OTD Negro National League 8/10/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Overpower Homestead Grays in Altoona, Pennsylvania

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

Altoona (PA) Tribune, Sunday, August 10, 1935

On Saturday, August 10, 1935, in a Negro National League contest, the Brooklyn Eagles defeated the Homestead Grays at the Cricket Field, Altoona Pennsylvania.

Altoona (PA) Tribune, Sunday, August 10, 1935

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE II

BROOKLYN EAGLES

vs.

HOMESTEAD GRAYS

Pitching is not the order of this day.  Both teams score early, often, and late.  Twelve extra-base hits are struck in this contest, with four going for home runs.  The game is declared final after the eighth, with Brooklyn pushing across 13 runs on 14 hits.  Despite a three-run rally in the eighth, the Grays still come up two runs short.

Brooklyn winning pitcher Otis Starks surrenders all eleven Homestead runs on 17 hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Grays left fielder Vic Harris leads Homestead with four hits, including a double, home run, and two runs scored.  Playing right field this game, Louis Dula connects for three hits with a double.  Center fielder Jerry Benjamin, second baseman Matt Carlisle, and third sacker Jimmy Binder 

wield two hits apiece, including a double, respectively.

For Homestead, pitchers Willie Gisentaner, Joe Strong, and Roy Williams all take their share in the loss.  Eagle center fielder Clarence Griffin wields three hits, highlighted by a home run with four runs scored.  Catcher Clarence Palm also collects three hits.  Second baseman Harry Williams doubles and homers, and Crush Holloway also homers for Brooklyn.

Pittsburgh (PA) Sun-Telegraph,

Monday, August 11, 1935

OTD Negro National League 7/29/1935: Newark Dodgers Ride William Bell's Right Arm to Victory Over Visiting Brooklyn Eagles

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

The Central New Jersey Home News, Tuesday, July 30, 1935

"WILLIAMS' EIGHTH INNING TRIPLE GIVES 

NEWARK DODGERS VICTORY OVER BROOKLYN, 3-2"

On Monday, July 29, 1935, in a scheduled Negro National League match, the host Newark Dodgers defeated the invading Brooklyn Eagles at the local high school stadium.

Facing Newark starter William Bell, the Eagles jump out to an early first-inning lead on center fielder Clarence Griffin's two-run home run, which clears the scoreboard in the right field, with base runner  Tex Burnett for the ride.  

But William Bell yields no more.  The Dodger twirler goes on to toss eight shutout innings, allowing a total of just six hits and two walks with four strikeouts for the win.  

Tex Burnett accounts for two of Brooklyn's six hits, while Griffin, Crush Hollaway, Ed Stone, and Javier Perez account for the rest.  

Losing pitcher, Will Jackman surrenders three runs on eight hits and no walks with a pair of strikeouts.

Left fielder Jim Williams leads Newark, going 2 for 4 with a double, triple, and a run scored. 

The Dodgers push one run across in the second.  Afterwhich, the score remains unchanged through the seventh inning.  With one out in the eighth, Newark's center fielder Paul Arnold singles.  With two outs, third baseman Ray Dandridge beats out a bunt, putting runners on the corners.  Williams then follows with a bases-clearing triple off the outfield wall, giving the Dodgers a 3-2 advantage and the final margin of victory. 

Brooklyn Eagles vs. Newark Dodgers

The Central New Jersey Home News, Tuesday, July 30, 1935

OTD Negro National League 7/13/1935: Brooklyn Eagles and Pittsburgh Crawfords Split Twin Bill at Ebbets Fields

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY 

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York),

Sunday, July 14, 1918

On Saturday, July 13, 1935, in a Negro National League contest, the Brooklyn Eagles and Pittsburgh Crawfords split games of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field.

GAME ONE - Crawford right-hander Roosevelt Davis limits the Eagles to three runs on just six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts for the win.  Brooklyn's first baseman George Giles poses the biggest threat going 2 for 4 with a double and home run.  The teams battle to a two-all tie through five, and Brooklyn even takes a one-run lead in the sixth on Giles' clout.  But Pittsburgh posts four runs in the eighth to knock Elbert Williams out of the box and put the game out of reach.  The Crawfords score once more in the top of the ninth for good measure.  Elbert Williams walks two and strikes out two in a losing effort.  Left-hander Otis Starks closes out the game in relief of Williams.  Left fielder and native New Yorker Fats Jenkins bats 1 for 4 with a stolen base and a run scored.

• FINAL: PITT 7; BRK 3

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), Sunday, July 14, 1918

GAME TWO: Despite opening the scoring in the second, Pittsburgh overtakes Brooklyn with two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth for a 3-1 lead.  However, the Eagles answered with three runs in the sixth, and starter Leon Day makes them stand, closing out the game with three scoreless innings for the win.  All told, Leon Day yields three runs on seven hits and one walk with five strikeouts and a hit batsman for good measure.  Pittsburgh's Jimmy Crutchfield is 2 for 5 with a double, stolen base, and run scored, center fielder Cool Papa Bell goes 2 for 4 with a triple, stolen base, and run scored, and Judy Johnson hits safely in both games.  Brooklyn's George Giles once again poses a threat, this time to Crawford starter Bill Harvey with two hits and a run scored.  Otherwise, Harvey yields only five hits and four walks in losing effort.

• FINAL: PITT 3; BRK 4

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York),

Wednesday, July 10, 1935

OTD 6/23/1935: Bay Parkway Dukes Split Twin Bill With New York Black Yankees at Erasmus Field

From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York),

Monday, June 24, 1935

On Sunday, June 23, 1935, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the Bay Parkway Dukes split games of a doubleheader with the New York Black Yankees at Erasmus Field, McDonald Avenue at the Avenue M station along the Culver Line. 

⚾ 1935 New York Black Yankees ⚾

GAME ONE - Bay Parkway starter Al Morris limits the Yankees to just one run on eight hits and two walks with seven strikeouts for the win.  Second baseman Henry Spearman leads the visitors with four hits, including a double in four at-bats.  Catcher Bob Clarke is the only other Yankee with multiple hits.  Left fielder Crush Holloway and shortstop Walter Cannady account for the Yankees' other two hits.  But the New York Black Yankees leave nine men on base.  Starter Barney Brown yields two runs on just four hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in a hard-luck loss.  Both teams traded runs in the first inning, Spearman scoring for the Yankees and Goldstein for the Dukes.  The score remains unchanged through the fifth.  However, in the home sixth, Yankees' first baseman Dave Thomas drops a throw from third baseman Bill Riggins allowing Mac Posnack to score the game's decisive run.

GAME TWO - The Dukes twice hold the lead, each time relinquishing it to the Yankees, who finally pull away with single runs in the sixth and eighth innings en route to a tightly contested 6-5 victory and a split of Sunday's twin bill at Erasmus Field.  The Yankees' pitching duties are shared by Connie Rector and  Terris McDuffie joining together to win.  They allow nine hits, with four going for extra bases, including a triple by Dukes' second baseman, Rodrigues.  McDuffie walks one and strikeouts out four, and Rector walks one and hits a batter.  Making up for his game one misplay, first baseman Dave Thomas leads the Yankees with a double, triple, and two runs scored.  Center fielder Thad Christopher also goes 2 for 5 with a double and a run scored.