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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Once Upon A Summer 10/13/1918: Bushwick Sweeps Twin Bill From Brooklyn at Dexter Park; John Donaldson Plays Last Games for Royal Giants
From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & THE DONALDSON NETWORK
On Sunday, October 13, 1918, with the baseball season winding to a close, Bushwick hosted the Brooklyn Royal Giants for a doubleheader at Dexter Park. These games mark the end of John Donaldson's lone season with the Brooklyn Royal Giants.
GAME ONE pits right-hander Irvin Brooks for the Royals against Frank Kelleher pitching for Bushwick. Riding a wave of ten consecutive wins, Bushwick opened the scoring in the third, then erupted for four runs in the fifth for a 5-0 lead. Brooklyn finally answers with two runs in the sixth, bunching together three hits and benefitting from several Bushwick misplays in the field. But the Dexters tally single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings en route to an 8-2 final margin of victory. Frank Kelleher does not allow the Royal Giants a hit through the first five innings. All told, Kelleher holds the Royal Giants to a pair of runs on just six hits and four walks with four strikeouts for the win. Irvin Brooks yields all eight runs on twelve hits and five walks with five strikeouts in the loss. First baseman Bill Pettus leads Brooklyn with two hits, including a double, John Donaldson goes 1 for 3 with a run scored, and Joe Hewitt also scores. Shortstop Jimmy Irving leads Bushwick with three hits.
GAME TWO was a shortened seven-inning affair on account of darkness. Bill Kelleher, brother of Frank, hurls for Bushwick against Phil "Fish" Cockrell for the Giants. At the bat, the Taguer Brothers open the scoring. Center fielder, Jimmy, doubles on the first offering he sees from Cockrell, and brother Tommy's base hit sends him home. McVoy, the first baseman, drives home Bushwick's second run in the fourth. Bill Kelleher holds the Royal Giants to four hits and three walks with two strikeouts over seven scoreless innings for the win. Bushwick completes the sweep and extends their consecutive game-winning streak to twelve. Fish Cockrell pitches well in a tough-luck loss, allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts. Cockrell, John Donaldson, Oliver Marcell (double), and Irvin Brooks account for Brooklyn's hits.
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ONCE UPON A SUMMER 1918: JOHN DONALDSON'S LONE SEASON WITH THE BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS
- 6/28 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Acquire Midwest Pitching Great, John Donaldson
- 6/30 - John Donaldson Loses Brooklyn Royal Giants Debut To New York Lincoln Giants
- 7/3 - John Donaldson Poised To Make Brooklyn/Queens Debut At Dexter Park
- 7/4 - John Donaldson Twirls Shutout Over Cuban Stars In Dexter Park Debut
- 7/7 - Joe Williams Wins Second Straight Decision Over John Donaldson; Lincoln Giants and Royal Giants Split Twin Bill
- 7/13 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Glendale at Farmer's Oval, Queens
- 7/14 - John Donaldson Defeats Bushwick; Royal Giants Split Twin Bill At Dexter Park
- 7/15 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Take Series Opener From Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
- 7/16 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Take Game Two from Bacharach Giants; John Donaldson Earns The Victory
- 7/17 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Wrap Up Series With Bacharach Giants at Atlantic City
- 7/18 - N.Y. Ship League Team Defeat Brooklyn Royal Giants at Camden, New Jersey
- 7/21 - Cuban Stars Double-Up Brooklyn Royal Giants; John Donaldson Takes Loss at Dexter Park
- 7/24 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Bow To Stan Baumgartner and Bethlehem Steel at Allentown, PA
- 7/27 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Camp Dix Soldiers*
- 7/28 - Silk Sox Clout John Donaldson's Offerings; Brooklyn Royal Giants Fall at Doherty's Oval
- 8/3 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Prospect Heights at Hackensack*
- 8/4 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Forfeit Game To Glendale at Farmer's Oval
- 8/7 - Bethlehem Steel Team Hosts a Scoreless Tie Against Brooklyn Royal Giants
- 8/11 - New York Lincoln Giants and Royal Giants Split Twin Bill at Olympic Field; Joe "Cyclone" Williams Wins Opener, John Donaldson Wins Game Two
- 8/17 - New York Ship Wins Second Contest Against Brooklyn Royal Giants at Camden, N.J.
- 8/18 - The Tietjen & Lang Shipyard Nine Defeat John Donaldson and the Brooklyn Royal Giants, North Bergen, N.J.
