Chevrons and Diamonds

The Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay Klippers played in the Central Pacific Area Serviceman’s League in 1944. The Klippers roster included major leaguers sucbh as Dodgers pitcher Hugh Casey, Indians hurler Tom Ferrick, Cubs catcher Marvin Felderman and Giants slugging first baseman and future Hall of Famer, Johnny Mize amid a pool of former minor league and collegiate talent.

This scorecard is one of two unscored copies of the Klippers’ August 10 game against the visiting Sub Base Dolphins. Monochrome black ink printed on a single sheet of bifold cardstock, this piece features lineups and scoring grids for each team and the preceding season results

1944 NAS Kaneohe Bay Klippers:

Player	Position	Former
Jack Alexander	2B	Akron (MATL)
Andrews	P
Woody Arkeketa	3B.LF	Chattanooga (SOUA)
Bill Balfour	CF	Wellsville (PONY)
John “Johnny” Berry	CF/3B/1B	U of Oregon/Semi-Pro
Hugh Casey	P	Dodgers
Collins	2B/3B
Bing Devine	2B	Johnson City (APPY)
Marvin Felderman	C	Cubs
Tom Ferrick	P /RF/LF	Indians
Frank Hargrove	RF/LF	Amarillo (WTNM)
“Wee” Willie Hite	CF/RF
Lamphere	RF/CF
Frederick “Marty” Martinez	LF/2B/3B	Spokane (WIL)
Irvin F. “Red”  Meairs	SS	Santa Barbara (CALL)
Johnny Mize	1B	Giants
Mlakar	SS
Walter Numerich	P	U. of Illinois
Penwell	RF
Bob Roth	3B
Scarsho	1B
Wes Schulmerich	MGR	Twin Falls (PION)
Joe Skeber	1B	Bridgeport (ISLG)
Bob “Lefty” Wittig	LF/P	Anaheim (CALL)

1944 Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins:

Player	Position	Former
Arnie “Red” Anderson	P	Chattanooga (SOUA)
Norman Gene “Pee Wee” Atkinson	C	Semi-Pro
Howard Bass	P	Riverside (CALL)
Tom Bishop	3B/SS	Semi-Pro
Earl J. Brady	2B/3B
Albert (Al) Brancato	SS/3B	Athletics
Jim Brennan	P
Neil Clifford	C	St. Paul (AA)
Bob Durkin	RF	Semi-Pro
Gordon Evans	2B/LF	Charleston (MATL)
Andy F. Felonk	OF
Joseph “Joe” Grace	OF/1B	Browns
Robert A. “Bob” Harris	P	Athletics
Frank Hecklinger	1B	New Bern (COPL)
George (Nig) Henry	P
John “Hubie” Jeandron	2B/3B	Port Arthur (EVAN)
A. Rankin Johnson	P	Athletics
Bruce Konopka	1B	Athletics
N. J. “Herb” Madigan	P	Amateur
Walt Masterson	P/MGR	Senators
Bob “Lee” McCorkle	C	Valdosta (GAFL)
Fred Merhoff	OF	Springfield College (MA)
Andy J. Meyers		Amateur
Don Meyers	OF	Semi-Pro
Maurice “Mo” Mozzali	LF/1B/CF	Semi-Pro
Romie (“Roman”?) Okarski	3B	Appleton (WISL)
John Powell	OF
Norm S. Roose	P	Amateur
Ken “Ziggy” Sears	C/1B	Yankees
Oscar Sessions	P	U.S. Navy
Phil S. Simione	SS/OF	U.S. Navy
Frank T. (“Floyd” “Smokey”) Snider	RF	Dothan (GAFL)
Eddie Stutz	P	San Francisco (PCL)
Russ Ward	INF
Clovis “Bob” White	2B	Elizabethton (APPY)

Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay hosted the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins for the Klippers’ 23rd game of the CPA League season on August 10, 1944. Dolphins John Jeandron hit a solo homerun in the top of the fourth inning to take a 2-0 lead after scoring their first tally in the second frame. The Klippers broke the shutout in the bottom of the eighth inning with consecutive one-out singles by Bob Roth and John Berry. Joe Skeber drove a long flyout that allowed Roth to score, accounting for the Klippers lone run in the 2-1 loss. Following the loss, the Klippers were 10-8 and in 5th place in the CPA League standings.

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This scorecard was originally part of Al Brancato’s personal collection. Brancato played on the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base Dolphins club.

Game summary source: Fowler, Charles, Chief Petty Officer, USN, “Jeandron Hero as Sub Base Wins,” The Honolulu Advertiser, August 11, 1944: p8

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