From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY
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Greenlee Field
On Saturday, June 15, 1935, in a Negro National League contest, the Brooklyn Eagles and Homestead Grays split games of a doubleheader at Greenlee Field in the Hill District, Pittsburgh.
GAME ONE is a tightly contested affair, pitting Eagles' right-hander Elbert Williams against Ray Brown for Homestead. The Grays open with three runs in the third. But Brooklyn answers with four runs in the fourth and another three in the fifth. Afterwhich, it's a matter of holding on as the Homestead Grays rally for a pair in the eighth and one in the ninth but comes up a run short, and thus bow to the visitors, 7 to 6.
Grays starter Ray Brown walks five and strikeout three in a losing effort; Elbert walks three and strikes out two for the win. Leon Day makes a brief appearance for Brooklyn walking one.
Javier Perez and Elbert Williams lead the Eagles with two hits apiece, and second baseman Harry Williams wields Brooklyn's only extra-base hit. Of Homestead's eight hits, five go for extra bases, doubles from Jerry Benjamin, Ray Brown, two from Vic Harris, and a home run off the bat of George Scales.
GAME TWO very early turns into a lopsided affair. Homestead jumps out to a five-run lead with three in the second and two in the third. The Brooklyn Eagles score their lone run of the game on Harry Williams' home run in the sixth, but the Grays mount three more runs in the bottom half of the frame and score one for good luck in the eighth en route to a 9-1 victory.
Together, Brooklyn's Will Jackman and Otis Starks surrender nine runs on 16 hits, three going for extra bases. Homestead's Ray Brown finishes with a double and triple. Matt Carlisle also hits two triples, and Tommie Dukes lashes one.
Grays' starter Willie Gisentaner yields just one run on eight hits for the win.
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