- 8/24 - Morse Dry Dock BBC Defeat Royal Giants in John Donaldson's True Brooklyn Debut
- 8/25 - Irvin Brooks Twirls Shutout; Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Glendale at Farmer Oval, Queens
- 9/1 - New York Lincoln Giants Sweep Twin Bill From Royal Giants at Olympic Field; Joe "Cyclone" Williams Earns Dual Victory, John Donaldson Suffers Loss in Second Tilt
- 9/2 - Brooklyn Royal Giants and Cuban Stars Split Games of a Doubleheader at Dexter Park
- 9/4 - Southpaw John Donaldson Hands Camp Mills Their First Loss This Season; Brooklyn Royal Giants Win, 7 to 6
- 9/8 - John Donaldson's Return Match Against Morse Dry Dock Along Brooklyn Waterfront Likely Rained Out
- 9/12 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Glendale in Eleven Innings at Farmer's Oval, Queens
- 9/14 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Tietjen and Lang Club; John Donaldson and the Backdrop of WWI
- 9/15 - Bushwick Sweeps Both Ends of Doubleheader Against Brooklyn Royal Giants at Dexter Park
- 9/22 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Stage Doubleheader Against New York Giants Players at Jersey City
- 9/29 - Smokey Joe Williams Outlasts Irvin Brooks and John Donaldson in Lincoln Giants Decisive Series Win Over Brooklyn Royal Giants
- 10/6 - John Donaldson Hurls a Gem; Brooklyn Royal Giants Sweep Doubleheader From Long Island City at Recreation Park
- 10/12 - John Donaldson Wins Duel Against Joe "Cyclone" Williams; Royal Giants and Lincoln Giants Split Twin Bill at Dexter Park
LHP - JOHN DONALDSON'S PITCHING RECORD w/ BROOKLYN:
- 6/30/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 7/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 0 RUNS, 5 hits, 1 W, 6 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
- 7/7/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 3 runs, 9 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 7/14/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 1 run, 7 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Bushwick; Dexter Park)
- 7/16/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, 6 K (Atlantic City; Bacharach Park, N.J.)
- 7/21/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 6 runs, 10 hits, 4 W, 1 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
- 7/28/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 9 runs, 16 hits, 2 W, 3 K (Silk Sox; Doherty's Oval, N.J.)
- 8/11/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 2 runs, 13 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 8/18/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 5 runs, 5 hits, (?) W, 4 K (Tietjen & Lang; Nurge's Field, N.J.)
- 8/24/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 8 runs, 19 hits, 1 W, 2 K (Morse Dry Dock; Brooklyn)
- 9/1/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 9/2/1918 - (L) 2 innings, 1 run, 2 hits, 0 W, 1 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
- 9/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 6 runs, 7 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Camp Mills; Garden City, N.Y.)
- 9/14/1918 - (W) No game account vs. Tietjen and Lang Ship Club (Nurge's Field, N.J.)
- 9/22/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 7 runs, 10 hits, (?) W, (?) K (New York Giants; Jersey City)
- 9/29/1918 - (ND) 4 innings, 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 10/6/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 0 RUNS, 4 hits, 1 W, 6 K (Long Island City; Recreation Park)
- 10/12/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 1 run, 6 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Lincoln Giants; Dexter Park)
- LINE: 141 innings, 62 runs, 154 hits, 16 walks, 47 strikeouts, 3.95 ERA
BEDFORD & SULLIVAN PODCAST:
Restoring Baseball Great John Donaldson's Lost Legacy With Negro Leagues Historian and Founder of The Donaldson Network, Peter Gorton.
Minnesota native Peter Gorton leads a group of historians dedicated to discovering the lost legacy of John Wesley Donaldson. In this episode, we discuss the man, baseball career, and life of one of the more incredible and inspiring athletes to ever play the game, and how his amazing legacy became lost to a nation, most particularly Baseball's Hall of Fame.
original airdate: March 13, 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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 MartÃn 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.
Monday, September 20, 2021
OTD Negro National League vs. Brooklyn Semipros 9/20/1939: In a Battle of Respective Champions, Bushwicks Defeat the Elite Giants at Dexter Park
From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
On Wednesday, September 20, 1939, in their last regular-season game under the arc lights, Bushwick defeated the Nashville Elite Giants in a tightly contested affair at Dexter Park.
