OTD 9/26/1914: Dick "Cannonball" Redding and Joe "Cyclone" Williams Lead New York Lincoln Giants in Twin Bill Over Brooklyn Royal Giants and Camden City

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The Morning Post (Camden, NJ), Friday, September 25, 1914

On Saturday, September 26, 1914, in the first game of a three-corner doubleheader, the New York Lincoln Giants and the Brooklyn Royal Giants met for the championship of colored teams at Camden City, N.J.

Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, Sunday, September 27, 1914

BROOKLYN ROYAL GIANTS vs. NEW YORK LINCOLN GIANTS

Right-hander Dick "Cannonball" Redding toes the rubber for the Lincoln Giant and is opposed by Lefty Harvey for Brooklyn.

The kings of Harlem put up five runs in the second, and when Brooklyn answers with two in the fourth, the Lincolns tally three more in the home half of the frame for an 8-2 lead.  The Royal Giants add one in the sixth, then rally late with four runs in the top of the eighth to pull within one.  That is until the Lincolns put the game out of reach with three more runs in the home eighth en route to an 11-7 victory at the Camden City grounds, New Jersey. 

Winning pitcher Dick Redding strikes out eight (catcher putouts), and Brooklyn's Lefty Harvey takes the loss.

Royal Giant second baseman Bill Handy wields two hits and scored three runs while leading the infield with five assists.  Right fielder Charles Earle and first baseman Phil Bradley also collect two hits.

Catcher Louis Santop leads the Lincoln Giants with three hits.  Left fielder Blainey Hall and third baseman Johnny Pugh also wield two hits, and Cannonball Redding helps himself with a base hit and two runs scored.

GAME TWO

Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, Sunday, September 27, 1914

Future Hall of Fame pitcher Smokey Joe Williams holds Camden City to a pair of runs with ten strikeouts for the win in an abbreviated eight-inning game.

OTD 7/2/1909: Umpire's Call Aids Brooklyn Royal Giants Victory at Pittsfield

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The North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts), 

July 3, 1909

On Friday, July 2, 1909, the Brooklyn Royal Giants traveled north to Massachusetts where they defeat the Pittsfield nine, but not without some controversy. 

Brooklyn opens the scoring in the first inning.  Afterwhich, Royal Giant starter Harry Buckner and J. Ferry starting for Pittsfield engage in a scoreless duel through the sixth.  

The Giants scored twice more in the seventh, but Pittsfield answers back, and herein lies the controversy.  Umpire James Cain is said to have incorrectly ruled that center fielder Mahoney's potential double was a foul ball leaving the home team one run shy of knotting the game at three.  

Harry Buckner pitches a scoreless ninth.  All told, Buckner yields two earned runs on five hits, two for extra bases each by A. Ferry, the first baseman, and no walks with one strikeout for the win.  Brooklyn also plays a stellar game in the field, ten infield assists and no errors. 

Giant first baseman Al Robinson leads Brooklyn with two hits, and catcher Phil Bradley doubles in four at-bats.  Shortstop/manager Grant Johnson, second baseman Bill Monroe, and Buckner account for the rest of Brooklyn's hits.

OTD 6/13/1914: Richard "Lefty" Harvey Strikes Out 17 Batters; Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeat Camden A.C.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Richard "Lefty" Harvey Strikes Out 17 Batters

On Saturday, June 13, 1914, the Brooklyn Royal Giants venture into New Jersey where they are met with little resistance by the Camden A.C.

Starting for Brooklyn, Richard "Lefty" Harvey allows just five hits, all singles, en route to a complete-game shutout effort for the win.  Harvey strikes out seventeen Camden batters.  In fact, no Brooklyn outfielder makes a putout and only third baseman Jesse Bragg registers an infield assist.  First baseman Phil Bradley completes six putouts at first base, and catcher Pearl Webster is credited with 18 putouts.  Brooklyn commits no errors albeit in a limited number of chances.

Center fielder Jules Thomas, left fielder Jimmie Lyons, and Jesse Bragg all post multiple hits.  Brooklyn scores six runs on eight hits but exploits Camden with nine stolen bases.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

OTD 5/11/1908: Brooklyn Royal Giants Edge Defenders of Dunkirk; Bill Monroe Delivers Winning Hit

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Buffalo Morning Express, May 12, 1908

Phil Bradley Twirls Seven-Inning Shut Out Against Defenders at Dunkirk, N.Y.

On May 11, 1908, at the Point Gratiot grounds in Dunkirk, New York, the local Defenders lost their season-opening game by the slimmest of margins against the Brooklyn Royal Giants.  In his first season with the Giants, Ed Wilson toes the slab for the visitors opposed by Harry Ehmke for the host Defenders.  The game is called after seven innings due to uncooperative weather.  Undeterred, the visitors play a clean game in the field.  Unlike Brooklyn, a Defenders' misplay in the fifth inning proves costly as Wilson's ensuing single and Bill Monroe's double and run batted in gives the Royal Giants a well-timed 1-0 lead.  The battery of Ed Wilson and Phil Bradley make it stand.  Wilson fans six in an abbreviated seven-inning shutout effort.  Defenders' starter Harry Ehmke though sabotaged by poor baserunning and three errors, yields just one run with six strikeouts in a hard-luck loss.

BRG Date 5/4/1908: Brooklyn Royal Giants Defeated by St. Bonaventure College

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BUFFALO COURIER, May 5, 1908

 

On Monday, May 4, 1908, the Brooklyn Royal Giants were defeated by St. Bonaventure College playing in their season-opening game at Olean, New York.  

Starting for Brooklyn barnstormers is right-hander Harry Buckner with Phil Bradley completing the battery.  

St. Bonaventure puts bat to ball for a run in the first inning, then erupts for five runs in the second.  The collegiates post two more in the seventh and another pair in the eighth.  All told, Harry Buckner yields eleven hits.  However, Brooklyn is partly undone by six errors in the field.  The Royal Giants post their first run in the fourth, then rally for five runs in the eighth to no avail.  St. Bonaventure pitchers Hughes and McDonald join in limiting the Royal Giants to seven hits with just one misplay behind them.