OTD 9/22/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Split Twin Bill With Glendale at Farmer's Oval, Queens

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

The Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), 

Monday, September 23, 1935

On Sunday, September 22, 1935, the Negro National League  Brooklyn Eagles and Glendale Farmers split games of a doubleheader at Farmer's Oval, Queens.

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

BROOKLYN EAGLES

Playing before 5,700 fans at Farmer's Oval, the home team takes the opening game from the Eagles.  Brooklyn starter Terris McDuffie is knocked out of the box as the Farmers seize a 6-2 lead through five.  Right-hander Elbert Williams enters the game in relief of McDuffie, and Billy Nicholas tosses a scoreless ninth.  Farmer's first baseman Gene Rogers connects for a three-run home run, and third baseman Roy Tarr also homers for Queens.  Glendale starter Jack LaRocca holds Brooklyn to three runs on nine hits for the win.  Left fielder Fats Jenkins leads the Eagles with three hits, right fielder Ed Stone goes 2 for 4 with a triple, and third baseman Javier Perez accounts for two of Brooklyn's three runs scored.

The Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), Monday, September 23, 1935

Right-hander Leon Day holds Glendale to four runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in game two as the Eagles draw even with the Farmers for a twin bill split.  Brooklyn punishes Dominick Torpe's offerings to all corners of the yard for 17 hits resulting in six runs.  First baseman George Giles goes 4 for 5 with a triple and stolen base.  Catcher Clarence Palm also triples, and Ed Stone homers for Brooklyn.  The Eagles turn a key double-play in the eighth to help preserve the victory.

OTD 9/11/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Defeat Grover Cleveland Alexander's Western House of David in First-Ever Arc-Light Game at Ebbets Field

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Thursday, September 12, 1935

They tried this once before, on Monday, June 5, 1935, but the first-ever arclight game to be staged at Ebbets Field pitting the Brooklyn Eagles hosting the House of David Club was rained out with both parties unsure whether the game would ever be rescheduled.  

Well, herein, we have our answer.

On Wednesday, September 11, 1935, the Brooklyn Eagles host Grover Cleveland Alexander's western House of David in the first-ever arclight game staged at Ebbets Field.

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

BROOKLYN EAGLES

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Thursday, September 12, 1935

The now 48-year old Pete Alexander pitches the first inning, yielding one hit against leadoff batter Fats Jenkins, then retires to the dugout to coach the team.  Walter Laufer takes over pitching duties in the second and surrenders six runs on ten hits and one walk with two strikeouts in a losing effort.

The Eagles open the scoring in the home fourth.  But in the visitor's sixth, House of David ties the game at one.  That is until Eagle shortstop Bill Sadler triples him the go-ahead run as part of a three-run rally in the home sixth.  Brooklyn adds two more in the eighth en route to a 6-1 final score.

Fats Jenkins goes 3 for 4 with a triple and a stolen base.  First baseman George Giles, right fielder Ed Stone, and catcher Tex Burnett who goes 2 for 3, also wield triples for the Eagles.

Brooklyn right-hander Terris McDuffie is the true star of the game, limiting the House of Davis to a lone run on six hits and two walks with ten strikeouts and a hit batsman for good measure.

Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), 

 Thursday, September 12, 1935

 

OTD Battle of the Boroughs 8/20/1935: Brooklyn Eagles are Defeated By Glendale at Farmer's Oval, Queens

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

On Tuesday, August 20, 1935, the Brooklyn Eagles of the Negro National League are defeated by the Glendale Farmers at their home oval in Queens.

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

BROOKLYN EAGLES

Returning to Ebbets Field later in the month, the Eagles visit neighboring Queens, playing into extra innings at Farmer Oval.  

Starting for Glendale, Matty Swanson yields three runs on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts through seven innings pitched.  He exits to a no-decision, relieved by Eddie Miller in the eighth.  Eagle starter Billy Nicholas, a product of Textile High School in New York City, likewise limits Glendale to three runs through nine.

Brooklyn opens the scoring with a run in the first.  Afterwhich, Matty Swanson grounds the Eagles with five scoreless innings.  Trailing 2-1 after six, Brooklyn breaks through with two runs in the seventh to seize a one-run lead.  But it does not last.  Glendale ties the game in the bottom half of the frame at three.

