Dodgers Post Game: HOMESTEAD GRAYS -- 1936 Season

4/1 -- Grays open ST in Atlanta, Georgia. (PST, 4/12/1936).

4-9 [SA] Grays play Brooklyn Eagles; @ Columbus; (ADW, 4/9/1936)

4/13 [MO] -- W, 10-0 (G1); Nashville Elite Giants; @ Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA).

4/13 [MO] -- W, 3-0 (G2); Nashville Elite Giants; @ Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA). (AGJ, 4/13/1936; PST, 4/14/1936; ADW, 4/14/1936).

4-16 -- (ADW, 4/17/1936)

4-16 -- Greenlee calls out Posey; (PPT, 4/16/1936).

4/19 [SU] -- L, 2-0; Brooklyn Eagles; @ Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA). (AGC, 4/20/1936; PPG, 4/20/1936; PST, 4/20/1936); Grays' last game in the south; will begin trek north after the game; (AGC, 4/16/1993); proceeds of game go toward [[tornado sufferers --> XXX]] in Gainseville, GA; (ADW, 4/15/1936; AGC, 4/16/1936; ADW, 4/19/1936); box; (ADW, 4/20/1936)

4/20 [MO] -- Brooklyn Eagles; @ Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, GA).

4/23 [TH] -- W, 14-1; Roanoke All-Stars @ Maher Field (Roanoke, VA); [Brooklyn --> Newark] Eagles fail to make it to game; Roanoke plays instead; (RVT, 4/24/1936; RVWN, 4/24/1936).

4/25 [SA] -- W, 7-3; Goodyear [Regulars / Wingfoots]; @ Forbes Field; home opener; Brown gets the win; [[Leonard bounced a triple off the center field wall]], driving in two runs in the Grays' four-run eighth inning (PST, 4/26/1936; PP, 4/26/1936); managed by Edgar "Smiley" Weltner. (ABJ, 4/2/1936) ... (PC, 4/25/1936)

--> 4/25--Gus Greenlee fires back in NYA article; (NYA, 4/25/1936).

4/26 [SU] -- W, 14-3; Goodyear [Regulars --> Wingfoots] @ Seiberling Field (Akron, OH); 19H off three Goodyear pitchers; Benjamin leads the way with [four hits / a triple, two doubles and a single in six at bats]; (ABJ, 4/27/1936; PC, 4/11/1936; PST, 4/27/1936).

4/29-E [WE] -- W, 7-0 (6); Valley Bell Dairy Club; @ Valley Bell Park (Charleston, WV). [[Dula slapped a (two-run) home run on top of the bridge]]; Gisentaner allows 4H; abbreviated six-inning ShO; ... Four Mills Brothers in attendance; ... (CDM, 4/30/1936); Joe Bonham, player-manager of the Valley Bell team; the Milkmen; (CDM, 5/27/1936); members of the local five-team (newly reorganized) Twilight League; was league runner-up in 1935; (CDM, 4/29/1936); was city champion in 1934; (CDM, 9/7/1934).

5/1 [FR] -- W, 10-6; Zanesville Grays (MAL); [Putnam Park / Grey Park / Mark Park(?)] (Zanesville, OH). Greys manager is Earl Wolgamot; 14H against 3 Zanesville pitchers; [[long drawn out affair / 2:44]]; Dula gets win with relief help from Parker; ... (ZOT, 5/2/1936).

5/2 [SA] -- W, 8-3; Charleroi Tigers (PSA). Grays travel to the Monongahela for the first time this season to face off against Charleroi. Grays tame the Charleroi Tigers, 8-3. (PP, 5/3/1936; PST, 5/3/1936); managed by Joe Klinger; (PPG, 4/18/1936).

5/3 [SU] -- W, 6-3; Johnstown Johnnies (MAL); @ XXX; (PPG, 5/4/1936).

5/4 [MO] -- L, 8-4; Canton Terriers (XXX); @ XXXX. (PPG, 5/5/1936; PST, 8/5/1936).

5/5 [TU] --W, 10-0; Dayton Ducks; Ducks Park (Dayton, OH); Carlisle bases loaded triple in opening frame; Brown two-run triple in ninth; Brown hurls 6H ShO; (DDN, 5/6/1936, 5/7/1936; DOH, 5/6/1936; PPG, 5/6/1936).

