On this day 87 years ago, the football team turned back Baldwin in the season finale to close the most successful season in the six-year history of the program.

Hopes of a victory dimmed a bit for the Brook when a fumble, just a few plays after the opening kickoff, set up Baldwin for the first score of the game. Hopes were resurrected as the Blue and White rallied before the end of the quarter after Billy Baker intercepted a pass and took it all the way back for a 60-yard score. John Bradshaw added the extra point when he caught a pass from Baker for a 7-6 lead.

In the second quarter, the Brook engineered a long drive down the field, punctuated by an Art Wilcox carry for a touchdown. The Stony Brook offense would threaten a number of times throughout the second half, but could not punch it in for the score. Captain Russ Hershey would ensure they did not need those extra points. As Res Gestae 1928 alludes, Hershey “played a whale of a game in his old position at guard, time after time breaking up Baldwin’s plays and throwing their men for losses.” Doc Taylor, Jim Pratt, and Bill Pateman were also instrumental in anchoring the defense against a tough Baldwin team.

With the win, the boys improved to 6-2 on the season, a win total that would not be bested until 1948 when the squad went 7-1 under Floyd Johnson.

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