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1942 Great Lakes vs Coffeyville Ban Johnson Refiners

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(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).

Exhibition games between service and professional teams were held throughout World War II. This scorecard from August 14, 1942 is quite extensive and detailed providing publicity photographs of individual players on both squads. The game was scheduled as a fund-raiser for Navy Relief with a portion of the proceeds covering the cost of the Bluejackets’ travel to Coffeyville, Kansas.

(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
Great LakesCoffeyville Refiners
NumberPlayerPosition NumberPlayer
19Ernie Andres3B 22Jack Watkins
22Earl BolyardCF 31Clyde Kreatz
20Cliff ClayP 29Jack  Southwick
3Mickey CochraneMGR/C 9Bob Cain
9Joe GraceRF 14Floyd Lewis
10Chester Hajduk1B 44Ted Bartle
7Sam HarshaneyC 25Merle Applebee
11John LucadelloSS 3Ross Howard
2Benny McCoy2B 32George Logan
8Don PadgettLF 27Jack Paul
12Eddie PellagriniSS 26Roger Young
18Frankie PytlakC 28Bill Faulkner
23Johnny RigneyP 8Harvey Mizel
 E. A. ThompsonPub. Rel. 16Rodney Lewis
 Myron “Mush” EslerTrainer 30Gene Spangler
    5Roy Mayfield
    1Jimmy Bliss
    11Benny Lynch
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).
(Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).

 

Former Philadelphia Athletics second baseman Benny McCoy was an integral part of the 1942 Great Lakes squad (Courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection).

Printed on a lower grade paper stock that is consistent with military scorecards from the World War II era, this 16-page booklet has stood up to more than 75 years with little oxidation or deterioration.

This scorecard was provided, courtesy of the Chuck Ailsworth Collection.

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