In a game pitting the Negro National League second-half champs versus the Metropolitan Baseball Association champions, right-hander Emery Adams toes the slab for Nashville and is opposed by Bots Nekola for Bushwick.
Both pitchers go six innings. Nekola allows just one run on four hits and one walk with six strikeouts, while Adams yields two runs in the third and one in the six, on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts in a losing effort.
The score remains unchanged through the ninth.
In relief of Nekola, Wally Singer allows no hits with four strikeouts over three scoreless innings. Pitching in relief of Emery Adams, right-hander Willie Hubert throws two scoreless innings.
Second baseman Felton Snow accounts for two of the Elite Giants' five hits and scores their lone run in the fourth inning. Bushwick's second baseman Al Cuccinello leads the team with two hits. First baseman Gene Rodgers, Sol Mishkin, and Bots Nekola drive in a run each.
- NOTE: The Elite Giants last played at Nashville in 1934 and arrived in Baltimore for the 1938 season. I can't tell as to why the papers report the Elite Giants being from Nashville. A 17-year old catcher named Roy Campanella appears on the roster but does not appear in this game.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Once Upon A Summer 9/15/1918: Bushwick Sweeps Both Ends of Doubleheader Against Brooklyn Royal Giants at Dexter Park
From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & THE DONALDSON NETWORK
On Sunday, September 15, 1918, Max Rosner's Bushwicks sweep both ends of a doubleheader from the Brooklyn Royal Giants at Dexter Park.
GAME ONE - Right-hander Irvin Brooks toes the slab for Brooklyn and is opposed by Lefty Russell, one-time pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Robins.
The Royal Giants open with two runs in the first inning. But Bushwick answers in the second with a six-run burst, highlighted by Lefty Russell's bases-clearing double. Joe Weiss singled and scored in the third, and in the fifth, right fielder Casey Stengel tripled home a run and scored, giving Bushwick a 9-2 lead. The Royal Giants rally for two in the top of the eighth, but Joe Weiss pushes across the Dexter's tenth run in the bottom half. Brooklyn then musters three more runs in the ninth to no avail.
Irvin Brooks surrenders ten runs on 15 hits, four going for extra bases, and four walks with six strikeouts in the loss. Joe Weiss leads Bushwick with four hits, including a double and two runs scored, and Lefty Russell helps himself with two hits and a run scored. Russell allows seven runs on eleven hits and three walks with three strikeouts to win on the mound.
Shortstop John Henry Lloyd leads Brooklyn with three hits, including a double, and left fielder John Donaldson goes 2 for 5 with a triple and two runs scored.
GAME TWO - With George Robinson facing off against Bill Kelleher for Bushwick, the teams traded single runs in the first inning, but not without incident. In the top of the frame, Bushwick catcher Fred Hohman is knocked unconscious by a foul ball off the bat of John Henry Lloyd. After about five minutes, Hohman resumes his position behind the plate.
First baseman Al Birch singled and scored in the bottom of the frame, tying the score at one. After two scoreless innings, Bushwick breaks out with four runs in the fourth, highlighted by Casey Stengel's run-scoring single and third baseman Joe Riconda's two-run home run. The Royal Giants score once in the fifth, then tie the game at five apiece with three runs in the sixth, all the result of Bushwick errors as Bill Kelleher yielded no hits. With one out and two runners on base in the home eighth, second baseman Joe Weiss clears the bases with a triple en route to a 7-5 victory and twin bill sweep in front of a record crowd at Dexter Park.
George Robinson yields seven runs on nine hits and five walks in the loss. Bill Kelleher holds the Royal Giants to five runs on just five hits and five walks with four strikeouts for the win.
Casey Stengel goes 2 for 3 at the plate. However, he lost one fly ball in the sun and simply dropped another otherwise easy chance.
Robinson wields Brooklyn's only extra-base hit. Center fielder William Parks, Oliver Marcell, John Cason, and John Henry Lloyd account for Brooklyn's remaining hits. Through both games, Pop Lloyd totals four hits in ten at-bats.
