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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Once Upon A Summer 10/12/1918: John Donaldson Wins Duel Against Joe "Cyclone" Williams; Royal Giants and Lincoln Giants Split Doubleheader at Dexter Park

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & THE DONALDSON NETWORK


On Saturday, October 12, 1918, Columbus Day, the New York Lincoln Giants visited Dexter Park to take on the Brooklyn Royal Giants one last time in a decisive doubleheader to determine the Colored baseball champions for the season.  The opponents enter with their series tied, thus necessitating a twin bill sweep by either to declare an outright victor.

The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), Sunday, October 13, 1921



Game One pits future Hall of Famer Joe "Cyclone" Williams for the Harlem visitors against southpaw John Donaldson for Brooklyn.  

Donaldson reaches safely in the home second and advances to second on third baseman Todd Allen's
errant throw to first base, then scores the game's opening run on center fielder Tom Fiall's base hit. 

In the third, Joe Williams draws a walk against Donaldson and soon scores on a double by right fielder Blainey Hall.

John Donaldson again helps his cause with a single against Smokey Joe, leading off the fourth.  Tom Fiall then reaches safely on a misplay and wild throw by first baseman William Parks resulting in both runners moving into scoring position.  Next in, left fielder Johnny Pugh clears the bases with a line drive to right field.  Right fielder Frank Crockett reaches safely when his fly to center field is dropped by the usually sure-handed Jules Thomas.  After Crockett steals second, Royal catcher John Cason drives home both runners.

Shortstop John Henry Lloyd singled and scored in the eighth, giving the Royals a 6-1 lead and the final margin of victory.

Smokey Joe Williams yields six runs on nine hits, and no walks with two strikeouts in a losing effort.

Blainey Hall leads the Lincolns with two hits and the game's only extra-base hit.  Royal first baseman
Bill Pettus and Lloyd each wield two hits, and Donaldson leads Brooklyn with two runs scored.

"Donaldson, pitching for the Royals, 
was in rare form." - The Standard Union.

Midwestern star John Donaldson was indeed in top form.  On the heels of a four-hit shutout performance against Long Island City, the Royal Giant left-hander holds the Lincoln Giants to a lone run on six hits and one walk with five strikeouts for the victory.


The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), Sunday, October 13, 1921


Lincoln Giants right-hander Ad Lankford toes the rubber in Game Two against Phil Cockrell for the Royals.  The game is an abbreviated five-inning contest, called due to darkness, with the Lincolns leading Brooklyn by a 3-1 score.  In the third, Harlem center fielder Jules Thomas drives home two runs, and Blainey Hall scored on a fielder's choice.  Third baseman Oliver Marcell drove in Brooklyn's only run in the fifth and final inning.


Times Union (Brooklyn, NY), 
Sunday, October 13, 1921

Therefore, the Lincoln Giants and Royal Giants series remains tied, but a decisive game will not be scheduled as the season is fast coming to its end and will remain dormant until the end of the war.  The Brooklyn Royal Giants will close out the season on Sunday with a twin bill against Bushwick.  Afterwhich, many players from the Lincolns and Royals are due to report in camp by Tuesday, October 16.


The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), 
Sunday, October 13, 1921

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ONCE UPON A SUMMER 1918: JOHN DONALDSON'S LONE SEASON WITH THE BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

LHP - JOHN DONALDSON'S PITCHING RECORD w/ BROOKLYN:
  1. 6/30/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
  2. 7/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 0 RUNS, 5 hits, 1 W, 6 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
  3. 7/7/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 3 runs, 9 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
  4. 7/14/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 1 run, 7 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Bushwick; Dexter Park)
  5. 7/16/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, 6 K (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)
  11. 9/1/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
  12. 9/2/1918 - (L) 2 innings, 1 run, 2 hits, 0 W, 1 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
  13. 9/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 6 runs, 7 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Camp Mills; Garden City, N.Y.)
  14. 9/14/1918 - (W) No game account vs. Tietjen and Lang Ship Club (Nurge's Field, N.J.)
  15. 9/22/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 7 runs, 10 hits, (?) W, (?) K (New York Giants; Jersey City)
  16. 9/29/1918 - (ND) 4 innings, 3 runs, 6 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
  17. 10/6/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 0 RUNS, 4 hits, 1 W, 6 K (Long Island City; Recreation Park)
  18. 10/12/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 1 run, 6 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Lincoln Giants; Dexter Park)
  • LINE: 141 innings, 62 runs, 154 hits, 16 walks, 47 strikeouts, 3.95 ERA
BEDFORD & SULLIVAN PODCAST:
Restoring Baseball Great John Donaldson's Lost Legacy With Negro Leagues Historian and Founder of The Donaldson Network, Peter Gorton.

