BIW - Service Games

Service Games in Europe

First American Military Game in Europe in WWII - Northern Ireland - 1942
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
Apr 25, 1942	nr Belfast, N Ireland	14-4	3rd Batt, 133rd Inf Regt	2nd Batt, 133rd Inf Regt	Robert Lange (winning pitcher)

First Officially Recognized American Military Game in N Ireland Since WWI - Northern Ireland - 1942
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
Jul 4, 1942	Belfast, N Ireland	3-2	34th Inf Midwest Giants	1st Armored Kentucky Wildcats	h

Canadian Forces - American Forces - England - 1942
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
Aug 3, 1942	London, England	5-3	Canadian Army	US Army	h

988th Military Police Company (Aviation) - 1943 Season
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team
May 3, 1943	Watford, England	9-5	988th MP Fliers	8th Fighter Command
May 9, 1943	Orpington, England	12-0	988th MP Fliers	423rd Signal Corps
May 17, 1943	Norbiton, England	8-6	988th MP Fliers	901st Eng Company
May 19, 1943	London, England	16-0	988th MP Fliers	2013th Eng Company
May 22, 1943	Kingston, England	15-0	988th MP Fliers	952nd Eng Company
May 30, 1943	Maidenhead, England	4-1	988th MP Fliers	8th Air Force Service Company
Jun 7, 1943	Hounslow, England	10-0	988th MP Fliers	Canadian All-Stars
Jun 9, 1943	London, England	2-0	988th MP Fliers	CBS Clowns
Jun 13, 1943	Horley, England	9-5	988th MP Fliers	Canadian General Hospital
Jun 16, 1943	High Wycombe, England	2-1	8th Air Force Bomber Command	988th MP Fliers
Jun 21, 1943	Norwich, England	10-4	8th Air Force Bomber Command	988th MP Fliers
Jun 24, 1943	London, England	7-3	952nd Engineer Company	988th MP Fliers
Jun 27, 1943	Southall, England	13-5	988th MP Fliers	423rd Signal Company
Jun 30, 1943	London, England	8-4	CBS Clowns	988th MP Fliers
Jul 4, 1943	Watford, England	6-4	8th Fighter Command	988th MP Fliers
Jul 9, 1943	London, England	3-2	988th MP Fliers	55th Supply Depot
Jul 14, 1943	Hurst Park, England	8-2	988th MP Fliers	1982nd Truck Company
Jul 16, 1943	Addlestone, England	6-4	988th MP Fliers	8th Air Force Service Command
Jul 23, 1943	London, England	3-2	988th MP Fliers	901st Engineer Company
Jul 28, 1943	London, England	9-4	988th MP Fliers	8th Air Force HQ
Jul 30, 1943	Horley, England	19-6	988th MP Fliers	Canadian General Hospital

Eighth Air Force - Ground Forces - England - 1943
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
Aug 8, 1943	London, England	1-0	Eighth Air Force	US Army Ground Forces	Bill Brech no-hitter

Ninth Air Force - Ground Forces - England - 1944
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
Jun 3, 1944	London, England	9-0	Ninth Air Force	CBS Clowns	Chuck Eisenmann shutout

988th Military Police Company (Aviation) - 1944 Season
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team
May 3, 1943	Watford, England	9-5	988th MP Fliers	8th Fighter Command
May 9, 1943	Orpington, England	12-0	988th MP Fliers	423rd Signal Corps
May 17, 1943	Norbiton, England	8-6	988th MP Fliers	901st Eng Company
May 19, 1943	London, England	16-0	988th MP Fliers	2013th Eng Company
May 22, 1943	Kingston, England	15-0	988th MP Fliers	952nd Eng Company
May 30, 1943	Maidenhead, England	4-1	988th MP Fliers	8th Air Force Service Company
Jun 7, 1943	Hounslow, England	10-0	988th MP Fliers	Canadian All-Stars
Jun 9, 1943	London, England	2-0	988th MP Fliers	CBS Clowns
Jun 13, 1943	Horley, England	9-5	988th MP Fliers	Canadian General Hospital
Jun 16, 1943	High Wycombe, England	2-1	8th Air Force Bomber Command	988th MP Fliers
Jun 21, 1943	Norwich, England	10-4	8th Air Force Bomber Command	988th MP Fliers
Jun 24, 1943	London, England	7-3	952nd Engineer Company	988th MP Fliers
Jun 27, 1943	Southall, England	13-5	988th MP Fliers	423rd Signal Company
Jun 30, 1943	London, England	8-4	CBS Clowns	988th MP Fliers
Jul 4, 1943	Watford, England	6-4	8th Fighter Command	988th MP Fliers
Jul 9, 1943	London, England	3-2	988th MP Fliers	55th Supply Depot
Jul 14, 1943	Hurst Park, England	8-2	988th MP Fliers	1982nd Truck Company
Jul 16, 1943	Addlestone, England	6-4	988th MP Fliers	8th Air Force Service Command
Jul 23, 1943	London, England	3-2	988th MP Fliers	901st Engineer Company
Jul 28, 1943	London, England	9-4	988th MP Fliers	8th Air Force HQ
Jul 30, 1943	Horley, England	19-6	988th MP Fliers	Canadian General Hospital