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ONCE UPON A SUMMER, 1918: JOHN DONALDSON'S LONE SEASON WITH THE BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS
- 6/28 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Acquire Midwest Pitching Great, John Donaldson
- 6/30 - John Donaldson Loses Brooklyn Royal Giants Debut To New York Lincoln Giants
- 7/3 - John Donaldson Poised To Make Brooklyn/Queens Debut At Dexter Park
- 7/4 - John Donaldson Twirls Shutout Over Cuban Stars In Dexter Park Debut
- 7/7 - Joe Williams Wins Second Straight Decision Over John Donaldson; Lincoln Giants and Royal Giants Split Twin Bill
- 7/13 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Glendale at Farmer's Oval, Queens
- 7/14 - John Donaldson Defeats Bushwick; Royal Giants Split Twin Bill At Dexter Park
- 7/15 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Take Series Opener From Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
- 7/16 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Take Game Two from Bacharach Giants; John Donaldson Earns The Victory
- 7/17 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Wrap Up Series With Bacharach Giants at Atlantic City
- 7/18 - N.Y. Ship League Team Defeat Brooklyn Royal Giants at Camden, New Jersey
- 7/21 - Cuban Stars Double-Up Brooklyn Royal Giants; John Donaldson Takes Loss at Dexter Park
- 7/24 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Bow To Stan Baumgartner and Bethlehem Steel at Allentown, PA
- 7/27 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Camp Dix Soldiers*
- 7/28 - Silk Sox Clout John Donaldson's Offerings; Brooklyn Royal Giants Fall at Doherty's Oval
- 8/3 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Prospect Heights at Hackensack*
- 8/4 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Forfeit Game To Glendale at Farmer's Oval
- 8/7 - Bethlehem Steel Team Hosts a Scoreless Tie Against Brooklyn Royal Giants
- 8/11 - New York Lincoln Giants and Royal Giants Split Twin Bill at Olympic Field; Joe "Cyclone" Williams Wins Opener, John Donaldson Wins Game Two
- 8/17 - New York Ship Wins Second Contest Against Brooklyn Royal Giants at Camden, N.J.
- 8/18 - The Tietjen & Lang Shipyard Nine Defeat John Donaldson and the Brooklyn Royal Giants, North Bergen, N.J.
- 8/24 - Morse Dry Dock BBC Defeat Royal Giants in John Donaldson's True Brooklyn Debut
- 8/25 - Irvin Brooks Twirls Shutout; Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Glendale at Farmer Oval, Queens
- 9/1 - New York Lincoln Giants Sweep Twin Bill From Royal Giants at Olympic Field; Joe "Cyclone" Williams Earns Dual Victory, John Donaldson Suffers Loss in Second Tilt
- 9/2 - Brooklyn Royal Giants and Cuban Stars Split Games of a Doubleheader at Dexter Park
- 9/4 - Southpaw John Donaldson Hands Camp Mills Their First Loss This Season; Brooklyn Royal Giants Win, 7 to 6
- 9/8 - John Donaldson's Return Match Against Morse Dry Dock Along Brooklyn Waterfront Likely Rained Out
- 9/12 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Glendale in Eleven Innings at Farmer's Oval, Queens
- 9/14 - Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Tietjen and Lang Club; John Donaldson and the Backdrop of WWI
LHP - JOHN DONALDSON'S PITCHING RECORD w/ BROOKLYN:
- 6/30/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 7/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 0 RUNS, 5 hits, 1 W, 6 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
- 7/7/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 3 runs, 9 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 7/14/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 1 run, 7 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Bushwick; Dexter Park)
- 7/16/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, 6 K* (Atlantic City; Bacharach Park, N.J.)
- 7/21/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 6 runs, 10 hits, 4 W, 1 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
- 7/28/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 9 runs, 16 hits, 2 W, 3 K (Silk Sox; Doherty's Oval, N.J.)
- 8/11/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 2 runs, 13 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 8/18/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 5 runs, 5 hits, (?) W, 4 K (Tietjen & Lang; Nurge's Field, N.J.)
- 8/24/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 8 runs, 19 hits, 1 W, 2 K (Morse Dry Dock; Brooklyn)
- 9/1/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
- 9/2/1918 - (L) 2 innings, 1 run, 2 hits, 0 W, 1 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
- 9/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 6 runs, 7 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Camp Mills, Garden City, NY)
- 9/14/1918 - (W) No game account vs. Tietjen and Lang Ship Club (Nurge's Field, N.J.)
- LINE: 110 innings, 51 runs, 128 hits, 13 walks, 31 strikeouts, 4.17 ERA
BEDFORD & SULLIVAN PODCAST:
Restoring Baseball Great John Donaldson's Lost Legacy With Negro Leagues Historian and Founder of The Donaldson Network, Peter Gorton.