Minnesota native Peter Gorton leads a group of historians dedicated to discovering the lost legacy of John Wesley Donaldson.  In this episode, we discuss the man, baseball career, and life of one of the more incredible and inspiring athletes to ever play the game, and how his amazing legacy became lost to a nation, most particularly Baseball's Hall of Fame.  

original airdate: March 13, 2021





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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Once Upon A Summer 9/15/1918: Bushwick Sweeps Both Ends of Doubleheader Against Brooklyn Royal Giants at Dexter Park

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & THE DONALDSON NETWORK


New York Herald, Monday, September 16, 1918

On Sunday, September 15, 1918, Max Rosner's Bushwicks sweep both ends of a doubleheader from the Brooklyn Royal Giants at Dexter Park.



GAME ONE - Right-hander Irvin Brooks toes the slab for Brooklyn and is opposed by Lefty Russell, one-time pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Robins.  

The Royal Giants open with two runs in the first inning.  But Bushwick answers in the second with a six-run burst, highlighted by Lefty Russell's bases-clearing double.  Joe Weiss singled and scored in the third, and in the fifth, right fielder Casey Stengel tripled home a run and scored, giving Bushwick a 9-2 lead.  The Royal Giants rally for two in the top of the eighth, but Joe Weiss pushes across the Dexter's tenth run in the bottom half.  Brooklyn then musters three more runs in the ninth to no avail.

Irvin Brooks surrenders ten runs on 15 hits, four going for extra bases, and four walks with six strikeouts in the loss.  Joe Weiss leads Bushwick with four hits, including a double and two runs scored, and Lefty Russell helps himself with two hits and a run scored.  Russell allows seven runs on eleven hits and three walks with three strikeouts to win on the mound.

Shortstop John Henry Lloyd leads Brooklyn with three hits, including a double, and left fielder John Donaldson goes 2 for 5 with a triple and two runs scored.


The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, September 16, 1918


GAME TWO - With George Robinson facing off against Bill Kelleher for Bushwick, the teams traded single runs in the first inning, but not without incident.  In the top of the frame, Bushwick catcher Fred Hohman is knocked unconscious by a foul ball off the bat of John Henry Lloyd.  After about five minutes, Hohman resumes his position behind the plate.  

First baseman Al Birch singled and scored in the bottom of the frame, tying the score at one.  After two scoreless innings, Bushwick breaks out with four runs in the fourth, highlighted by Casey Stengel's run-scoring single and third baseman Joe Riconda's two-run home run.  The Royal Giants score once in the fifth, then tie the game at five apiece with three runs in the sixth, all the result of Bushwick errors as Bill Kelleher yielded no hits.  With one out and two runners on base in the home eighth, second baseman Joe Weiss clears the bases with a triple en route to a 7-5 victory and twin bill sweep in front of a record crowd at Dexter Park.

George Robinson yields seven runs on nine hits and five walks in the loss.  Bill Kelleher holds the Royal Giants to five runs on just five hits and five walks with four strikeouts for the win.

Casey Stengel goes 2 for 3 at the plate.  However, he lost one fly ball in the sun and simply dropped another otherwise easy chance.  

Robinson wields Brooklyn's only extra-base hit.  Center fielder William Parks, Oliver Marcell, John Cason, and John Henry Lloyd account for Brooklyn's remaining hits.  Through both games, Pop Lloyd totals four hits in ten at-bats.



