On Thursday, September 30, 1915, the Brooklyn Tip Tops play their last ever game and the last "major league" baseball game at Washington Park.
Brooklyn Tip Tops Sing The Blues
Right-hander Gene Krapp starts for the visiting Buffalo Blues and is opposed by Dan Marion for Brooklyn. The Tip Tops open the scoring in the second. With the bases loaded, Marion helps his cause with a single to center field scoring Benny Kauff, but Brooklyn leaves all other base runners stranded.
Afterwhich, Gene Krapp and Dan Marion engage in a scoreless duel through the sixth.
Buffalo ties the score in the seventh on second baseman Baldy Louden's base hit.
Brooklyn retakes the lead in the eighth on second baseman Lee Magee's run-scoring triple, but they cannot hold. The Blues scored two runs in the top of the ninth. First baseman Hal Chase singles and scores, and catcher Nick Allen drives in the go-ahead run.
Gene Krapp retires the Tip Tops in the home ninth to close out Buffalo's 3-2 victory. He allows two runs on six hits and four walks with eight strikeouts for the win.
Hard-luck loser Dan Marion yielded just four hits through the first eight innings. All told, Marion allows three runs on seven total hits and three walks with one strikeout. Marion finishes the season with an 11-9 record and 3.20 ERA.
The Brooklyn Tip Tops end the 1915 season with a 70-82-1 record, seventh in the Federal League. They remained in the circuit's top three through June 12 but then lost eight in a row. Despite a ten-game consecutive win streak earlier in September, the Tip Tops could not climb the standings. Their two-year existence culminates with a 147-159-4 overall record.
WASHINGTON PARK IV
1st Street at 3rd Avenue