Minnesota native Peter Gorton leads a group of historians dedicated to discovering the lost legacy of John Wesley Donaldson. In this episode, we discuss the man, baseball career, and life of one of the more incredible and inspiring athletes to ever play the game, and how his amazing legacy became lost to a nation, most particularly Baseball's Hall of Fame.
Original airdate: March 13, 2021
Friday, September 10, 2021
OTD Negro National League vs. Brooklyn Semipros 9/10/1937: Leon Day Hurls Two-Hit Shutout; Newark Eagles Defeat Bushwick at Dexter Park
From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
On Friday, September 10, 1937, Newark's 20-year old right-hander and future Hall of Famer Leon Day leads the Eagles in victory over Bushwick at Dexter Park.
Newark's Leon Day limits the Dexters to a mere two hits and one walk with four strikeouts in a complete-game shutout effort. Not one Bushwick baserunner reaches second base. In fact, only four Bushwick players even reached first: two hits, a walk, and a hit by pitch. Leon Day also finishes strong, retiring Bushwick in order in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings.
This is not to say Bushwick starter Bernie Pearlman was ineffective, perhaps just unlucky. Pearlman yields just two runs on ten hits and two walks with four strikeouts in the loss in an otherwise fine effort.
After six scoreless innings of play, Day comes to his own aid in the seventh inning. Third baseman
Ray Dandridge singles and Leon Day wallops a double off the right-field wall, scoring Dandridge. Newark picked up an insurance run in the ninth when left fielder Lennie Pearson doubled and scored due to a misplay in right field.
Third baseman Al Reiss and shortstop Russell Bergman account for Bushwick's only hits.
Ray Dandridge with three hits and Lennie Pearson with two account for half of Newark's ten hits. Shortstop Willie Wells wields the second of Newark's two extra-base hits, while first baseman
Mule Suttles is held hitless in four trips.
Sunday, September 05, 2021
OTD Brooklyn Semipros 9/5/1915: Bushwick Drops Twin Bill Against Almendares of Havana and Ironsides of Newark at Ridgewood Park
From the desk: CUBA vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
On Sunday, September 5, 1915, Bushwick loses both ends of a doubleheader, the first against the Almendares Club of Havana, the second against the Ironsides of Newark, at Wallace's Ridgewood Park.
The Almendares Club of Havana are charter members of the original Cuban League established in 1878, two years after National League was formed. In 1881, they became the first Cuban team to host a baseball team from the United States.
Bushwick falls behind the Cuban professionals with haste. Facing Frank Egan, Almendares push across four runs in the first inning, and another in the top of the third before Bushwick responds with two. But Almendares starter Baro would yield no more. He limits Bushwick to a pair of runs on nine hits, three going for extra bases, and three walks for the win. Reedy, with two doubles, and Hall who tripled, account for five of Bushwick's nine hits; ten runners were left on base. Frank Egan yields ten runs on ten hits for the loss. Almendares led 7-2 after four, then scored three times in the sixth en route to a 10-2 final score.
Although slightly more competitive in game two, the outcome for Bushwick remains the same. This time they leave 14 runners on base. Three times they loaded the base and each time left them fully occupied. Pitching for Bushwick, Girard surrenders eight runs on twelve hits in the loss. His mound opponent essentially wins the game single-handed. Starting for Newark, Hughes allows five runs on eleven hits and seven walks, but deprives Bushwick of a decisive blow. At the plate, Hughes leads the Ironsides with three hits including a triple and home run.
Monday, August 30, 2021
OTD Brooklyn Semipros 8/30/1935: Former Brooklyn Dodger Hurler Dazzy Vance Makes Bushwick Debut, But Springfield Wins at Dexter Park
From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
On Friday, August 30, 1935, a 42-year old former three-time 20-game winner for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Dazzy Vance makes his Bushwick debut in a contest against the Springfield Greys at Dexter Park.
Right-hander Dazzy Vance faced the minimum six batters over the first two innings for Bushwick, inducing two fly balls, one groundout, and striking out three batters.
After two scoreless innings, Bushwick left fielder Al Moore knocks home two runs in the third inning against Springfield starter Charley Cerny. But Bushwick would score no more. Charley Cerney holds the Dexters scoreless over the game's final six frames. All told, he allows a lone run on six hits and six walks with eight strikeouts for the win.
With Dazzy Vance out of the game, the Greys tally four runs on twelve hits against Rube Chambers, who takes the loss. Springfield amasses 14 total hits, but only two off Art Smith during his two innings pitched.