5/6 [WE] -- L, 4-2; Butler [Yankees] (Class-D, PSA); @ XXX (Butler, PA). Parker fans 11; allows just 3H, but suffers the loss; (PPG, 5/7/1936).

5-7 [TH] -- L, 6-4; Jeannette [Little Pirates]; (Class-D, PSA). (PP, 5/8/1936; PPG, 5/8/1936).

5-8 [FR] -- Swissvale;

5-9 [SA] -- L, 14-13; Philadelphia Stars; 44th Street and Parkside Avenue (Philadelphia, PA); (PI, 5/10/1936; PP, 5/10/1936).

5-10 [SU] -- L, 7-3 (G1); Philadelphia Stars; @ XXXXX (Philadelphia, PA).

5-10 [SU] -- L, 7-3 (G2); Philadelphia Stars; @ XXXXX (Philadelphia, PA). (PPG, 5/11/1936; PI, 5/11/1936).

5-11 [MO] -- W, 9-2; Philadelphia Stars; @ XXX (Philadelphia, PA). (PPG, 5/12/1936).

5-12 [TU] -- L, 5-3; Philadelphia Stars; Broadway and Everett (Camden, NJ). Stearnes hits two homers; (PPG, 5/13/1936).

5-13 [WE] -- W, 6-3; Salem. (PPG 5/14/1936; PST, 5/14/1936).

5-14 [TH] -- W, [10-5 / 11-4]; Philadelphia Stars; @ Pennsy Field (Wilmington, DE). (WDMN, 5/15/1936; PPG, 5/15/1936; PST, 5/15/1936).

5-15 [FR] -- (CMP, 5/22/1936)

5-16 [SA] -- W, 5-3 (G2); New York Cubans; Hinchcliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ). WP is [Waite --> Arnold Waites]; LP is Luis "Lefty" Tiant; crowd of 1,700; Gisentaner, the save; (PMC, 5/18/1936); compared to Paige; (PC, 4/25/1936).

5-17 [SU] -- L, 5-1 (G1); New York Cubans; Dyckman Oval. (Inwood / Manhattan, NY); Dihigo hurls four-hitter; loser is Parker. (NYDN, 5/18/1936; NYA, 5/23/1936).

5-17-A [SU] -- T, 9-9 (G2); New York Cubans; Dyckman Oval. (Inwood / Manhattan, NY); game called because of darkness; Leonard hits a pair of homers in nightcap; PPG, 5/18/1936; PST, 5/18/1936.

5/19 [TU] -- W, 11-7; Pleasantville (Philadelphia, PA); Benjamin homers; (PST, 5/20/1936).

5-21 [TH]; W, 2-1; [G1; 3:00 pm] Atlantic City Steel Pier Blues; New York Avenue Park; signed outfielder Charles Pleva; ... (ACNJP, 5/19/1936). Herbert Andrews HBP by Grays' Bill Brown; taken to hospital and discharged with eye discoloration and a bruised cheekbone; more details; (ACNJP, 5/22/1936).

5-21 [TH]; W, 12-11; [G2; 6:00 pm] Atlantic City Steel Pier Blues; @ Bacharach Field; (ACNJP, 5/22/1936); box1&2; (ACNJP, 5/22/1936).

5-22 -- W, 17-3; Seymour AC; Philadelphia, PA; (PPG, 5/23/1936).

5-23 -- W, 11-4; Chester; Felton Field, Chester, PA; (DCDT, 5/25/1936).

5-24; W, 6-2; (PP, 5/25/1936).

5-25; L, 4-3; Newark Eagles; @ Newark, NJ; (PPG, 5/26/1936).

5-27/28 -- @ Clearfield Driving Park; (PPS, 5/22/1936).

5-28 -- W, 6-4 (7 innings); Newark Eagles; Monaca, PA; (PPG, 5/29/1936).

5-30 [SA] -- W, 4-2; Newark Eagles.

5-30 [SA] -- L, 11-1; Newark Eagles; @ Forbes Field. (PP, 5/31/1936; PST, 5/31/1936).

5-31 [SU] -- W, 6-1; (G1); Newark Eagles; @ Forbes Field. (PPG, 6/1/1936; PC, 6/6/1936)

5-31 [SU] -- W, 3-2 (G2; 7-innings); Newark Eagles; @ Forbes Field. (PPG, 6/1/1936; PC, 6/6/1936)

6-2; W, 7-4; Middletown Arcos; (COE, 6/3/1936)