On Friday, August 3, 1934, in their fourth clash this season, Joe Rosner's Bay Parkway Dukes defeated brother Max Rosner's Bushwicks at Dexter Park.
Behind the strong pitching of Hank Grampp, the Bushwicks appear headed towards a certain victory. After four scoreless innings, the Dexters plate two runs in the fifth on runs scored by recently signed catcher Charlie Hargreaves (former Brooklyn Dodger) and first baseman Eppie Barnes. Staked to a 2-0 lead, Grampp continues hurling scoreless baseball through the seventh.
Bay Parkway finally solves Grampp's puzzling efforts with a five-run outburst in the eighth. After singles by first baseman Gene Rogers and right fielder Bruce Caldwell, pinch-hitter Ike Gould doubles, and Dressen the second baseman singles for three runs, knocking Hank Grampp out of the box. Facing Art Smith in relief of Grampp, the Dukes score twice more on a walk, a hit by Jim Duffy, and a perfectly executed squeeze-play for a 5-2 lead.
Bushwick picks up an unearned run in the home ninth. Right fielder Eddie Boland triples and scores on one of three Bay Parkway errors. Otherwise, Duke's starter Jim "Dizzy" Duffy allows three runs on eight hits (only one for extra bases) and two walks with four strikeouts in a resilient winning effort.
Despite an initial seven exemplary innings pitched, Hank Grampp winds up yielding nine of Bay Parkway's ten hits in a late-inning, albeit a hard-luck loss.
Bruce Caldwell, in particular, leads the Dukes with a 3 for 5 performance at the plate, and Dizzy Duffy helps his own cause with a double then a single in that big eighth inning.
Bushwick's second baseman Buck Lai and Grumpp each register a hit and a run batted in.
The Bay Parkway Dukes now lead the season series against Bushwick, three games to one.
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