After a scoreless eighth and ninth, into extra innings, they go at Farmer Oval.  Still facing Eddie Miller, the Eagles go down quietly in the top half of the tenth.  In the home half of the frame, left fielder Jimmy Ashworth drives home catcher Ben Ferriola with the winning run.

This marks Glendale's first win against Brooklyn in three tries.  Eddie Miller earns the victory in relief of Matty Swanson, allowing no runs on just two hits and two walks with three strikeouts over the final three innings.  Jimmy Ashworth leads the Farmers with three hits and two runs batted in; Ben Ferriola wields two hits, scored twice, and drives home two; and third baseman Roy Tarr slashes a triple and drives home one.

Billy Nicholas allows all four runs on eleven hits and six walks with six strikeouts in a losing effort.  Both left fielder Fats Jenkins and second baseman Harry Williams post two hits and a stolen base.  Catcher Clarence Palm homers for Brooklyn.  Jenkins and third baseman Javier Perez account for the Eagles' two other runs scored.

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

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 National League 8/4/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Routed By Newark Dodgers in Twin Bill at Ebbets Field

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE II

NEWARK DODGERS

vs.

BROOKLYN EAGLES

FROM

Ebbets Field

On Sunday, Aug 4, 1935, in a Negro National League matchup, the Brooklyn Eagles lost both games of a doubleheader to the Newark Dodgers.  The visitors twice rally during the latter innings to capture victory at Ebbets Field, Bedford Avenue at Sullivan Place.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

Monday, August 5, 1935

GAME ONE - Brooklyn opens the scoring in the first, but Newark responds with two runs in the second followed by a three-run third.  The Eagles claw back with a run in the home fourth then erutpt for three runs in the sixth tying the game at five.  However, Newark remains resolute with three runs in the eighth highlighted by pinch-hitter Frank McCoy's bases loaded double, and one last run in the ninth for a 9-5 victory in favor of the visitors.  

Newark right-hander William Bell allows eleven hits and no walks in a winning effort.  At the plate for Brooklyn, Fats Jenkins goes 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored, second baseman Harry Williams is likewise 2 for 4 with a double, stolen base, and one run scored, and first baseman George Giles lashes a triple.

Eagle starter Will Jackman yields 17 hits and no walks with five strikeouts in a losing effort.  Newark second baseman Flash Miller leads the Dodgers going 3 for 5 with a double and two runs scored; William Bell also connects for three hits.  Five other Dodgers weild multiple hits.  Third baseman Ray Dandridge is 2 for 5 with two runs and a triple, and shortstop Ted Bond wields two hits with a stolen base.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday, August 5, 1935

GAME TWO - In a high-scoring, albeit closely contested affair, Newark outlasts Brooklyn to capture game two.  

Starting for Brooklyn, right-hander Leon Day has certainly seen better days.  He is knocked out of the box after recording just three outs but not before yielding five hits.  Forced into quick relief duty, former NYC high-schooler Billy Nicholas allows two more hits as the Dodgers tally six runs in the second inning.  

The Eagles respond in prolific fashion, with two runs in the bottom half of the frame, five runs in the third, and after Newark posts two runs in the top of the fifth, Brooklyn tallies three more for a 10-8 lead through four.  

However, Otis Starks pitching in relief of Nicholas followed by Will Jackman cannot hold.  Starks surrenders seven hits over 4.1 innings and Jackman allows another five hits in 1.2 innings as the Dodgers flourish in the closing fames with two runs in the seventh, three in the eighth, and one more in the ninth en route to a 14-12 victory and twin bill sweep at Ebbets Field. 

Starting game two in right field, Bert Johnson leads Newark going 5 for 6 with a triple and three runs scored.  Meanwhile, Ray Dandridge goes 4 for 6 giving him six total hits in eleven at-bats with five runs scored over two games.

The Dodgers in game two strike for 22 hits, the Eagles are not far behind with 19 hits.  Newark starter Alonza Bailey lasts just 4.2 innings.  As previously noted, Leon Day does not make it out of the second but does escape with a no-decision.  William Bell earns the victory, Brooklyn's Otis Starks, the loss.  Otherwise, it was clear that moundwork was not order of the day.

Times Union (Brooklyn, N.Y.),

Monday, August 5, 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 Negro National League 6/29/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Defeat Chicago American Giants at Cole's Park

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 

Sunday, June 30, 1935

On Saturday, June 29, 1935, in a Negro National League contest, the Brooklyn Eagles defeated the Chicago American Giants at Cole's Park, Chicago, Illinois.

