OTD Brooklyn Semipros 10/3/1937: Bay Parkway Dukes and Bay Ridge Club Split Twin Bill at Erasmus Field

From the desk: BATTLE OF THE BROOKLYN SEMPROS

The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, October 4, 1937

On Sunday, October 3, 1937, in a battle for Brooklyn semipro supremacy played out not more than two miles from where I presently live, the visiting Bay Ridge Club and host Bay Parkway Dukes split games of a twin bill at Erasmus Field, McDonald Avenue at the Avenue M station along the Culver Line.

GAME ONE - Bay Ridge starter Bill Simmons and Harry Eisenstat of Bay Parkway stage a classic pitcher's duel.  Neither pitcher yields a run through the game's first eight innings.  

Eisenstat allows but six hits and strikeouts ten.  He is relieved in the ninth by Johnny Ubinksi, who promptly surrenders the go-ahead run.  Bay Ridge center fielder Babe Fisher tripled to right field and scored on left fielder Vincent Liddy's base hit.  But Bill Simmons does himself no favors in the home ninth by walking two batters and surrendering the game-tying hit by Max Posnack.

Into extra innings, they go at Erasmus Field.

Bill Simmons and Johnny Ubinski duel through two more scoreless frames.  But in the visiting twelfth, Ubinski unleashed a wild pitch permitting the go-ahead run to score from third base.  Afterwhich, Bay Ridge tacks on another.  Simmons retires Bay Parkway in the bottom half of the twelfth for the win.  He holds the Dukes to one on just four hits with seven strikeouts.  Max Posnack accounts for two of the Duke's four hits.  Ubinksi takes the loss.

The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, October 4, 1937

GAME TWO - Bay Parkway secures a twin bill split in an abbreviated five-inning game called on account of darkness.  Johnny Ubinski again takes the mound and this time limits Bay Ridge to no runs on just two hits with four strikeouts for the win.  Bay Parkway is able to bunch together all three runs in the third.  Lefty Holmes leads the Dukes with two hits and a run scored.

Bay Ridge and Bay Parkway split the season series at two apiece.  The matter of Brooklyn supremacy goes unresolved.  But we really know who's number one ...

OTD September 29, 1935: What's A New York City Baseball Fan To Do?

From the desk: TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

September 29, 1935: 

What's A New York City Baseball Fan To Do? 

On a chilly day in Gotham, with the general baseball season drawing to a close, fans throughout the boroughs scattered about one last time to cheer their favorites on.  Whether you lived in Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, or Brooklyn, once you stepped outside your place of abode, a high-quality ball game could be found within walking distance or at most just a few miles down the road.

DEXTER PARK, Woodhaven, Queens

GAME ONE - Behind the pitching of long-time Brooklyn Dodger Dazzy Vance, Bushwick sweeps both ends of a doubleheader against the Cuban Stars of Havana before a crowd of 7,500 fans.  The 44-year old right-hander holds the Cuban Stars to no runs on two infield hits with nine strikeouts over six innings pitched for the win.  Charley Perkins hurls three scoreless innings in relief of Vance to preserve the shutout.  Bushwick pushed across two runs in the third.  Afterwhich, the score remained unchanged.  

GAME TWO - Bushwich and the Cuban Stars dual through ten innings to a two-all tie - the game was called on account of darkness.  Starter Jim Duffy yields just two runs.  Bushwick scores single runs in the fifth and sixth innings.  The Cuban stars score twice in the visitor's seventh.

DYCKMAN OVAL, Harlem, Manhattan

Before a crowd of 10,000 fans, Babe Ruth headlines a team of All-Stars in a doubleheader against the New York Cubans featuring future Hall of Famers Martín Dihigo, Alejandro Oms, and Lázaro Salazar.  The New York Cubans win both games.  Babe Ruth flawlessly handled twelve chances playing first base in game one, along with a walk and double in five trips to the plate.  Playing without Ruth in game two, the All-Stars fall to the New York Cubans by a 14-6 final score in six innings.