Monday, August 23, 2021
OTD Brooklyn Semipros 8/23/1935: Bushwicks Defeat Bay Parkways in Extra Innings at Dexter Park
From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
On Friday, August 23, 1935, in another diamond tussle featuring brother versus brother, Max Rosner's Bushwick nine outduels Joe Rosner's Bay Parkway Dukes at Dexter Park. With the victory, Bushwick takes a 3-2 lead in the season series.
Rube Chambers is called upon to make a last-minute start for Bushwick as Jim Duffy arrives at Dexter Park an inning late. Bay Parkway takes full advantage by pushing across the game's opening run. Otherwise, Duffy takes over slab duties in the second and is opposed by local Long Island University product Al Morris for the Dukes in a familiar match-up.
Once settled in, Jim Duffy proceeds to toss seven scoreless innings. Meanwhile, Bushwick takes a slim lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. But the Dukes pick up Al Morris with the game-tying run in the visitor's ninth.
With one out and runners on the corners in the home tenth, right fielder Sol Mishkin's hit delivers home center fielder Al Moore (triple) with the game-winning run.
Despite 13 strikeouts and largely undone by misplays in the field, Al Morris allows three runs on 13 hits and three walks for the loss. Jim Duffy allows one late run on eight hits and no walks with two strikeouts for the win.
Friday, August 20, 2021
OTD Negro National League vs. Brooklyn Semipros 8/20/1935: Bushwicks Defeat Philadelphia Stars at Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. Field
From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
Max Rosner's Bushwick club packed their suitcases and traveled to the City of Brotherly Love, where on Tuesday, August 20, 1935, they took on Ed Bolden's Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League at the Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. Field, 44th Street, and Parkside Avenue.
"DEXTERS TOP PHILLY STARS"
Toeing the slab for Bushwich, Rube Chambers is opposed by southpaw Lefty Holmes twirling for the Stars. Philly opens the scoring with three in the second. But Bushwick answers back in the fourth with three of their own. The score remains unchanged through the sixth. The Stars then seize a 4-3 lead in the seventh.
Lefty Holmes issues a walk to Bushwick second baseman Dutch Woerner with two outs in the top of the eighth, then hits right fielder Sol Mishkin with a pitch. Third baseman Willie Batch singles driving home Woerner, and Eppie Barnes follows with a double plating Mishkin and Batch for a 6-4 lead and the final margin of victory.
Lefty Holmes takes the loss, allowing all six runs on eight hits and five walks with seven strikeouts. Rube Chambers yields four runs on ten hits and five walks with four strikeouts for the win.
Stars' third baseman Dewey Creacy homers and drives home two. Right fielder Ted Page and second baseman Dick Seay drive home a run apiece. Center fielder Lloyd Davenport leads Philly with three hits, including a double with two runs scored. Catcher Biz Mackey goes 1 for 2 with a run scored, and first baseman Jud Wilson wields a double in three trips to the plate.
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
OTD Brooklyn Semipros 8/17/1934: Bushwicks Shut Out Bay Parkways at Dexter Park
From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS
On Friday, August 17, 1934, in another clash of brother versus brother, Joe Rosner's Bay Parkway Dukes are defeated by Max Rosner's Bushwicks at Dexter Park.
Bay Parkway starter Jim Duffy allows three runs on just three hits and three walks with six strikeouts in a somewhat ponderous loss against Bushwick. A tightly contested affair to be sure, the Dukes outhit Bushwick, 7 to 3, but the Dexters do a better job of bunching theirs together, depending on your point of view.
Leading off the Bushwick first, third baseman Buck Lai safely bunts his way to first, then advances when Jim Duffy fields Overton Tremper's comebacker but throws errantly to second. Right fielder Joe Rabbitt then lays another bunt down the third base line, but another errant throw, this time by Duke third baseman Tarr allows Lai to score. Overton Tremper then scores on second baseman Jimmy Calleran's fielder's choice.
With two outs in the home fourth, and runners on the corners, Bushwick executes a successful double-steal when Ed Boland takes off for second, and Jimmy Calleran scampers home giving the Dexters a 3-0 lead.
The score remains unchanged through the ninth.
Bushwick starter Art Smith allows seven hits (one for extra bases) and no walks with six strikeouts in a complete-game shutout victory. Catcher Paddy Smith was thrown out by home plate umpire Golden for excessive arguing. Charlie Hargreaves entered the game in Smith's place.
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