After three scoreless frames, the Eagles and Giants trade single runs in the fourth and sixth innings.  Chicago then pushes across the go-ahead run in the eighth.  Nursing a 3-2 lead in the top half of the ninth, Chicago's first baseman Steel Arm Davis fails to secure a throw from second baseman Jack Marshall thus clearing the way for Brooklyn to muster four unanswered runs and secure a come-from-behind 6-3 victory.  

All but center fielder Willie Ward hits safely for the Eagles.  First baseman George Giles leads Brooklyn with two hits, including a double, two stolen bases, two runs scored, and right fielder Ed Stone delivers two runs batted in.  Fats Jenkins, catcher Clarence Palm, third sacker Javier Perez, and Bill Yancey drive home a run apiece.  Starter Will Jackman allows three runs on seven hits and four walks through nine innings for the win.

Giants' starter Ossie Brown walks one and strikes out three and is relieved in the ninth but not before yielding six runs on nine hits in a losing effort.  Right-hander Melvin Powell finishes the game in relief of Brown.  Shortstop Willie Wells is held hitless; Turkey Stearns, a hit and a run scored.  Steel Arm Davis leads Chicago with three hits, including two doubles and two runs batted in.  Left fielder Mule Suttles accounts for the Giants' third run batted in.

The Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana), 

Sunday, June 30, 1935

OTD 6/14/1931: New York Black Yankees Sweep Double Header From Bay Parkways at Erasmus Field

From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES AND BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

On Sunday, June 14, 1931, within two miles from where I presently live, the New York Black Yankees win both games of a doubleheader against Joe Rosner's Bay Parkways at Erasmus Field, McDonald Avenue at the Avenue M station along the Culver Line.

GAME ONE: Features starter Wuzzy Fullerton for the Bay Parkways pitted against right-hander William Bell for the visitors.  

New York seemingly handles Fullerton's offerings with great comfort and ease, wielding 14 hits, drawing two walks, and striking out only twice before Wuzzy is pulled with two outs in the fifth.  The Yankees resume their assault against reliever Artie Musicant en route to a 16 hit, 16 run trouncing of the local Dukes.  Fullerton is responsible for 14 hits, two walks, with two strikeouts in 4.2 innings.  

William Bell himself leads the Black Yankees hit parade with three, as five others finish with two hits apiece: first baseman and manager John Henry Lloyd, left fielder Fats Jenkins, shortstop Bill Riggins, center fielder Clint Thomas, and third baseman Cool Turner who also registers a double, while Jenkins laces a triple.  Otherwise, Bell yields three runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in a winning effort.

Bay Parkways' first baseman George Sackett distinguishes himself going 3 for 4 with two home runs off Bell, his 12th and 13th for the season.  In fact, four of Bay Parkways' eight hits go for extra bases.  

GAME TWO:  The Yankees continue where they leave off, hammering out another eleven runs on twelve hits.  They erupt for five runs in the second, five more in the eighth, with a single run in the fifth.  John Henry Lloyd finishes 2 for 3 with a triple; Clint Thomas goes 2 for 3 with a home run; Bill Riggins is 3 for 5 and a home run.  Fats Jenkins scores twice.  

New York starter Red Ryan and Henry McHenry share pitching duties, limiting Joe Rosner's nine to six runs on ten hits and five walks with three strikeouts.  Four of the Dukes' ten hits go for extra bases.  They score twice in the second, rally for three in the fifth, but manage just one more run in the sixth.  O'Grady takes the loss.

The New York Black Yankees exacted their revenge for a twin-bill loss against the Bay Parkways earlier this season.

• SOURCE: Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), Monday, June 15, 1931

OTD 5/26/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Turn The Tables on Chicago American Giants With Twin Bill Sweep at Ebbets Field

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 27, 1935

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE II

Chicago American Giants

vs.

Brooklyn Eagles

FROM

EBBETS FIELD

 

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), May 27, 1935

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 27, 1935

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), May 27, 1935

On Sunday, May 26, 1935, in a Negro National League match-up, the Brooklyn Eagles exact a measure of revenge after Saturday's doubleheader loss to the Chicago American Giants, with a sweep of today's twin bill before a crowd of 5,000 on hand at Ebbets Field. 

