Chevrons and Diamonds

June 24 1944 between Great Lakes and Grand Rapids All Stars.  The scorecard is like a paper placemat material with a decorative red edge. It is a single fold so folded it measures 9 and half inches by 6 and a quarter inches

	Great Lakes			Western Michigan All Stars
#	Player	Pos		Player	Pos
	Bill Baker	C		Jimmy Busch	SS
3	Mickey Cochrane	MGR/C		Bud De Zwaan	1B
14	Al Glossop	SS		Wes Bigelow	2B
11	Harris	RF		Pat Mulvihill	Util
16	Billy Herman	2B		Frank Grudzinskas	CF
19	Merrill May	3B		Art Manley	3B
25	Johnny McCarthy	1B		Stan Waelowski	RF
7	Clyde McCullough	C		Ken Rotman	LF
26	Mizell Platt	LF		Tom Krupa	LF
31	Lynwood “Schoolboy” Rowe	P		Jack Bates	RF
8	Gene “Junior” Thompson	P		Pete Milito	C
22	Virgil Trucks	P		Kowalski	C
24	Dick West	RF		“Red” Biddle	P
21	Gene Woodling	CF		Herm Snoeyink	P
				Cy Crandle	P
				Gust Afendoulis	P
				Maclowski

Well over a month into the 1944 season, the Bluejackets were on a 17-game win streak heading into this late June game against the All-Stars in Grand Rapids. On a combined effort by Virgil Trucks and Lynn “Schoolboy” Rowe, Great Lakes handed the Western Michigan All Stars a 15-run shut-out. Despite being dominated by two star pitchers recently from the major leagues, the All-Stars managed 10 hits against Trucks and Rowe. Mickey Cochrane’s Bluejackets left Grand Rapids with their (now 18-game) win streak very much in tact.

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

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