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 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

The Brooklyn (NY) Citizen, Thursday, September 21, 1939

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.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Thursday, September 21, 1939

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

NASHVILLE/BALTIMORE ELITE GIANTS

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.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Thursday, September 21, 1939

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

The Brooklyn Citizen, Saturday, September 11, 1937

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.

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

NEWARK EAGLES

The Brooklyn Citizen, 

Saturday, September 11, 1937

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 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

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Monday, September 6, 1915

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.

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), Monday, September 6, 1915

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.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Monday, September 6, 1915

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.

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

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), Saturday, August 31, 1935

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.

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), 

Saturday, August 31, 1935

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.

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), 

Saturday, August 31, 1935

OTD Negro National League vs. Brooklyn Semipros 8/29/1937: Leon Day Wins Two as Newark Eagles Sweep Both Ends of Twin Bill Against Bay Parkways at Erasmus Field

From the desk: NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPRO

The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, August 30, 1937

On Sunday, August 29, 1937, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League win games of a tightly contested doubleheader against the Bay Parkway Dukes at Erasmus Field, McDonald Avenue at the Avenue M station along the Culver Line, Brooklyn.

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

NEWARK EAGLES

GAME ONE - Starting for the Dukes, Phil Mooney is opposed by the familiar right-hander Terris McDuffie who was hurling for Brooklyn two years ago before the Manleys relocated the Eagles to Newark.  The two duel to a one-all tie through nine innings.  Newark scores their run in the second and the Bay Parkways in the fourth.  Afterwhich, the score remains unchanged for the next five innings, and into extra innings, they go at Erasmus Field.

Mooney allows the lone run on just five hits through nine.  After the second, he hurls seven scoreless innings but exits to a no-decision.  He is relieved in the tenth inning by Eddie Bell.  Meanwhile, Terris McDuffie lasts through the twelfth inning, and like Mooney, walks off to a no-decision.  McDuffie, after the fourth twirls eight scoreless innings.  

After enduring another four scoreless frames, the Eagles finally get to Eddie Bell for three runs in the top of the fourteenth inning.  Second baseman Dick Seay doubles, and after a walk issued to shortstop Willie Wells, first baseman Mule Suttles doubles to right field, plating Seay with the game's decisive run.  

Right-hander Leon Day, who entered the game in the thirteenth, tosses two scoreless innings for the win.  Right fielder Ed Stone leads the Eagles with three hits, and third baseman Ray Dandridge

wields two.

The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, August 30, 1937

GAME TWO - A seven-inning contest is agreed upon.  Newark promptly scores three runs on four hits against Bay Parkway starter Johnny Ubinski in the first inning.  Afterwhich, Ubinski settles in with help from Teddy Wronewic's stellar play in left field, allowing no runs on just three scattered hits over the final six innings.  

However, Leon Day makes Newark's lead stand.  The Dukes manage two runs in the fourth and not much else.  After his relief stint in game one, Leon Day holds Bay Parkway to six hits with three strikeouts over seven innings for the win.  Ed Stone leads the Eagles with two hits, while Mule Suttles, Dick Seay, and center fielder Jimmie Crutchfield crossed home for Newark.  Despite seven strikeouts, Johnny Ubinski takes the hard-luck loss.

OTD at EBBETS FIELD 8/25/1934: Local Colored All-Stars Defeat White Semipro All-Stars in Benefit Game for New York Sandlot Baseball

From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. SEMIPROS

Saturday, August 25, 1934

COLORED ALL-STARS

vs.

WHITE ALL-STARS

FROM

EBBETS FIELD

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday, August 25, 1934

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), Wednesday, August 22, 1934

Nat C. Strong, the northeast's preeminent booker/business manager, with ownership interests in the Bushwicks and Brooklyn Royal Giants among other semipro and colored teams, in cooperation with the New York City Baseball Federation, the Community Councils, and the Sports Foundation, plays a leading role in organizing an exhibition between selected Colored All-Stars and a picked nine of White (semipro) All-Stars.   

Proceeds of the game were dedicated to furthering New York sandlot baseball.  High interest and wide support abound.  Fred G. Lieb 1, a nationally known sportswriter, sponsors the event with support from National League president John Heydler and American League president Will Harridge, who donated the baseballs.  At least twelve umpires volunteer their services, with six being selected.  And a familiar face at Ebbets Field, Bill Boylan tosses batting practice for both teams just as he does for the Brooklyn Dodgers when they're home.  Local fans could vote for colored and semipro players while tickets were held commensurate with local theater prices.

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), Thursday, August 23, 1934

With Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia present, the Department of Welfare band and Fife & Drum Corps conduct opening ceremonies with a parade to the center field flagpole.  In addition to numerous other luminaries in attendance, it was believed that former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey 2 would perhaps also be on hand to throw out the first pitch.

"It's the first time a game of this type has been conducted for the edification of semipro fans, not to mention the big league addicts who will find themselves without a Dodgers' contest tomorrow.  It represents a milestone in the game, for this contest has been years in the dreaming." - Times Union, (Brooklyn, NY), Friday, August 25, 1934

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY) Friday, August 24, 1934

From the New York Black Yankees, George Scales manages selected players from the Philly Stars, Bacharach Giants, Newark Dodgers, and Black Yankees. 3  

COLORED ALL-STAR LINEUP: (assumed)

1B - Leonard Lindsay; CF - Willie Gray; RF - L.D. Livingston; LF - Bobo Leonard

C - Josh Johnson; 2B - Ed Pryor; 3B - Bobby Dean; SS - Curtis Henderson

SP - Henry McHenry; RP - Alphonso Cox; RP - Terris McDuffie; RP - Jimmy Everett

The White All-Stars comprise member players from the Metropolitan Baseball Association: Cartlons (Bronx), Springfields (Queens), Glendale Farmers, Elmhurst Grays, Bay Parkway Dukes, Al Mamaux's Meadowbrooks, and Bushwick.  They are managed by Joe Fero of the Farmers with Joe Press of the Bay Parkways as a base coach.  

