On Sunday, August 14, 1932, in front of 5,000 fans, Chick Fewster's Kings are defeated by the House of David in both games of a doubleheader at Fewster Field, Coney Island.
GAME ONE - After allowing a run in the top of the first, Kings' starter, Dominick Torpe, holds House of David scoreless through the fifth. Meanwhile, the Kings rally for three in the second and score once more in the home fifth for a 5-1 lead. But that's when Brooklyn's hitting against Swaney effectively ends, and House of David begins. The visitors tied the score with a run in the sixth and two in the seventh. After dueling through a scoreless eighth inning, Martin singles home Sawyer with the go-ahead run in the top half of the ninth. The Kings go down quietly in the home half of the frame.
GAME TWO - House of David again opens the scoring with a first-inning run, and Kings again respond with four runs in the bottom of the frame and one in the second. But they would score off House of David starter Bennett, no more. As they accomplished in game one, House of David rallies for two runs in the third, then erupted for five runs in the fifth en route to an 8-5 victory and two-game sweep at Coney Island. Kings' starter Fullerton allows seven hits and two walks in five innings pitched for the loss. Stryker pitching in relief of Fullerton yields just one hit over the final four innings.
A Baltimore native and former second baseman for the New York Yankees, Chick Fewster retired in 1927 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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