OTD Brooklyn Semipros 8/23/1935: Bushwicks Defeat Bay Parkways in Extra Innings at Dexter Park

From the desk: BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday, August 24, 1935

On Friday, August 23, 1935, in another diamond tussle featuring brother versus brother, Max Rosner's Bushwick nine outduels Joe Rosner's Bay Parkway Dukes at Dexter Park.  With the victory, Bushwick takes a 3-2 lead in the season series.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 

Saturday, August 24, 1935

Rube Chambers is called upon to make a last-minute start for Bushwick as Jim Duffy arrives at Dexter Park an inning late.  Bay Parkway takes full advantage by pushing across the game's opening run.  Otherwise, Duffy takes over slab duties in the second and is opposed by local Long Island University product Al Morris for the Dukes in a familiar match-up.

Once settled in, Jim Duffy proceeds to toss seven scoreless innings.  Meanwhile, Bushwick takes a slim lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings.  But the Dukes pick up Al Morris with the game-tying run in the visitor's ninth.

With one out and runners on the corners in the home tenth, right fielder Sol Mishkin's hit delivers home center fielder Al Moore (triple) with the game-winning run.

Despite 13 strikeouts and largely undone by misplays in the field, Al Morris allows three runs on 13 hits and three walks for the loss.  Jim Duffy allows one late run on eight hits and no walks with two strikeouts for the win. 

OTD Negro National League vs. Brooklyn Semipros 8/20/1935: Bushwicks Defeat Philadelphia Stars at Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. Field

From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

The Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

Max Rosner's Bushwick club packed their suitcases and traveled to the City of Brotherly Love, where on Tuesday, August 20, 1935, they took on Ed Bolden's Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League at the Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. Field, 44th Street, and Parkside Avenue.

"DEXTERS TOP PHILLY STARS"

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA STARS

Toeing the slab for Bushwich, Rube Chambers is opposed by southpaw Lefty Holmes twirling for the Stars.  Philly opens the scoring with three in the second.  But Bushwick answers back in the fourth with three of their own.  The score remains unchanged through the sixth.  The Stars then seize a 4-3 lead in the seventh.

Lefty Holmes issues a walk to Bushwick second baseman Dutch Woerner with two outs in the top of the eighth, then hits right fielder Sol Mishkin with a pitch.  Third baseman Willie Batch singles driving home Woerner, and Eppie Barnes follows with a double plating Mishkin and Batch for a 6-4 lead and the final margin of victory.

Lefty Holmes takes the loss, allowing all six runs on eight hits and five walks with seven strikeouts.  Rube Chambers yields four runs on ten hits and five walks with four strikeouts for the win.

Stars' third baseman Dewey Creacy homers and drives home two.  Right fielder Ted Page and second baseman Dick Seay drive home a run apiece.  Center fielder Lloyd Davenport leads Philly with three hits, including a double with two runs scored.  Catcher Biz Mackey goes 1 for 2 with a run scored, and first baseman Jud Wilson wields a double in three trips to the plate.

Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 

Wednesday, August 21, 1935

OTD Negro Leagues vs. Brooklyn Semipros 8/5/1934: Bushwick Wins Both Games of Twin Bill Over New Orleans Crescent Stars at Dexter Park

From the desk: NEGRO LEAGUES vs. BROOKLYN SEMIPROS

Times Union (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Monday, August 6, 1934

On Sunday, August 5, 1934, Max Rosner's Bushwick nine defeated the New Orleans Crescent Stars in both games of a doubleheader at Dexter Park.  Originally formed in 1922 and reformed in 1933, on this day some 1,300 miles away from home, the Crescent Stars are denied victory, but in no way outclassed.

The Brooklyn Citizen, Monday, August 6, 1934

GAME ONE - Fresh off a victory at East Orange, N.J., the Stars in game one are limited to four hits, with Carlisle the second baseman accounting for two.  New Orleans threatens with two runners on and two outs in the eighth but stalls when Flash Miller (?) grounds harmlessly to second.  Bushwick starter Rube Chambers issues three walks and strikes out four in a complete-game shutout victory.  Starting for New Orleans, Williams yields three runs on six hits and five walks in a losing effort.  Batting in the third inning, third baseman Buck Lai is hit by a pitch and soon scores on a fielder's choice; shortstop Joe Benes then singles to right field, scoring the second baseman Jimmy Calleran for a 2-0 Bushwick lead.  The Dexters small-ball their way to a run in the fifth with left fielder Overton Tremper bunting for a hit and scoring on a fielder's choice.  Otherwise, the score remains unchanged through the ninth.  New Orleans commits no errors, and the first baseman Curtis "Popsicle" Harris leads the field with 13 putouts.

Times Union (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Monday, August 6, 1934

GAME TWO - After three scoreless frames, Buckwick jumps out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth.  With Jimmy Calleran on base, recently acquired center fielder from Winchester, Frank Schreich triples to deep center field.  Joe Benes then grounds to second, but Carlise throws errantly in an attempt to catch Schreich at home.  The Crescent Stars get one back in the fifth, right fielder Zollie Wright doubles and scored on catcher Pepper Bassett's base hit to right field.  But then Jimmy Calleran homers in the sixth, starter Art Smith helps his own cause driving home Eppie Barnes in the seventh.  Eppie Barnes, in turn, drives home Benes in the eighth.  New Orleans bunches together three hits for one last tally in the visitor's ninth; Popsicle Harris drives home Pernell giving this game its 5-2 final score.  Crescent Stars' starter Charlie Beverly(?) allows five runs on eight hits, including one home run and five walks with three strikeouts in a losing effort.  New Orleans actually out-hits Bushwick by a 10-8 margin; Popsicle Harris leads the team with three.  But Bushwick hurler Art Smith allows two runs and no walks with two strikeouts and no errors behind him for the win.