YANKEE STADIUM, Bronx

In the last two games of the season, before a crowd of 16,000 at the stadium, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox split games of a doubleheader.  Shortstop Nolan Richardson goes 2 for 3 with a triple and two runs batted in, but Jumbo Brown takes the loss in game one.  In the final game of the season, future Hall of Famer Red Ruffing hurls a two-hit shutout over the Red Sox.  The Yankees finish three games out of first place behind the Detroit Tigers.

EBBETS FIELD, Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Dodgers close out their regular season with a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies before 5,000 fans.  Brooklyn's Van Mungo hurls a two-hit shutout with no walks and a season-high fifteen strikeouts for the win in game one.  Third baseman Joe Stripp homers for the Dodgers.  Philadelphia and Brooklyn play to a four-all tie through eight innings in game two.  Dodger second baseman Vince Sherlock goes 4 for 4 with a run batted in.

BAY RIDGE OVAL, 15 Avenue at 86 Street, Brooklyn

Not more than two miles north from where I presently live, the Bay Ridge Club closes out their regular season with a twin-bill sweep of the New Brunswick Club of New Jersey.

ERASMUS FIELD, Gravesend Avenue at Avenue M, Brooklyn

Not more than two miles east from where I presently live, the Bay Parkway Dukes defeat the New York Black Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader by an 8-7 final score.  The teams then duel to a three-all tie in game two after eight innings.

• Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), Monday, September 30, 1935

OTD 9/19/1926: Brooklyn Royal Giants and Atlantic City Bacharachs Split Games of a Doubleheader at Graham Field

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS

The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, September 20, 1926

On Sunday, September 19, 1926, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the Brooklyn Royal Giants and the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants stage a twin bill at Graham Field, 15th Avenue at 86th Street.

EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE

Atlantic City Bacharach Giants

vs.

Brooklyn Royal Giants

Game one pits Atlantic City southpaw Claud Grier opposed by longtime great Dick "Cannonball" Redding for Brooklyn.  The Bacharachs take an early lead with two in the first and two more in the second, and starter Claud Grier makes it stand.  Brooklyn tallies two in the home second and scores one in the third to pull within one.  But that's as close as they'd get.  Grier holds the Royal Giants scoreless over the game's final six innings for the victory.  Atlantic City posts insurance runs in the seventh and ninth innings to secure a 6-3 win.  The 36-year old Dick Redding takes the loss.  Left-hander Willis Flournoy finishes out the game in relief of Redding.

The Royal Giants exact a measure of revenge in game two.  Right-hander Roy Roberts starts for the Bacharachs while Connie Rector toes the slab for Brooklyn.  In a seven-inning affair, Brooklyn jumps out to a 3-0 lead in the second, then adds single runs in the fourth through sixth innings for a 6-0 advantage.  Starter Connie Rector yields no runs, and Bill Holland preserves the shutout in relief of Rector.

OTD Brooklyn Semipros 9/7/1925: Bay Ridge Athletic Club and Brooklyn Royal Giants Split Doubleheader at Graham Oval

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS

The Brooklyn Citizen, 

Tuesday, September 8, 1925

On Monday, September 7, 1925, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the Brooklyn Royal Giants and host Bay Ridge Athletic Club split games of a doubleheader at Graham Oval, 15th Avenue at 86th Street. 

 

The Brooklyn Citizen, Tuesday, September 8, 1925

GAME ONE - Bay Ridge starter Eddie Lennen is opposed by Willis "Lefty" Flournoy for the Giants.  The visitors open the scoring in the second, and catcher John Cason homers in the third, giving the Royals a 2-0 lead.  Bay Ridge answers with one in the home half of the third.  Afterwhich, the score remains unchanged through the sixth.  The Bay Ridgers finally figure out Lefty Flournoy in the seventh, wielding three consecutive hits and prompting manager Eddie Douglass to summon Dick Redding into the game.  But "Cannonball" fares no better as the Bay Ridgers tally four runs en route to a 5-2 victory.  Eddie Lennen closes out the game with six scoreless innings.  All told, he limits the Royal Giants to a pair of runs on just six hits and three walks with four strikeouts for the win.  Flournoy walks six and strikes out five in the loss.

