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

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS

The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, September 20, 1926

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

EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE

Atlantic City Bacharach Giants

vs.

Brooklyn Royal Giants

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

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

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

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

Monday, July 20, 1925

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

 

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday, July 20, 1925

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

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

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