innings. But they would score just once more the rest of the way. After a four-run outburst in the third, Homestead continues pouring it on throughout. Eagles center fielder Rap Dixon goes 2 for 5 with a home run; catcher Clarence Palm and left fielder Fats Jenkins also homer for Brooklyn.
Starting for the Eagles, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe is relieved by Elbert Williams, Navin, and Sleeky Reese. Homestead's Willie Gisentaner goes the distance, allowing seven runs on eleven hits while walking two and striking out three.
This is the first of three scheduled games between the Grays and Eagles this weekend at Ebbets Field.
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