• FINAL: Royal Giants 2; Bay Ridge 5

BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

The Brooklyn Citizen, Tuesday, September 8, 1925

GAME TWO - The Royal Giants turn the tables.  Bay Ridge starter Sandy Burke's offerings get knocked around the lot for eight runs on 13 hits, with four going for extra bases.  Center fielder Irvin Brooks leads the way with three hits, including a double and two runs scored.  Eddie Douglass doubles and scores twice, and catcher Charlie Spearman homers.  Right-hander Connie Rector holds Bay Ridge to three runs on ten hits, one for extra bases, and two walks with five strikeouts for the win.  The game is called after seven innings by mutual agreement.

• FINAL: Royal Giants 8; Bay Ridge 3

OTD Negro National League vs. Semipros 8/16/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Defeat Springfield Grays at Sherwood Oval; Newark Dodgers Triumph at Bay Ridge Oval

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Saturday, August 17, 1935

On Friday, August 16, 1935, the Negro National League Brooklyn Eagles defeated the Springfield Grays, 5-0, at Sherwood Oval, Springfield Gardens, Queens.

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

BROOKLYN EAGLES

Brooklyn Eagle starter Billy Nicholas hurls a gem, limiting the Springfield Grays to just three hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in a complete-game shutout victory.  His batterymate Clarence Palm is the Eagles hitting star, going 2 for 3 with a home run and three runs batted in.  Otherwise, the Grays limit Brooklyn to five hits, the other accounted for by Fats Jenkins, Bill Sadler, and George Giles, who drives home a run.

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Saturday, August 17, 1935

Meanwhile, back in Brooklyn, not more than two miles from where I presently live, fellow members of the Negro National League, the Newark Dodgers defeated the Bay Ridge Baseball Club at Bay Ridge Oval, 15th Avenue at 86th Street.

Despite yielding ten hits, Newark hurler William Bell puts forth a fine performance, limiting the Bay Ridgers to one run, one walk, with eight strikeouts for the win.  Six different Dodgers wield multiple hits.  Third baseman Ray Dandridge goes 2 for 3 with a run scored.  Left fielder Jim Williams goes 2 for 5 with a double and a run scored, and center fielder Marvin Barker triples and scored.

Bay Ridge first baseman Al Ambramowitz goes 2 for 4 with a double, and second baseman Bobby Cummings wields a double and scores the home team's only run.

OTD Negro Leagues vs. Brooklyn Semipros 8/6/1925: The Bay Ridge Baseball Club and Brooklyn Royal Giants Split Games of a Twin Bill at Graham Field

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY),

Thursday, August 6, 1925

On Thursday, August 6, 1925, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the local Ray Ridge Baseball Club and Brooklyn Royal Giants split a doubleheader at Graham Field, 15th Avenue at 86th Street.

The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), Saturday, August 8, 1925

GAME ONE - Thursday's opener features southpaw Willis Flournoy starting for the Royal Giants opposed by Eddie Lennon for Bay Ridge.  While each team totals just six hits apiece, it's the Ridgers who bunch theirs together a bit more effectively.  The Royals open the scoring in the second, then take a 2-0 lead in the third inning on catcher John Cason's home run.  Bay Ridge's first run comes in the bottom half of the frame due to subpar infield play on behalf of the Royals, who this game commits six fielding errors.  The pitching duel between Flournoy and Lennon resumes as the score remains unchanged through the sixth.  Then comes the home team's big four-run seventh, when they string together three consecutive hits to knock Flournoy out of the box.  Into the game enters Dick "Cannonball" Redding, who likewise fails to escape the frame unscathed.  Eddie Lennon closes out the game with two more scoreless innings, having surrendered just two runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts through nine complete.  Meanwhile, "Lefty" Flournoy, up until that fateful seventh, holds the Ridgers hitless through his first six innings pitched but issues five bases on balls with six strikeouts in losing effort.  Captain and first baseman Eddie Douglass accounts for two of Brooklyn's six scattered hits.  Whereas the lineup's two through seven batters for Bay Ridge each hit safely. 