The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), 
Monday, September 16, 1918


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ONCE UPON A SUMMER, 1918: JOHN DONALDSON'S LONE SEASON WITH THE BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

LHP - JOHN DONALDSON'S PITCHING RECORD w/ BROOKLYN:
  1. 6/30/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
  2. 7/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 0 RUNS, 5 hits, 1 W, 6 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
  3. 7/7/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 3 runs, 9 hits, 2 W, 2 K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
  4. 7/14/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 1 run, 7 hits, 1 W, 5 K (Bushwick; Dexter Park)
  5. 7/16/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, 6 K* (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)
  11. 9/1/1918 - (L) 9 innings, 4 runs, 14 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Lincoln Giants; Olympic Field)
  12. 9/2/1918 - (L) 2 innings, 1 run, 2 hits, 0 W, 1 K (Cuban Stars; Dexter Park)
  13. 9/4/1918 - (W) 9 innings, 6 runs, 7 hits, (?) W, (?) K (Camp Mills, Garden City, NY)
  14. 9/14/1918 - (W) No game account vs. Tietjen and Lang Ship Club (Nurge's Field, N.J.)
  • LINE: 110 innings, 51 runs, 128 hits, 13 walks, 31 strikeouts, 4.17 ERA 
BEDFORD & SULLIVAN PODCAST:
Restoring Baseball Great John Donaldson's Lost Legacy With Negro Leagues Historian and Founder of The Donaldson Network, Peter Gorton.

Minnesota native Peter Gorton leads a group of historians dedicated to discovering the lost legacy of John Wesley Donaldson.  In this episode, we discuss the man, baseball career, and life of one of the more incredible and inspiring athletes to ever play the game, and how his amazing legacy became lost to a nation, most particularly Baseball's Hall of Fame.  

Original airdate: March 13, 2021





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Tuesday, September 07, 2021

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




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



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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Once Upon A Summer 8/25/1918: Irving Brooks Twirls Shutout; Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Glendale at Farmer Oval

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & THE DONALDSON NETWORK


The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY) 
Saturday, August 24, 1918

On Sunday, August 25, 1918, the Brooklyn Royal Giants avenged a previous loss at Farmer Oval with a fast and clear victory over the Farmers at Glendale, Queens. 


The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 
Monday, August 26, 1918


Police were stationed outside the gates to enforce Mayor Hylan's order that no admission be charged. 

Inside the gates, Brooklyn right-hander Irvin Brooks limits the Glendale Farmers to just four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in a complete-game shutout victory.  With no outs in the second inning, Brooks pitches himself out of a bases-loaded jam.  

Starting this game at first base, John Cason and shortstop John Henry Lloyd served as defensive standouts.  Left fielder John Donaldson registers two putouts with an assist and Rafael Figarola 
started behind the plate.

The last time these teams met, the Royal Giants forfeited the game with the Farmers leading.  This time Brooklyn scores once in the second and three times in the eighth to secure a 4-0 victory.

At the bat, John Donaldson posts a hit, a stolen base, and a run scored.  Irvin Brooks doubled and scored, and center fielder William Parks and second baseman Joe Hewitt cross the plate.

Batting fourth for the Farmers, Brooklyn Robins outfielder Jim Hickman is held hitless but leads Glendale with five put-outs playing left field.  Starter Harry Heitman allows four runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in a losing effort.


The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), 
Monday, August 26, 1918


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ONCE UPON A SUMMER, 1918: JOHN DONALDSON'S LONE SEASON WITH THE BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

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 
BEDFORD & SULLIVAN PODCAST:
Restoring Baseball Great John Donaldson's Lost Legacy With Negro Leagues Historian and Founder of The Donaldson Network, Peter Gorton.

Minnesota native Peter Gorton leads a group of historians dedicated to discovering the lost legacy of John Wesley Donaldson.  In this episode, we discuss the man, baseball career, and life of one of the more incredible and inspiring athletes to ever play the game, and how his amazing legacy became lost to a nation, most particularly Baseball's Hall of Fame.  

Original airdate: March 13, 2021





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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Once Upon A Summer 8/18/1918: Tietjen & Lang Shipyard Nine Defeat John Donaldson and the Brooklyn Royal Giants at North Bergen, N.J.

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS & THE DONALDSON NETWORK


New York Herald, Sunday, August 18, 1918

On Sunday, August 18, 1918, the Brooklyn Royal Giants were defeated by the Tietjen & Lang Shipyard nine at Nurge's Field, North Bergen, New Jersey.

The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware), 
Tuesday, August 20, 1918


Times Union (Brooklyn,, New York), 
Sunday, August 18, 1918

In accordance with the government's Work Or Fight edict, the Tietjen & Lang aggregation, similar to the New York Ship League Team, field a well-fortified nine featuring variously experienced major leaguers such as Paul Smith, former New York Yankees Ping Bodie, Hank Thormahlen, and their most recent arrival Ray Caldwell who by all indications quit the Yankees unbeknownst to manager Miller Huggins this very weekend.

