Game 10 – Baseball Championship Series – Friday, October 6, 1944

Navy versus Army All Star Game Program. October 6, 1944, Hoolulu Park, Hilo, HI (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

With game 10, the Army All Star versus Navy All Stars moved to the big island to Hoolulu park locate in the city of Hilo on the Island of Hawaii. The Navy, by this game, led the series seven games to the Army’s two as the military brass decided upon playing an 11 game series in order to provide for plenty of opportunity for the troops to see the stars play.

This two-sheet, six page scorebook features an illustrated cover, full rosters, season standings, scoresheets, two blank autograph pages and sponsorship advertisements on the back cover. The two sheets are bi-folded and secured with staples in the fold. This piece came to the Chevrons and Diamonds Collection from Al Brancato who featured prominently in the Series.

One added bonus to this scorecard is the listing of the league records and standings of the games played in the Hawaiian league (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

The series rosters remained unchanged from the previous games though the order differs. Game 10 ended with a 6-6 tie leaving the series standing with the Navy in the lead with, 7-2-1 with one final game to play on October 15th at Kukuiolono Park.

The blank scoring grids (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

Army All-Stars:

Number	Name	Position	Former Association
10	James Ashworth	C	Eldorado, Arkansas
9	Bill Leonard	C	Oakland
8	Charley Silvera	C	Kansas City
15	Sid Gautreaux	C	Brooklyn Dodgers
1	Bill (Bob) Dillinger	IF	Toledo, Ohio
22	Cornel George Kohlmyer	IF	Tyler, Texas
2	Dario Lodigiani	IF	Chicago White Sox
6	Joe Gordon	IF	New York Yankees
7	Ferris Fain	IF	San Francisco Seals
12	Don Lang	IF	Kansas City
3	Walt Judnich	OF	St. Louis Browns
4	Joe  DiMaggio	OF	New York Yankees
5	Mike McCormick	OF	Cincinnati Reds
11	Hank Edwards	OF	Cleveland Indians
16	Johnny Beazley	P	St. Louis Cardinals
19	Eddie Erautt	P	Hollywood
25	Al Lien	P	San Francisco Seals
27	Carl DeRose	P	Amsterdam
18	Eddie Funk	P	Federalsburg, NY
21	Don Schmidt	P	Semi-Pro
24	Bill Schmidt	P	Sacramento
13	“Rugger” Ardizoia	P	Kansas City
23	Dick Molberg	P	Semi-Pro
28	Hal Hairston	P	Homestead Grays
30	Lt. Col. Joe Clarke	Coach	Semi-Pro
29	Staff Sgt. John Shumbres	Coach	Semi-Pro
20	Lt. J. T. Winsett	Manager	Brooklyn Dodgers
	Vincent Genegrasso	Trainer	Semi-Pro

Navy All-Stars:

Number	Name	Position	Former Association
32	Johnny Mize	IF	St. Louis Cardinals
29	Eddie Shokes	IF	Syracuse
2	Phil Rizzuto	IF	New York Yankees
17	Al Brancato	IF	Philadelphia Athletics
21	Sol Recca	IF	Norfolk Tars
5	John Lucadello	IF	St. Louis Browns
34	Pee Wee Reese	IF	Brooklyn Dodgers
4	Tom Bishop	IF	Semi-Pro
20	Johnny Jeandron	IF	Eastern League
11	Dom DiMaggio	OF	Boston Red Sox
13	Moe Mozzalli	OF	Louisville
3	Barney McCosky	OF	Detroit Tigers
28	Joe Grace	OF	St. Louis Browns
9	Johnny Berry	OF	University of Oregon
16	Jim Carlin	OF	Philadelphia Phillies
31	Gordon Evans	OF	Charleston
18	Marv Felderman	C	Chicago Cubs
1	Vince Smith	C	Pittsburgh Pirates
14	Ken Sears	C	New York Yankees
10	Norman Atkinson	C	Semi-Pro
15	George Dickey	C	Chicago White Sox
26	Arne Anderson	P	Washington Senators
23	Rankin Johnson	P	Philadelphia Athletics
24	Bob Harris	P	Philadelphia Athletics
26	“School Boy” Rowe	P	Detroit Tigers
25	Walt Masterson	P	Washington Senators
30	Vern Olsen	P	Chicago Cubs
19	Oscar Sessions	P	Navy
	Hank Feimester	P	Boston Red Sox
29	Jack Hallet	P	Pittsburgh Pirates
27	Johnny Vander Meer	P	Cincinnati Reds
12	Jim Adair	P	Semi-Pro
27	Hugh Casey	P	Brooklyn Dodgers
22	Virgil Trucks	P	Detroit Tigers
31	Tom Ferrick	P	Cleveland Indians
28	Bill Dickey	Manager	New York Yankees
30	Wes Schulmerich	Asst. Mgr	Boston Red Sox
6	David Liebold	Bat boy

The last two inside pages are blank and were placed for the fans to obtain autographs . The back cover shows the local advertisers from the Big Island (Chevrons and Diamonds Collection).

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