Bushwick catcher and New Jersey native Charlie Hargreaves, Erasmus High School product and Farmer shortstop Jonah Goldman, Bay Parkway outfielder and former Dodger Bruce Caldwell, have major-league experience.

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY) Friday, August 24, 1934 

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Daily News (New York, NY), Sunday, August 26, 1934

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday, August 26, 1934

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), Sunday, August 26, 1934

Facing starter Henry McHenry, the Semipro stars jump out to an early lead with runs in the first and third.  After tossing three scoreless innings,  James Duffy is relieved by George Manfredi of the Bay Parkways, and that's when things begin to go wrong for the White team.  The Colored stars score three times in the fourth, assisted by four walks and a hit but give one back in the bottom half.  Fitzsimmons fares no better in the fifth, yielding three more runs on two hits and two walks and an error by second baseman Jack Winslow.  After a scoreless seventh, the Colored All-Stars take a 7-2 lead in the top half of the eighth.  However, the white semipros stage a big six-run rally in the bottom half of the frame to take a 9-7 lead.  But the Colored All-Stars were not yet done.  After trading a run each in the eighth, manager George Scales' team rallied for three runs in the ninth inning for an 11-10 lead and the final margin of victory. 

Both teams strike for 15 hits.  Jimmy Ashworth leads the white all-stars with three hits, including a double.  Josh Johnson leads the Colored All-Stars with three hits, Leonard Lindsay, Willie Gray, and L.D. Livingston each wields two hits.  Johnson, Ed Pryor, and Curtis Henderson score two runs apiece.

1,2,3 - New York Age, Saturday, August 25, 1934, p5, c7

Once Upon A Summer 8/24/1918: Morse Dry Dock BBC Defeat Royal Giants in John Donaldson's True Brooklyn Debut

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & THE DONALDSON NETWORK

The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), 

Thursday, August 22, 1918

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), 

Friday, August 23, 1918

On Saturday, August 24, 1918, roughly six miles from where I presently live, the Morse Dry Dock and Repair Co. baseball club defeated the Royal Giants at Morse Field, 52nd Street, and 2nd Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. 

The Brooklyn Citizen, Sunday, August 25, 1918

Victory against the East Coast's various shipping nines continues eluding the Brooklyn Royal Giants. 

In a winning effort, Morse Dry Dock starting pitcher Chad See limits the Royals to three runs on seven hits and four walks with five strikeouts.

See holds the visitors scoreless through the fifth.  The Giants finally score once in the sixth and twice more in the eighth.  Second baseman Joe Hewitt leads the Giants with two hits and two runs scored, and third baseman Oliver Marcell scores their third run.  Shortstop John Henry Lloyd wields the Giants' only extra-base hit.  

From the batter's box, John Donaldson also connects for two hits.

However, on the mound, Morse Dry Dock offers the midwestern star no quarter.  After opening the game with a four-run first, Morse continues punishing John Donaldson's offerings to all corners of the field.  They double their score total with two runs in the fifth and two more in the home seventh.  Sacks, the left fielder, leads Brooklyn's ship workers with four hits, two for extra bases, and three runs scored.  All told, John Donaldson yields eight runs on nineteen hits (four doubles) and one walk with two strikeouts.

This game marks John Donaldson's true Brooklyn debut.

The Brooklyn Citizen, Sunday, 

August 25, 1918

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday, August 25, 1918

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BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

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.

LHP - JOHN DONALDSON'S STARTS w/ BROOKLYN:

1. 6/30/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 W, 2K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
2. 7/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 0 RUNS, 5 hits, 1 W, 6K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
3. 7/7/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 3 runs, 9 hits, 2 W, 2K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
4. 7/14/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 1 run, 7 hits, 1 W, 5K (Bushwick; Dexter Park)
5. 7/16/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, 6K* (Atlantic City; Bacharach Park, N.J.)
6. 7/21/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 6 runs, 10 hits, 4 W, 1 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
7. 7/28/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 9 runs, 16 hits, 2 W, 3 K (Silk Sox, Doherty's Oval, N.J.)
8. 8/11/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 2 runs, 13 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Lincoln Giants, Olympic Field)
9. 8/18/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 5 runs, 5 hits, (?) W, 4 K (Tietjen & Lang, Nurge's Field, N.J.)
10. 8/24/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 8 runs, 19 hits, 1 W, 2 K (Morse Dry Dock, Brooklyn)

• LINE: 90 innings, 40 runs, 105 hits, 13 walks, 30 strikeouts, 4.00 ERA 

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OTD Brooklyn Semipros 8/23/1935: Bushwicks Defeat Bay Parkways in Extra Innings at Dexter Park

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday, August 24, 1935

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.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Saturday, August 24, 1935

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. 

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

The Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

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"

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA 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.

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

OTD Brooklyn Semipros 8/17/1934: Bushwicks Shut Out Bay Parkways at Dexter Park

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY),

Saturday, August 18, 1934

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.

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY),

Saturday, August 18, 1934

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. 

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY),

Saturday, August 18, 1934