Third Army Championship Series - Germany - 1945
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
unknown	Augsburg, Germany	1-0	76th Div Onaways	71st Div Red Circlers	Ken Trinkle 4-hitter
Aug 11, 1945	Augsburg, Germany	7-0	71st Div Red Circlers	76th Div Onaways	Ewell Blackwell no-hitter
Aug 12, 1945	Augsburg, Germany	2-1 (12 innings)	71st Div Red Circlers	76th Div Onaways	Bill Ayres (winning pitcher)
Aug 12, 1945	Augsburg, Germany	4-2	76th Div Onaways	71st Div Red Circlers	Tom Reis (winning pitcher)
Aug 13, 1945	Augsburg, Germany	5-0	71st Div Red Circlers	76th Div Onaways	Blackwell two-hitter - Ramazzotti homer

US Army Ground Forces Championship Series - Germany - 1945
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
Aug 21, 1945	Mannheim, Germany	2-1	71st Div Red Circlers	29th Infantry Div	Ewell Blackwell (4 hits, 9 strike outs)
Aug 25, 1945	Nurnberg, Germany	3-1	71st Div Red Circlers	29th Infantry Div	Bill Ayres two-hitter
Aug 26, 1945	Nurnberg, Germany	6-3	71st Div Red Circlers	29th Infantry Div

ETO World Series - Germany/France - 1945
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team	Highlights
Sep 2, 1945	Nurnberg, Germany	9-2	71st Div Red Circlers	OISE All-Stars	Ewell Blackwell allows only five hits
Sep 3, 1945	Nurnberg, Germany	2-1	OISE All-Stars	71st Div Red Circlers	Leon Day allows only 4 hits
Sep 6, 1945	Rheims, France	2-1	OISE All-Stars	71st Div Red Circlers	Blackwell's first defeat of year
Sep 7, 1945	Rheims, France	5-0	71st Div Red Circlers	OISE All-Stars	Two-run home run by Harry Walker
Sep 8, 1945	Nurnberg, Germany	2-1	OISE All-Stars	71st Div Red Circlers	Nahem and Rob Keane beat Blackwell

