1944 Honolulu War Bond Game

Williams Equipment Company Sportlight game program for the April 29, 1944 War Bond Baseball Game at Honolulu Stadium.

Several all-star games were played by major leaguers on various teams during the month of April in 1944. Though the team featuring the Major League players, all except for Tom Winsett were serving in the Navy (predominantly on the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins squad.

This single sheet of 8-1/2 x 11 colored paper is printed on each side with a center-fold. Originating from the personal collection of one of the major league players, Athletic Specialist Second Class, Al Brancato, formerly of the Philadelphia Athletics.

Download a PDF version of this scorecard.

The lineups for the game reveal that both teams were stocked with former professional ballplayers. Note that some mistakes including name misspellings were made this page was printed. The rosters below reflect the correct player information.

Major League Roster:

Player	Position	Former	’44 Honolulu Lg. Team
Harold “Pee Wee” Reese	SS	Dodgers	Aiea Hospital Hilltoppers
Joseph “Joe” Grace	OF	Browns	Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins
Barney McCosky	CF	Tigers	Aiea Naval Receiving Barracks Maroons
Johnny Mize	1B	Giants	Naval Air Station Kaneohe Klippers
Johnny Lucadello	IF	Browns	Aiea Naval Receiving Barracks Maroons
Tom Winsett	OF	Dodgers	7th AAF
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	Louisville (AA)	Aiea Naval Receiving Barracks Maroons
Marvin Felderman	C	Cubs	Naval Air Station Kaneohe Klippers
Hugh Casey	P	Dodgers	Naval Air Station Kaneohe Klippers
Arnie “Red” Anderson	P	Chattanooga (SOUA)	Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins
Albert (Al) Brancato	2B	Athletics	Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins
George “Skeets” Dickey	C	White Sox	Aiea Hospital Hilltoppers
LT. Falkenstein	MGR
Tom Ferrick	P	Indians	Naval Air Station Kaneohe Klippers
Robert A. “Bob” Harris	P	Athletics	Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins
Rankin Johnson	P	Athletics	Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins
Walt Masterson	P	Senators	Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins
Vern Olsen	P	Cubs	Aiea Hospital Hilltoppers
Wes Schulmerich	Coach	Reds	Naval Air Station Kaneohe Klippers

The Major League roster showing the starting line-up in their batting order in bold.

Honolulu League All-Star Roster:

Player	Position	Former	’44 Honolulu Lg. Team
Tom Mizuno	RF		Waikiki
Cornel George “Kearny” Kohlmeyer	SS	Tyler (ETXL)	7th AAF
Edward Puchleitner	CF	Grand Forks (NORL)	Pearl Harbor Marines
Sam Mele	1B	NYU	Pearl Harbor Marines
Bob Usher	LF	Birmingham (SOUA)	Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
Joseph “Joe” Gedzius	2B	Spokane (WINT)	Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
(Albert Francis?) Joe Duarte	3B		Pearl Harbor Civilians
Frank Roberts	C		Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
Joe Wells	P		Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
Bill Azevedo	RF/P		Hawaiian Air Department (HAD)
Luther Branham	LF	Victoria (WINT)	Fort Shafter Commandos
Ray T. Fletcher	C	Hartford (EL)	Pearl Harbor Marines
Edward Funk	P	Federalsburg  (ESHL)	7th AAF
William “Bill” Garbe	1B	Hollywood (PCL)	Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
Bill “Lefty” “Dutch” Holland	P	Pittsfield (CAML)	Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
Eddie Jaab	CF		7th AAF
Leonard “Len” Kaspavovitch	P		Mutual Telephone
Gino Marionetti	2B	Oakland (PCL	Fort Shafter Commandos
Tom Saviori	RF	Mobile (SEAL)	Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
Charles B. Simmons	3B		Aiea Receiving Barracks Maroons
Andy Steinback	P	Wisconsin Rapids (WISL)	Pearl Harbor Marines

The Honolulu League All-Stars roster showing the starting line-up in their batting order in bold.

The back cover of the program includes a basic scoring grid for hits and runs along with a schedule of the first few weeks of the Hawaii League games (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

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