The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), Saturday, August 8, 1925

GAME TWO - The second contest is an abbreviated seven-inning affair.  Brooklyn Royal Giants' starter Connie "Broadway" Rector hurls a gem, limiting Bay Ridge to just three hits and two walks with five strikeouts for the win.  Rector keeps the Ridgers scoreless through the first six innings until easing up and allowing three seventh-inning base runners to cross home plate.  Meanwhile, the Royal Giants have little problems solving Bay Ridge starter Sandy Burk who surrenders eight runs, often in bunches, on 13 hits and two walks in a losing effort.  Eddie Douglass goes 2 for 4 with two doubles, catcher Charlie Spearman starting in game two homers off Burk.  Center fielder Irvin Brooks 

leads the team with three hits, including a double and two runs scored, and third baseman Johnson Hill goes 2 for 3 with two runs en route to an 8-3 victory over Bay Ridge and twin bill split. 

EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE

BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, PA), August 8, 1925

OTD in Brooklyn Semipros 8/1/1935: Bay Parkway Dukes Routed By Local Rival Bay Ridge Club

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday, August 2, 1935

"BAY RIDGES TROUNCE BAY PARKWAYS, 15-6, IN NIGHT GAME"

On Thursday, August 1, 1935, in a matchup of local rivals played not more than two miles from where I presently live, the Bay Ridge Baseball Club conquers the Bay Parkway Dukes at Bay Ridge Oval, 15th Avenue at 86th Street.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday, August 2, 1935

With neighborhood pride on the line, at least half the crowd of 4,500 watches on with great delight as the Bay Ridgers trounce the Dukes by a final score of 15 to 6.  All Bay Ridge batters hit safely, and all but one wield multiple hits.  By the game's end, they strike for twenty hits, including 13 for extra bases, against Bay Parkway starter George Smith and relievers Gannett and Lester.  Smith walks three and strikes out four in the loss.

Third baseman Harry Bennett leads Bay Ridge with four runs driven home.  Second baseman Bobby Cummings goes 3 for 5 with a double, a pair of triples, and two runs batted in.  Left fielder Eddie Marsini accounts for three hits, including a double; center fielder Jeff McDonald goes 2 for 4 with three runs batted in, and first baseman Al Ambramowitz collects three hits, including a triple and home run.

In the ninth, Luciano also homers for the Dukes.  Otherwise, Bay Ridge starter Joe Stryker holds Bay Parkway to six runs on eight hits and five walks with eight strikeouts for the win.  In fact, Luciano leads the Dukes with three hits, including two of four Bay Parkway extra-base hits, Rodriguez and Ike Goldstein account for the others.  Meanwhile, the number five-hitter in the lineup and right fielder Bruce Caldwell strikes out four times.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday, August 2, 1935

OTD Brooklyn Semipro 7/26/1934: Harry Kowenhover Strikes Out 18 in House of David Victory at Bay Ridge Oval

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), Friday, July 27, 1934

On Thursday, July 26, 1934, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the House of David club defeats the local Ridgers at Bay Ridge Oval, 15th Avenue at 86th Street.

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), Friday, July 27, 1934

Despite yielding 14 hits, Bay Ridge starter Abe Spiro allows only four runs and no walks with ten strikeouts in a hard-luck loss.

A native of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, House of David starter Harry Kowenhoven limits Bay Ridge to just a pair of runs on six hits and two walks with 18 strikeouts for the win.

