From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY
DOUBLE-HEADER
Sunday, May 19, 1935
EBBETS FIELD
GAME ONE
FINAL
Coming off Saturday's Opening Day defeat at the hands of the Homestead Grays, the Brooklyn Eagles again trail the visitors 9-7, entering the bottom half of the eighth. With 5,000 watching at Ebbets Field, the home team erupts for eleven runs, sending 16 batters to the plate against Grays' relievers Harry Salmon and Willie Gisentaner.
Brooklyn totals 19 hits, with seven going for extra bases. Third baseman Harry Williams goes 4 for 6 with a double and two runs scored. Shortstop Bill Yancy is 2 for 4 with a double and led the team with three runs scored. First baseman George Giles, right fielder Ed Stone, and second baseman Dennis Gilchrist all wield three hits apiece.
Homestead third baseman George Scales hit the only home run of the game. Second baseman Matt Carlisle goes 5 for 5, all singles. Meanwhile, first baseman Buck Leonard is held hitless in three official trips to the plate.
Eagles right-hander Leon Day makes a start, yielding seven runs on eleven hits and six walks with three strikeouts through seven innings pitched but escapes with a no-decision. Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe earns the victory for Brooklyn, with two runs allowed and a strikeout over the final two frames.
ICYMI:
GAME TWO
FINAL
Twirling game two for Homestead, right-hander Louis Dula limits the Eagles to a pair of runs on just five hits and three walks with three strikeouts through nine innings pitched. Right fielder Ed Stone and catcher Clarence Palm account for two hits and score both Brooklyn runs in the fifth. Double Duty Radcliffe, Harry Williams, and Bill Yancy are the only other Eagles to hit safely. Homestead center fielder Jerry Benjamin leads the Grays, going 3 for 4 with a double and two runs. Buck Leonard breaks out of a series slump with two hits, one for a double. Ted Radcliffe takes the loss in this one, surrendering four runs on eleven hits and two walks. The Eagles committed three errors behind him, two by Yancy.
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