Pages

Friday, July 09, 2021

OTD Brooklyn Semipros 7/9/1937: Bad Day For Locals; Bay Parkways and Bushwicks Bow In Defeat

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS




BROOKLYN - On Friday, July 9, 1937, within two miles of where I presently live, the Mount Vernon Scarlets defeated the local Bay Ridge nine on their home grounds at 15th Avenue at 86st Street, Brooklyn.  A four-run outburst in the eighth inning seals Mount Vernon's victory.  Bay Ridge starter Simmons yields seven runs on ten hits and three walks with three strikeouts in a losing effort.  For Bay Ridge, their second consecutive loss.


WOODHAVEN - Meanwhile, over at Dexter Park, Bushwick and the Carltons engage in a tightly contested affair.  Center fielder Al Moore crosses the plate in the fourth.  Otherwise, Mount Vernon's young Charles Matuch and Joe "Dutch" Stryker for Bushwick engage in an eight-inning duel.  Facing Stryker in the ninth, pinch hitter Bob Synnott singles to center field, scoring pinch-runner Bill Simmons and catcher Bert Arlington for a 2-1 lead.  The Scarlets' Emil Moskowitz secures the win tossing a scoreless bottom half of the ninth.  This marks only Bushwick's eleventh loss against 24 victories to date.





No comments:

Post a Comment

Say what you feel. The worse comment you can make is the one you do not make.