Game 1 – Service World Series, September 22, 1944

The Furlong Field hosted games of the 1944 Service World Series used this basic format for the scorecards. The only differentiation between games was the date. The first game was played on September 22 (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

This scorecard originates from what is often referred to as the 1944 Army vs Navy World Series. This particular game (the first of 11) was played at Furlong Field, at Pearl Harbor Civilian Housing Area 3 on September 22, 1944.  The Navy defeated the Army with a 5-0 shutout in front of 20,000 GIs.

The Rosters for both of these last championship series games are nearly identical (to those in the other scorebooks from the series) with the same combination of major and minor leaguers along with a few semi-professionals and a collegiate ballplayer. View or download a printable copy of this entire scorecard.

All game rosters were the same. Note that Joe DiMaggio was already stateside before the opening game was played and did not appear in any of the Series contests (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

More talent resided within these two rosters than all of the major leagues had in 1944. In the eleven games played in front of the service members, the talent on the field was unparalleled leaving as the game’s best were in Hawaii.

Army All-Stars:

#	Player	Position	Former Team
13	Rugger Ardozoia	P	Kansas City Blues
10	James Ashworth	C	Helena
16	Johnny Beazley	P	St. Louis Cardinals
30	Joe Clarke	Coach	Semi-Pro
17	Bill DeCarlo	C	Minneapolis (AA)
27	Carl DeRose	P	Amsterdam
1	Bob Dillinger	3B	Toledo Mud Hens
4	Joe DiMaggio	CF	New York Yankees
11	Hank Edwards	C	Cleveland Indians
19	Eddie “Ace” Erautt	P	Hollywood Stars
7	Ferris Fain	1B	San Francisco Seals
18	Eddie Funk	P	Federalsburg, MD
15	Sid Gautreaux	C	Brooklyn Dodgers
6	Joe Gordon	SS	New York Yankees
28	Hal Hairston	P	Homestead Grays
3	Walter Judnich	RF	St. Louis Browns
22	Kearney Kohlmeyer	SS	Tyler
12	Don Lang	LF	Indianapolis Indians
9	Wilfred Leonard	C	Oakland Oaks
25	Al Lien	P	San Francisco Seals
2	Dario Lodigiani	2B	Chicago White Sox
5	Mike McCormick	LF	Cincinnati Reds
23	Dick Molberg	P	Semi-Pro
24	Bill Schmidt	P	Sacramento Solons
21	Don Schmidt	P	Semi-Pro
29	J. Schumbres	Coach
8	Charley Silvera	C	Kansas City Blues
20	Tom Winsett	Mgr.	Brooklyn Dodgers

The 1944 Army All-Stars for the Servicemen’s World Series. Joe DiMaggio did not play in any of the Series games having been sent to the states before the first game.

Navy All-Stars:

#	Player	Position	Former Team
12	Jim Adair	P	Midland Cowboys
26	Arne R. Anderson	P	Washington Senators
10	Norman E. Atkinson	C	Semi-Pro
9	John Berry	RF	University of Oregon
4	Tom B. Bishop	SS	Semi-Pro
17	Al Brancato	3B	Philadelphia Athletics
16	Jim Carlin	LF	Philadelphia Phillies
27	Hugh Casey	P	Brooklyn Dodgers
28	Bill Dickey	Mgr.	New York Yankees
15	George “Skeets” Dickey	C	Chicago White Sox
11	Dominick DiMaggio	CF	Boston Red Sox
31	Gordon Evans	LF	Charleston Senators
	Hank Feimster	P	Boston Red Sox
18	Marv Felderman	C	Chicago Cubs
31	Tom Ferrick	P	Cleveland Indians
28	Joe Grace	RF	St. Louis Browns
29	Jack Hallet	P	Pittsburgh Pirates
24	Robert A. Harris	P	Philadelphia Athletics
20	John Hubert Jeandron	2B	Port Arthur Tarpons
23	A. Rankin Johnson	P	Philadelphia Athletics
6	David Leibold	Bat Boy
5	John Lucadello	2B	St. Louis Browns
26	Walter E. Masterson	P	Washington Senators
3	Barney McCosky	CF	Detroit Tigers
32	Johnny Mize	1B	St. Louis Cardinals
13	Mo Mozzali	CF	Louisville, KY
30	Vern Olsen	P	Chicago Cubs
21	Sal Recca	3B	Norfolk Tars
34	Pee Wee Reese	SS	Brooklyn Dodgers
2	Phil Rizzuto	SS	New York Yankees
26	Lynn “Schoolboy” Rowe	P	Detroit Tigers
30	Wes Schulmerich	Asst. Mgr.	Boston Red Sox
14	Ken “Ziggy” Sears	C	New York Yankees
19	Oscar M. Sessions	P	Navy
29	Eddie Shokes	1B	Cincinnati Reds
1	Vince Smith	C	Pittsburgh Pirates
22	Virgil Trucks	P	Detroit Tigers
27	Johnny Vander Meer	P	Cincinnati Reds

For the 1944 Servicemen’s World Series, the Navy All-Stars seemed to hold the advantage.

Umpires: Supervisor: LT Bob Austin (Navy)
Charles Schartow (USMC) Chief C. B. Seybold (Navy), Bill Smigelski (Army)

Sadly, the scorecard was left un-scored. For service games, having a scored scorecard provides a record of the on-field actions that otherwise have been lost to time. The top edge of our copy also shows damage where it was likely exposed to wearing due to improper storage. As is common with service game programs and scorecards, this piece was folded.

As with all of our 1944 Service World Series game programs, this Game 1 scoring grid is unused (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

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