This Day in History: 1935-07-28

Defensive lapses brought the Darlington baseball team to disaster against Tuxedo at the victor’s field. Darlington had defeated Tuxedo in a practice game earlier in the season but the Mountaineers had been on a tear since. They had crushed Sloatsburg the week before 12-2. Darlington had done reasonably well over the first four innings and scored two in the fourth to tie at two runs each but collapsed in the bottom half of the fifth and ended up on the short side of a 10-2 score. In subsequent weeks, however, the team defeated Paterson 7-3 and Hillburn 7-4 on their new field at Havermayer’s. (Bristow)