13th Airborne Division - 1945 Season
Date	Location	Result	Winning Team	Losing Team
Jun 6, 1945	Auxerre, France	13-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	1343rd Eng Batt
Jun 7, 1945	Paris, France	10-5	13th Airborne Black Cats	48th Gen Hosp
Jun 8, 1945	Paris, France	12-4	13th Airborne Black Cats	1st Gen Hosp
Jun 9, 1945	Paris, France	3-0	Seine Base Clowns	13th Airborne Black Cats
Jun 10, 1945	Paris, France	9-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	685th Ordnance Depot
Jun 12, 1945	St Trond, Belgium	2-1	13th Airborne Black Cats	386th Bomb Group
Jun 15, 1945	Auxerre, France	12-4	13th Airborne Black Cats	Seine Base Clowns
Jun 16, 1945	Sens, France	11-6	13th Airborne Black Cats	Seine Base Clowns
Jun 17, 1945	Auxerre, France	8-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	685th Ordnance Depot
Jun 18, 1945	Auxerre, France	10-8	442nd Troop Car Cmd	13th Airborne Black Cats
Jun 19, 1945	Sens, France	9-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	UK All Stars
Jun 20, 1945	Auxerre, France	7-6	13th Airborne Black Cats	UK All Stars
Jun 21, 1945	Joigny, France	2-1	13th Airborne Black Cats	UK All Stars
Jun 25, 1945	Reims, France	12-2	13th Airborne Black Cats	291st Infantry Regiment
Jun 26, 1945	Reims, France	6-4	291st Infantry Regiment	13th Airborne Black Cats
Jun 27, 1945	Reims, France	18-4	13th Airborne Black Cats	291st Infantry Regiment
Jun 28, 1945	Auxerre, France	5-2	13th Airborne Black Cats	787th MP Battalion
Jun 29, 1945	Sens, France	8-6	13th Airborne Black Cats	787th MP Battalion
Jun 30, 1945	Sens, France	6-2	13th Airborne Black Cats	Le Havre All Stars
Jun 31, 1945	Sens, France	6-3	13th Airborne Black Cats	Le Havre All Stars
Jul 1, 1945	Sens, France	26-1	13th Airborne Black Cats	Le Havre All Stars
Jul 2, 1945	Sens, France	10-2	13th Airborne Black Cats	Le Havre All Stars
Jul 3, 1945	Sens, France	14-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	Le Havre All Stars
Jul 4, 1945	Sens, France	14-3	13th Airborne Black Cats	Le Havre All Stars
Jul 8, 1945	London, England	4-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	UK All Stars
Jul 14, 1945	Compiegne, France	8-4	13th Airborne Black Cats	16th Replacement Depot
Jul 15, 1945	Compiegne, France	7-6	13th Airborne Black Cats	16th Replacement Depot
Jul 17, 1945	Compiegne, France	20-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	XVI Corps
Jul 18, 1945	Compiegne, France	11-2	13th Airborne Black Cats	66th Infantry Division
Jul 19, 1945	Compiegne, France	5-2	13th Airborne Black Cats	17th Infantry Division
Jul 23, 1945	Compiegne, France	5-1	13th Airborne Black Cats	75th Infantry Division
Jul 24, 1945	Compiegne, France	14-4	13th Airborne Black Cats	XVI Corps
Jul 25, 1945	Compiegne, France	8-3	13th Airborne Black Cats	89th Infantry Division
Jul 26, 1945	Compiegne, France	2-1	66th Infantry Division	13th Airborne Black Cats
Jul 27, 1945	Compiegne, France	2-1	13th Airborne Black Cats	75th Infantry Division
Jul 28, 1945	Compiegne, France	2-1	13th Airborne Black Cats	89th Infantry Division
Jul 29, 1945	Compiegne, France	9-0	13th Airborne Black Cats	17th Infantry Division

Phil Lowry's Military Marathon Games

20 innings – Goat (later Yerba Buena) Island, San Francisco, California - 9/15/1917 – Oakland Naval Training Station Sailors 1 Oakland Vampires 0 in 3:10.

20 innings – Base Section One, U.S. Army Base, Europe – before 6/18/1919 – U.S. Army Base Section One League – Camp Number Four Base Section 6 Camp Dodge 5.

23 innings – Langley Flying Field, Hampton, Virginia – ?/??/1923 – US Army at US Army Air Force – Fort Monroe Artillerymen 2 Langley Field (later Air Force Base) Birdmen 2.

20 innings – Gowdy Field, Fort Benning, Georgia - 7/30/1927 – Fort Benning Army League – 24th Infantry Blues 3 1st Battalion 29th Infantry 2 in 4:00.

20 innings – Camp McCoy or Whitehall, Wisconsin – 5/10/1942 – US Army vs. Amateur – Camp McCoy 5 Whitehall 4.

21 innings – Third Marine Division (later Trimble) Field, Guam – 5/6/1945 – 41st US Navy Construction Battalion Seabees 2 US Navy Air Base 1 – 1000 fans.

20 innings – Cartier Field, South Bend, Indiana – 7/14/1945 – United States Army Air Force at NCAA – Notre Dame University Fighting Irish 1 Indianapolis Stout Field Airmen 0.

20 innings – Memorial Ball Park, Atwater, California – 8/4/1953 – National Congress - Fort Ord Warriors 2 San Diego Naval Air Station Skyraiders 1 in 4:40 – 3100 fans - finished at 12:55 AM in the early morning of 8/5.

FINISHED AFTER 1 AM – Delta Company Desperados Field ‘Afar, Tell ‘Afar, Iraq - 10/20/2003 – United States Army 101st Airborne Division League – Hunter Marshall’s Team vs. Adam Kamann’s Team.

The above list has been very kindly shared with us by Phil Lowry of Minnetonka, Minnesota. It is a small representation of three lists: every baseball game which has ever lasted 20 or more innings, five or more hours, or ended after 1 AM. 44 years of research have gone into these three lists. Thanks for sharing, Phil.

If you know of any marathon games that have been omitted, please contact Phil Lowry via e-mail at plowry1176@aol.com so that he can update the lists. Thank you.