GAME ONE - Twice, the American Giants mount a lead, and each time the Eagles answered.  After scoring once in the second and twice in the top half of the third, Brooklyn strikes back with three runs in the bottom of the frame.  When Chicago established a 5-3 lead after eight, the Eagles again respond with two runs in the bottom of the ninth, sending the game into extra innings.  With no outs in the home tenth and Harry Williams on base, center fielder Rap Dixon doubles home Williams with the game-winning run.  Dixon leads the Eagles with three hits in five trips with a stolen base, while shortstop Dennis Gilchrist is 2 for 3 with a double and run scored.  Chicago shortstop Willie Wells goes 2 for 5 with a double, and left fielder Turkey Stearns is similarly 2 for 4 with a triple.  Brooklyn right-hander Will Jackman earns the victory in relief of starter Elbert Williams, who escapes with a no-decision.  Chicago right-hander Ted Trent takes the loss.

GAME TWO - Brooklyn Eagles starter Sleeky Reese faces just two batters, surrendering a base hit and a walk.  Manager George Giles promptly replaces him with right-hander Will Jackman who allows four runs on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts over the ensuing nine innings for the win.  In fact, Jackman helps his own cause with a double and triple in three trips to the plate.  Chicago starter  Ossie Brown is knocked out of the box and relieved by Melvin Powell; together, they surrender nine runs on eight hits in the first inning alone.  Brooklyn totals 14 runs on 17 hits, including extra bases from Tex Burnett, Fats Jenkins, Dennis Gilchrist, Jackman, and a home run off the bat of captain Giles.  Jenkins, Gilchrist, and right fielder Ed Stone finish with three hits apiece.  The game ends after seven innings by agreement.  

• ICYMI  OTD: 5/25/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Drop Doubleheader to Chicago American Giants at Ebbets Field

OTD 5/18/1935: Brooklyn Eagles Lose Opening Day Game at Ebbets Field Against Homestead Grays

From the desk: WHERE THE EAGLES LEARNED TO FLY

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) 

Saturday, May 19, 1935

OPENING DAY

Negro National League II

HOMESTEAD GRAYS

vs.

BROOKLYN EAGLES

FROM

EBBETS FIELD

On Saturday, May 18, 1935, in their first-ever (and only) Opening Day game at Ebbets Field, Abe and Effa Manley's newly formed Brooklyn Eagles baseball club host the famed Homestead Grays.

If not impressed by the outcome, Brooklyn fans were nevertheless appreciative to have witnessed a Grays' ilk team in action.  Homestead compiles 20 runs on 23 hits in quite the lopsided affair, of which eleven go for extra bases.  Second baseman Matt Carlisle leads the Grays with four hits in six at-bats, including a double and triple.  Right fielder Buddy Burbage goes 3 for 6 with a double and home run, and left fielder Vic Harris similarly finishes 3 for 6 with a double and home run.  Leadoff hitter and center fielder Jerry Benjamin and Grays starting pitcher Willie Gisentaner also homer for Homestead.  Third baseman George Scales is the lone Grays batter failing to register a hit.  Buck Leonard goes 2 for 6 with eleven putouts at first.

It was Brooklyn who initially jumps out to a 6-5 lead after two innings.  But they would score just once more the rest of the way.  After a four-run outburst in the third, Homestead continues pouring it on throughout.  Eagles center fielder Rap Dixon goes 2 for 5 with a home run; catcher Clarence Palm and left fielder Fats Jenkins also homer for Brooklyn.

Starting for the Eagles, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe is relieved by Elbert Williams,  Navin, and Sleeky Reese.  Homestead's Willie Gisentaner goes the distance, allowing seven runs on eleven hits while walking two and striking out three.

This is the first of three scheduled games between the Grays and Eagles this weekend at Ebbets Field.

Brooklyn to Newark, Part One: Negro National League Eagles Take Flight

From the desk of: 100th ANNIVERSARY of NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL

1935

BROOKLYN EAGLES

Before Defining Themselves at Newark, the Negro National League Eagles Learn to Fly in Brooklyn

Effa Manley, born in 1897 and raised in Philadelphia, moves after graduating high school to New York City, where she lives in Harlem.  Some years later, during the 1932 World Series, she meets Abe Manley at Yankee Stadium.  By June of 1933, the two rabid baseball fans are married, and in 1934 Abe is awarded a franchise by the Negro National League owners.  Abe and Effa Manley together establish the Brooklyn Eagles with home games to be played at Ebbets Field.  However, it is Effa, as history will prove, who serves as team matriarch, primary operating owner, negro league titan, and baseball avant-garde.  To date, she remains the only woman inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.