Only Pierce, the second baseman, wielded multiple hits for Bay Ridge, including a triple, and Abe Spiro lashed a double in four at-bats.   House of Davis left fielder Red Ramsey goes 4 for 4 with a run scored.

OTD Brooklyn Semipros 7/19/1925: Nazareth, PA., Nine Defeat Bay Ridge In Both Games of Twin Bill at Graham Field

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

Monday, July 20, 1925

On Sunday, July 19, 1925, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the Pennsylvania club of Nazareth, in front of 3,000 fans, takes both games of a doubleheader from Bay Ridge at Graham Field, 15th Avenue at 86th Street, Brooklyn.  

 

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday, July 20, 1925

Noteworthy and commendable in both effort and performance, Nazareth screwball artist and spitballer Charlie Stauffer, with savvy effectiveness throughout, starts and wins each game against Bay Ridge.

Stauffer limits the Ridgers to one run on seven hits (none for extra bases) and one walk with seven strikeouts through nine in the first contest.  After reaching safely on a single Bay Ridge second baseman, Knothe spoils the shutout when he scores on an errant throw by Heath, the Nazareth catcher.  Bay Ridge starter Artie Gardner, a former pitcher for the Yankees and Newark Bears, allows five runs on 14 hits (four for extra bases) and three walks with three strikeouts in a losing effort.  

Charlie Stauffer is even better in game two, limiting the Ridgers to just four hits and two walks in a complete-game shutout encore.  For Bay Ridge, Burks yields seven hits and is relieved with no outs in the third.  In relief of Burks, Boyland allows eight more hits over the final seven innings en route to a 12-0 defeat and twin bill sweep at the hands of Nazareth.

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

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 

Saturday, July 10, 1937

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.

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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.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 

Saturday, July 10, 1937

OTD in Brooklyn Semipros 6/30/1935: Bay Parkway and Bay Ridge Clubs Draw 6,200 Local Fans

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

 

On Sunday, June 30, 1935, not more than two miles east of where I presently live, the Bay Parkway Dukes split games of a doubleheader with the Cuban Stars in front of 2,500 fans at Erasmus Field, McDonald Avenue at the Avenue M station along the Culver Line.  Meanwhile, two miles north of where I presently live, a reported crowd of 3,700 fans watches Bay Ridge split games of their twin bill against the Stroudsburg club from Pennsylvania at Bay Ridge Oval, 15th Avenue at 86th Street.  The two games combined for 6,200 local fans in attendance.  Starting pitcher Al Morris was the day's top star for Bay Parkway, right fielder Mickey Sefchick for Bay Ridge.

 

SOURCE: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 1, 1935

OTD 6/28/1935: Bay Ridge Falls in Ninth Inning to New York Cubans at Dykman Oval

From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES & BROOKLYN SEMIPOROS

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York)

On Friday, June 28, 1935, Brooklyn's Bay Ridge nine fall in a tightly contested affair against the New York Cubans at Dykman Oval, Inwood section of Manhattan.

New York opens the scoring in the sixth, and Bay Ridge ties the game in the seventh.  Lopez scores for the Cubans, and starter Joe Stryker crosses the plate for Bay Ridge.   Otherwise, Joe Stryker and the Cubans' tandem of Heliodoro Diaz and Luis Tiant duel to a one-all tie through eight.

Facing Stryker in the home ninth, right fielder Alejandro Oms triples off the right-field wall, then scores the winning run on first baseman Lazaro Salazar's base hit.

In a hard-luck loss, Joe Stryker yields but two runs on six hits and just one walk through nine.  Diaz walks one and strikes out three but exits to a no-decision.  Luis Tiant earns the win in relief of Stryker.

Fritz Knothe leads Bay Ridge with three hits, and Jeff McDonald wields a triple in the seven but is left stranded.

