From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES AND BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
On Sunday, June 14, 1931, within two miles from where I presently live, the New York Black Yankees win both games of a doubleheader against Joe Rosner's Bay Parkways at Erasmus Field, McDonald Avenue at the Avenue M station along the Culver Line.
GAME ONE: Features starter Wuzzy Fullerton for the Bay Parkways pitted against right-hander William Bell for the visitors.
New York seemingly handles Fullerton's offerings with great comfort and ease, wielding 14 hits, drawing two walks, and striking out only twice before Wuzzy is pulled with two outs in the fifth. The Yankees resume their assault against reliever Artie Musicant en route to a 16 hit, 16 run trouncing of the local Dukes. Fullerton is responsible for 14 hits, two walks, with two strikeouts in 4.2 innings.
William Bell himself leads the Black Yankees hit parade with three, as five others finish with two hits apiece: first baseman and manager John Henry Lloyd, left fielder Fats Jenkins, shortstop Bill Riggins, center fielder Clint Thomas, and third baseman Cool Turner who also registers a double, while Jenkins laces a triple. Otherwise, Bell yields three runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in a winning effort.
Bay Parkways' first baseman George Sackett distinguishes himself going 3 for 4 with two home runs off Bell, his 12th and 13th for the season. In fact, four of Bay Parkways' eight hits go for extra bases.
GAME TWO: The Yankees continue where they leave off, hammering out another eleven runs on twelve hits. They erupt for five runs in the second, five more in the eighth, with a single run in the fifth. John Henry Lloyd finishes 2 for 3 with a triple; Clint Thomas goes 2 for 3 with a home run; Bill Riggins is 3 for 5 and a home run. Fats Jenkins scores twice.
New York starter Red Ryan and Henry McHenry share pitching duties, limiting Joe Rosner's nine to six runs on ten hits and five walks with three strikeouts. Four of the Dukes' ten hits go for extra bases. They score twice in the second, rally for three in the fifth, but manage just one more run in the sixth. O'Grady takes the loss.
The New York Black Yankees exacted their revenge for a twin-bill loss against the Bay Parkways earlier this season.
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