Starting for Tietjen & Lang, left-hander Hank Thormahlen limits the Royal Giants to a pair of runs in the second inning.  Afterwhich, Thormahlen holds Brooklyn scoreless over the final seven innings with seven strikeouts (Smith putouts) for the win.  The Royal Giants are held to just five hits, two by first baseman Rafael Figarola, who, with catcher John Cason, score Brooklyn's only runs.  

Southpaw John Donaldson yields one run in the first, then hurls four scoreless frames before the Tietjen & Langs bunch together three decisive runs in the sixth.  The home team posts one last run in the eighth en route to a 5-2 final score.  Donaldson allows just five hits and strikes out four (Cason putouts) in the loss.  Ping Bodie with over 600 games of major league experience accounts for two of Tietjen & Lang's hits.


The New York Age (New York, New York), 
Saturday, August 24, 1918


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ONCE UPON A SUMMER, 1918: JOHN DONALDSON'S LONE SEASON WITH THE BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS

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.)
  • LINE: 81 innings, 32 runs, 86 hits, 12 walks, 29 strikeouts, 3.55 ERA 
BEDFORD & SULLIVAN PODCAST:
Restoring Baseball Great John Donaldson's Lost Legacy With Negro Leagues Historian and Founder of The Donaldson Network, Peter Gorton.

Minnesota native Peter Gorton leads a group of historians dedicated to discovering the lost legacy of John Wesley Donaldson.  In this episode, we discuss the man, baseball career, and life of one of the more incredible and inspiring athletes to ever play the game, and how his amazing legacy became lost to a nation, most particularly Baseball's Hall of Fame.  

Original airdate: March 13, 2021




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Friday, August 06, 2021

OTD Negro Leagues vs. Brooklyn Semipros 8/6/1925: The Bay Ridge Baseball Club and Brooklyn Royal Giants Split Games of a Twin Bill at Graham Field

From the desk: DEM BARNSTORMERS vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS


The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY),
Thursday, August 6, 1925
On Thursday, August 6, 1925, not more than two miles from where I presently live, the local Ray Ridge Baseball Club and Brooklyn Royal Giants split a doubleheader at Graham Field, 15th Avenue at 86th Street.

The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), Saturday, August 8, 1925


GAME ONE - Thursday's opener features southpaw Willis Flournoy starting for the Royal Giants opposed by Eddie Lennon for Bay Ridge.  While each team totals just six hits apiece, it's the Ridgers who bunch theirs together a bit more effectively.  The Royals open the scoring in the second, then take a 2-0 lead in the third inning on catcher John Cason's home run.  Bay Ridge's first run comes in the bottom half of the frame due to subpar infield play on behalf of the Royals, who this game commits six fielding errors.  The pitching duel between Flournoy and Lennon resumes as the score remains unchanged through the sixth.  Then comes the home team's big four-run seventh, when they string together three consecutive hits to knock Flournoy out of the box.  Into the game enters Dick "Cannonball" Redding, who likewise fails to escape the frame unscathed.  Eddie Lennon closes out the game with two more scoreless innings, having surrendered just two runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts through nine complete.  Meanwhile, "Lefty" Flournoy, up until that fateful seventh, holds the Ridgers hitless through his first six innings pitched but issues five bases on balls with six strikeouts in losing effort.  Captain and first baseman Eddie Douglass accounts for two of Brooklyn's six scattered hits.  Whereas the lineup's two through seven batters for Bay Ridge each hit safely. 


The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), Saturday, August 8, 1925


GAME TWO - The second contest is an abbreviated seven-inning affair.  Brooklyn Royal Giants' starter Connie "Broadway" Rector hurls a gem, limiting Bay Ridge to just three hits and two walks with five strikeouts for the win.  Rector keeps the Ridgers scoreless through the first six innings until easing up and allowing three seventh-inning base runners to cross home plate.  Meanwhile, the Royal Giants have little problems solving Bay Ridge starter Sandy Burk who surrenders eight runs, often in bunches, on 13 hits and two walks in a losing effort.  Eddie Douglass goes 2 for 4 with two doubles, catcher Charlie Spearman starting in game two homers off Burk.  Center fielder Irvin Brooks 
leads the team with three hits, including a double and two runs scored, and third baseman Johnson Hill goes 2 for 3 with two runs en route to an 8-3 victory over Bay Ridge and twin bill split. 



The Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, PA), August 8, 1925



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