1936 Olympics

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Baseball was a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany and featured a single game.

The single exhibition game was played on August 12, 1936 prior to the track and field competions between two American teams. The single nation arrangement had been made after the original matchup between Japan the United States was scrapped after the Japanese team withdrew. The two teams were named the "World Champions" and the "U. S. Olympics". The World Champions won, 6-5 in front of 90,000 spectators in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. The exhibtion was organised by Les Mann, who had pushed strongly for inclusion of baseball as an Olympic sport. He also served as the game's umpire.

1 Roster
2 Line Score
3 Lineups
4 Game Results

[edit] Roster

Tryouts for the team were held in early July 1936 in Baltimore, MD.

Uniform #	Name	Position	Hometown	Club
1	Grover H. Galvin	CF	Rockford, IA
2	Les McNeece	2B	Fort Lauderdale, FL
3	Dow Wilson	SS	Malden, MA	University of Nebraska
4	Paul Amen	1B	Lincoln, NE	University of Nebraska
4	Fred Heringer	P	Clarksburg, CA	Stanford University
5	Clarence Keegan	3B	Robinson, ME
6	Hubert S. "Bill" Shaw	1B	Presque Isle, ME	Bowdoin College
7	Tom Downey	RF	Chula Vista, CA
8	Gordon Mallatratt	2B	San Francisco, CA	Stanford University
9	Charlie Simons	P	Alban, PA
11	Richard Hanna	RF	San Francisco, CA	Stanford University
12	Ron Hibbard	CF	Kalamazoo, MI
15	Bill Sayles	P	Portland, OR	University of Oregon
16	Emmett Fore	LF	Houston, TX
17	Hyman Goldberg	LF	Brooklyn, NY
18	Rolf Carlsten	SS	Philadelphia, PA	University of Pennsylvania
19	Curtis Myers	RF	Hartford, CT
20	Ernest Eddowes	3B	Philadelphia, PA
22	Carson Thompson	P	Philadelphia, PA	Temple University, Penn A.C.
26	Henry Wagnon	C	Bostwick, GA	University of Georgia
27	Norman "Ike" Livermore	C	San Rafael, CA	Stanford University
	Harry Wolter	Coach	California	Stanford University
	Les Mann	Manager	Nebraska	Former MLB player
	Dinty Dennis	Assistant Manager		Miami Herald sports editor

[edit] Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
U. S. Olympics	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	11	6
World Champions	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	9	0

[edit] Lineups

[edit] U. S. Olympics Lineup

Galvin, CF
Carlsten, SS
Shaw, 1B
Mallatratt, 2B
Fore, LF
Keegan, 3B
Hanna, RF
Wagnon, C
Heringer, P
Simons, P

[edit] World Champions Lineup

Wilson, SS
Eddowes, 3B
McNeese, 2B
Hibbard, CF
Amen, 1B
Livermore, C
Downey, RF
Myers, RF
Goldberg, LF
Sayles, P
Thompson, P

[edit] Officals

Les Mann (United States), umpire
John Whalen (United States), base umpire
T. Matsumuto (Japan), base umpire
V. Buchstab (Germany), base umpire
Dinty Dennis (United States), assistant umpire
Allan Gould (United States), score keeper
Stuart Cameron (United States), score keeper

[edit] Game Results

Fred Heringer started for the U.S. Olympics, while Bill Sayles started for World Champions. Hubert Shaw hit a 2-run inside-the-park home run in the top of the first inning. After giving up 2 runs in 3 innings, Sayles was relieved by Carson Thompson. At the end of six innings, the World Champions led 5 - 4. After the Olympics scored in the top of the seventh to tie the game at five; Les McNeese hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to end the game. The final score was World Champions 6 - 5 U. S. Olympics.