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1927 Quantico Marines Baseball Schedule

March 7, 2026

3–4 minutes

The Marine Corps Barracks at Quantico served as a training facility for officers and provided technical training for enlisted personnel. The installation fielded a ball team, comprised of both officers and enlisted that by the mid-1920s was competing in a collegiate league on the eastern seaboard.

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Led by former Lehigh University and University of Vermont coach John Thomas Keady, the independent 1927 Quantico Marines faced off against 20 collegiate teams including Temple, Wake Forest, Catholic University, Dartmouth and Loyola, dominating their competition.

“The Marines , under the tutelage of Coach Keady, have ended their most successful season since the Marine have been playing college baseball, having piled up eighteen wins and were stopped only twice this year, ” the Washington Post published on May 29, 1927. “Two North Carolina colleges turned them back, Wake Forest winning, 3 to 1, and Guilford College nosed them out in a heavy artillery duel, 11 to 10. Among the leading teams defeated by the Marines are Washington and Lee, Dartmouth, Lafayette, West Virginia twice, and Waseda University of Japan, who had to accept a 9 to 6 setback at Quantico Thursday, 26th,” the article, Marines Beat Loyola, 5-2, in Closing Game, stated.

1927 Quantico Marines:

Rank	No.	Player	Position
	16	John J. Balis	P
	13	John J. Bukowy	P
	21	William C. Derr	IF
	22	George J. Fortier	OF
	2	George Fox	RF
Capt.		S. W. Freeny	1B/Asst. Coach
	8	Paul M. Griffin	P
	7	Ray O. Hannah	3B
Sgt.	2	Curg Hill	LF
	10	George M. Hriszko	SS
	23	Howard D. Hudson	C
		J. Thomas Keady	Head Coach
Capt.		C. A. Larkin	Mgr.
	6	James Levey	2B/OF
	17	Charles M. O’Donnell	OF
	11	William A. Scarlett	P
	19	Peter P. Schreider	P
	12	Thomas R. Stolle	P/CF
	5	Joseph Straus	IF
Lt.	23	Walter H. Troxell	IF
	18	Sanford N. Young	OF

Two of the 1927 Quantico Marines baseball team played in the minor leagues.

This programs is a single, 6-1/2 x 5 inch sheet of bi-folded card stock, printed with three-color ink. Printed ahead of the season’s start, the schedule does not reflect the actual games played due to cancellations. In addition to the schedule, the team roster and staff names are printed on the third page.

Date	Opponent	Score	Outcome
1-Apr	Bucknell		Cancelled
4-Apr	University of Vermont		Cancelled
5-Apr	University of Vermont		Rain
7-Apr	Dartmouth	6-2	Won
8-Apr	Mt. St. Mary’s	7-3	Won
13-Apr	Temple	5-2	Won
14-Apr	Temple	4-2	Won
16-Apr	Lafayette	6-4	Won
18-Apr	St. Bonaventure	9-0	Won
19-Apr	St. Bonaventure	7-2	Won
23-Apr	Western Maryland		Cancelled
26-Apr	Wake Forest	3-1	Lost
29-Apr	Virginia Military Institute	17-5	Won
30-Apr	Catholic University	7-3	Won
4-May	Gallaudet		Cancelled
6-May	*Washington & Lee	6-3	Won
7-May	Virginia Military Institute	9-3	Won
11-May	Catholic University	8-4	Won
12-May	Gettysburg College	11-2	Won
14-May	George Washington University		Cancelled
16-May	Guilford College	11-10	Lost
18-May	Washington College		DNP
19-May	Washington College		DNP
20-May	West Virginia University	5-4	Won
21-May	West Virginia University	4-1	Won
24-May	Randolph-Macon College		Cancelled
26-May	*Waseda University (Japan)	12-6	Won
27-May	Loyola College		Won
28-May	Loyola College	5-2	Won

Two opponents were added to the schedule, Washington & Lee and Waseda University, after other scheduled games were cancelled due to inclement weather.

Second baseman/outfielder James Levey played semi-pro baseball in 1924 and 1925 before enlisting into the Marine Corps. He starred in baseball and football for Quantico for two seasons before being discharged. Signed by the class “D” Eastern Shore League’s Salisbury Indians His contract was purchased by Beaumont and sold in 1929 to the Tulsa Oilers in the St. Louis Browns organization. Levey joined the Browns late in 1930, appearing in eight games.

Levey played three full seasons for St. Louis from 1931 through 1933 after which he was traded to Hollywood in the Pacific Coast League. He signed with the National Football League’s Pittsburgh Pirates (now known as the Steelers), playing in the backfield for three seasons while still playing baseball in the minor leagues.

This schedule was listed at auction (online) in 2025.