Baseball was again a

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1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

after a 24-year absence. Both of the teams that played in Berlin were from the United States. The exhibition game was played on 12 August 1936 in front of 90,000 spectators in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. The two teams were named the "World Champions" and the "U. S. Olympics". The World Champions won, 6–5. Leslie Mann, who had pushed strongly for inclusion of baseball as an Olympic sport, was the umpire.

Game result

Source: Shaw hit a two-run home run in the first inning. At the end of six innings, the World Champions led, 5–4. The Olympics scored in the seventh to tie the game before McNeece hit a solo walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to end the game. Sayles was the starting pitcher for the World Champions, relieved by Thompson after giving up four runs in the first two innings.

Rosters

World Champions

* Dow Wilson, SS * Ernest Eddowes, 3B * Les McNeece, 2B * Ron Hibbard, CF * Paul Amen, 1B *

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, C * Tom Downey, RF * Hyman Holdberg, LF * Bill Sayles, P * Carson Thompson, P * Curtis Myers, P

U. S. Olympics

* Grover Galvin Jr., CF * Rolf N "Swede" Carlsten, SS * Bill Shaw, 1B * Gordon Mallatratt, 2B * Emmett Fore, LF * Clarence K. Keegan, 3B * Dick Hanna, RF * Henry Stark Wagnon, C * Fred Heringer, P * Charlie Simons, P Source:

Sources

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Official Report
The XIth Olympic Games Berlin, 1936 volume 2, p. 1098-1100. 1936.

References

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