EFFA MANLEY

The 1935 Brooklyn Eagles finish fifth, one game above par with a 32-31 record.  Out in Pittsburgh, the Crawfords cruise to the pennant finishing ten games ahead of the Columbus Elite Giants, New York Cubans, and Philadelphia Stars.  Finishing behind Brooklyn are the Chicago American Giants and Homestead Grays, while the Newark Dodgers finish in last place, 25-games out of first.

Brooklyn is managed briefly by Ben Taylor (5-5); otherwise, the bulk of games are guided by 26-year old player/manager George Giles (27-26).  In 1909 at age twenty, Ben Taylor embarked on a 21-year independent/negro league career.  A first baseman by trade and a slugger by nature, he retires with a lifetime .332 batting average, 328 extra-base hits, and 727 RBI through 1,021 career games.  From 1922 through 1929, he serves as player/manager with the Indianapolis ABC's, Washington Potomacs, Baltimore Black Sox, and Atlantic City Bacharach Giants.  Six years after retiring, he comes to Brooklyn as manager but oversees only ten games.  His last gig as manager comes in 1938 when at 49-years of age, he guides the Washington Black Senators sadly to a 2-20 record.  In 2006 Ben Taylor was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.  At this point in his career, George Giles is an eight-year negro leagues veteran most associated with the Kansas City Monarchs and St. Louis Stars.  After one season as player/manager with Brooklyn, he shifts over to the New York Black Yankees for two years, then retires after splitting the 1938 season between the Philadelphia Stars and Pittsburgh Crawfords.  George Giles owns a lifetime .315 batting average through 1,847 career at-bats.

TOP POSITION PLAYERS
c Clarence Palm; 1b George Giles; 2b Henry Williams; 3b Javier Perez; 

ss Bill Yancy; lf Fats Jenkins; cf Clarence Griffin; rf Ed Stone 

George Giles, in 1935 is also Brooklyn's leading hitter with a .341 batting average and tallies a team-high twelve stolen bases.  Right behind him is second baseman Harry Williams batting .340 with eleven stolen bases along with a team-leading three home runs and 45 runs batted in.  Right fielder Ed Stone bats .324 and is second on the team with 37 runs batted in.  Fats Jenkins bats .320 with 24 runs batted in.

TOP PITCHERS

Will Jackman ~ Leon Day ~ Elbert Williams

Ted Radcliffe ~ Otis Starks

On the mound, an 18-year old rookie right-hander named Leon Day makes 18 appearances and 13 starts for Brooklyn, posting a 7-4 record with eight complete games and 4.43 earned run average.  He strikes out 65 batters in 107.2 innings pitched.  On July 31, 1942, Day sets a negro league record by striking out 18 Baltimore Elite Giants in a one-hitter.  Sixty years after his rookie season in 1995, Leon becomes the twelfth negro league representative inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee.

1935 EAST ALL-STARS

Leon Day ~ George Giles ~ Fats Jenkins ~ Ed Stone

After the 1935 season, Abe and Effa Manley purchase the Newark Dodgers, merge them together with the Eagles and relocate the team to New Jersey, giving rise to the fabled Newark Eagles Baseball Club with whom Monte Irvin; Don Newcombe; Larry Doby; Ray Dandridge; Biz Mackey; Mule Suttles; Jimmy Hills; Willie Wells; Max Manning; and other notables would play.  The Eagles play their home games at New York Yankees owned Ruppert Stadium through the 1948 season.  After which the Manleys sell the Eagles.  The team is relocated to Houston and incorporated into the Negro American League.

PART TWO: Where Eagles Dare


Sources:
Newark Dodgers Baseball-Reference ~ Brooklyn Eagles Baseball-Reference ~ Effa Manley MLB.com 
Effa Manley NLBPA.com ~ Negro Leagues in Brooklyn, BrooklynBallParks.com ~ SABR Leon Day
Negro League DataBase Seamheads.com 
photo on display at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium, circa 1997