OTD Brooklyn Semipros 8/8/1940: Bay Parkway Dukes Defeat New York Black Yankees at Erasmus Field

From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Brooklyn Citizen, Friday, August 9, 1940

On Thursday, August 8, 1940, not more the two miles from where I presently live, the Bay Parkway Dukes defeated the New York Black Yankees at Erasmus Field, McDonald Avenue at the Avenue M station along the Culver Line.

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE II

NEW YORK BLACK YANKEES

The Brooklyn Citizen, Friday, August 9, 1940

Bay Parkway starter Gene Bowe hurls a gem, limiting the Black Yankees to just one late run on seven hits and no walks with twelve strikeouts for the win.  

Visiting left fielder Marvin Barker wields the only extra-base hit against Bowe.  Not until the eighth inning did the Yankees manage to bunch together three hits to spoil the shutout.  Center fielder Charlie Biot was Gene Bowe's twelfth and final strikeout victim who ended the game.  Yankee third baseman  Henry Spearman and first baseman Johnny Washington each wield two hits apiece.  Catcher Johnny Hayes hits safely and scores the Yankees' lone run.

With two runners in scoring position in the home fourth, left fielder Larry Fischer singles in Bay Parkway's first run.  With the bases loaded in the fifth, Yankee starter Purnell Mincy walks Larry Fischer, forcing the runner from third.  In the home eighth, center fielder Pete Gray singles, advances on a walk, steals third, then scores when Yankee reliever Jesse Brown throws errantly on an ill-fated pickoff attempt to first.

Yankees starter Purnell Mincy is nothing short of erratic.  He allows three runs on six hits but walks eight batters in a self-inflicted losing effort.

 

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.