OTD 5/29/1938: Bay Ridge Nine Sweeps Doubleheader From New Brunswick at 86th Street Grounds

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 30, 1938

On Sunday, May 29, 1908, within two miles of where I presently live, Bay Ridge won both games of a doubleheader against the aggregation from New Brunswick, New Jersey, at Ridger's Park, 86th Street, and 15th Avenue, Brooklyn.

GAME ONE - Starting for Bay Ridge, McGuire keeps New Brunswick scoreless through the first five.  After which, the visitors from New Jersey strike for three runs in the sixth and one in the seventh.  However, by then, all Bay Ridge's eleven runs had already been annotated into the ledger.  McGuire yields seven hits, walks none, strikes out four, and even helps his own cause at the plate with a triple.  Bay Ridge tallies twelve hits off three Brunswick pitchers, with three going for extra bases en route to an 11-4 victory.

GAME TWO - Weber starts for Bay Ridge, allowing just one run on five hits and four walks in a seven-inning contest.  Center fielder Hoke Beazley and right fielder Babe Fischer join together on four hits in six at-bats with a run and wrap up the twin bill with four hits apiece.  Boda, the visiting shortstop, scores New Brunswick's lone run in the fifth.  Bay Ridge posts five runs on nine hits, two going for extra bases, and three walks issued by Kubiak.  This marks Bay Ridge's third twin bill sweep this season.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 30, 1938

 

OTD 5/27/1934: Bay Ridge Sweeps Historic Doubleheader From Brooklyn Royal Giants

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), May 24, 1934

BAY RIDGE CLUB

vs.

BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

FROM

86th Street at 15th Ave

Brooklyn

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), May 28, 1934

On Sunday, May 27, 1934, less than two miles from where I presently live, the local Bay Ridge semipro club defeats the Brooklyn Royal Giants in both games of a doubleheader played at the Ridger's stadium, Brooklyn.  This is the first time in a decade the Royal Giants have been held scoreless in both games of a twin bill.

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), May 28, 1934

GAME ONE: Bay Ridge starter Artie Clark limits the Royal Giants to just five hits, two for extra bases, one walk, with five strikeouts in a complete-game shutout performance.  Giants third baseman Jefferies and left fielder Ralph Burgin account for two hits apiece.  Playing right field is Buck Leonard's brother, Charlie Leonard.  I'm speculating former Cuban Stars infielder Pedro San was playing second base for the Royal Giants (not Dick Seay).  I'm likewise speculating that left-hander Otis Starks is the Royal Giants pitcher of record.  Otherwise, Mr. Starke yields four runs on ten hits and three walks with two strikeouts for the loss.  O'Donnell, Marsini, McCarthy, and Kearney all score for Bay Ridge.

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), May 28, 1934

GAME TWO: The Royal Giants lose by an identical score, 4 to 0.  Pedro San accounts for two of the Giants five hits.  Charlie Leonard, Ralph Burgin, and the Royal Giants feature starting pitcher account for the other three.  However, the now 44-year old right-hander Cannonball Dick Redding yields 14 hits and strikes out just one.  Starting for Bay Ridge, Spiro strikes out five in a shutout effort.

This Day in Brooklyn Semi-Pro Baseball 5/26/1935: Brooklyn Royal Giants, Bushwick, Bay Parkways and Bay Ridge All Win

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

On Sunday, May 26, 1935, in and around Brooklyn ...

Brooklyn Royal Giants sweep doubleheader from the Elmhurst Grays

 at Gray's park in Jackson Heights, Queens.

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The Bay Parkways defeat the Stroudsburg Club of Pennsylvania

at Erasmus Field, Avenue M station along the Culver Line, Brooklyn.

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The Bay Ridge Club sweeps a doubleheader from the Baltimore Black Sox

at 86 Street and 15 Avenue, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Bushwicks take both games of a doubleheader 

against the Cuban Stars at Dexter Park.

• All Games: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, p12, May 27, 1935