Appendix: The 1943 Camp Hood Baseball Season

This is the online appendix to Andrew Jett’s article, “The 1943 Camp Hood Baseball Season,” in SABR’s The National Pastime: Baseball in Texas and Beyond (2025).

 

Presented are the baseball rosters of teams with a number of players too large to be placed in the main article, with linked sources for each, plus some additional references.

827th TD Battalion

Position	Rank and Name
P	Lt. Ziegler
P	S-Sgt. James Haines
	T-4 Simpson
	S-Sgt. Harden
	Pfc. Elmer
	Pvt. Frederick
	S-Sgt. Shavers
	S-Sgt. Jake Early
	Sgt. Bowes
	Pfc. Bud Leatherwood
	Sergeant Major Quincy Powell
	T-4 Williamson
	Adams
	Goens

“827 Bn. Club Beats Temple Team, Truck. Bn.,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, July 15, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_17_Vol._1_7-15-43.pdf.

“829th Bn. Ball Club Victors,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, July 15, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_17_Vol._1_7-15-43.pdf

“829th [sic] Nine Defeats Semi-Pros,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, July 29, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_19_Vol._1_7-29-43.pdf

“827th Loses Two Games,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, August 19, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_22_Vol._1_8-19-43.pdf

“827th Baseball Nine Wins 7-4 From 614th,” The Hood Panther, pg. 3, September 9, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_25_Vol._1_9-9-43.pdf

“827th Ties With 758th.” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, September 23, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_27_Vol._1_9-23-43.pdf.

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113th Cavalry Regiment

Position	Rank and Name
P	Cpl. John Hubiak
LF	Pfc. Ronald Rinehart
P	T-5 Walter Wlazelak
C	Sgt. Bill Dick
P/1B	Cpl. John Merringer
1B	Cpl. Mario Carpani
3B	Pvt. John Kress
2B	Pvt. Leon Nearhoff
P	T-5 Lawrence Stainbrook
CF	Sgt. Glenn Melton
P	Sgt. Dan Cross
SS	Pvt. Alric Tarlton
P	Cpl. Mel Mondt
Dir.	Lt. Donald Davies

“113th Team Stays Here But Loses,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, September 2, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_24_Vol._1_9-2-43.pdf.

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670th TD Battalion

Position	Rank and Name
P	Pfc. Stanley Ross
P	Pvt. Charles Creighton
P	T-5 Vito D’Aprille
	T-5 Ray Arseneau
	Pfc. Arthur B. Schnake
	T-5. John Hoffman
	Cpl. Bud Cunningham
	Pvt. Stanley Anhalt

“670th Battalion Organizes Baseball Team Featuring Stars,” The Hood Panther, July 29, pg. 7, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_19_Vol._1_7-29-43.pdf

“670th Bn. Noses Out The 651st 13 To 12 In Baseball Game Here,” The Hood Panther, pg. 7, August 26, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_23_Vol._1_8-26-43.pdf

“Academic Regt. Beats 670th 6 To 5,” The Hood Panther, pg. 3, September 2, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_24_Vol._1_9-2-43.pdf

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OCS

Position	Rank and Name
LF	T-4 Angelo Mezzatta
3B	Pvt. Leo W. Matuszak
1B	1st Sgt. Stanley Young
P	Pvt. Lawrence ‘Larry’ Davie
P	Candidate David P. Madison
P	2nd Lt. Therone Botoher
Dir.	Lt. Forest Armintrout
	Pvt. Walter ‘Babe’ O’Grosky
	Pvt. Earl R. Lentz Jr.
	Pvt. Guida A. Fenice
	Cpl. William ‘Bill’ O’Malley
	Candidate James Earl Newberry
	2nd Lt. Al Scanland
	Cpl. John Scroggins
	S-Sgt. Joseph Lekutis
	Candidate Bernard Bodner
	Candidate Charles W. Frank
	T-4 George Krigbaum

PFC Keith Quick, “Two Baseball Squads Finish Unusual Season,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, September 23, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_27_Vol._1_9-23-43.pdf

“OCS Nine Wins 3 To 1 From 603rd in Seventh,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, September 2, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_24_Vol._1_9-2-43.pdf

“OCS Team Wins 7-0 From 801st,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, August 5, 1943.

https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_20_Vol._1_8-5-43.pdf

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635th TD Battalion

Position	Rank and Name
P	Pvt. Bob Shepard
	Senne
	Martin
	Foord
	Spike Spiker
	T-Sgt. Bob Herring
	Pfc. Leo C. Householter
	Raymond Stephenson
	Delmar C. Hart

“Student Regt. Nine Whips 635th TD Bn.,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, July 8, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_16_Vol._1_7-8-43.pdf.

“635th Bn. Nine Wins From 652nd Bn.,” The Hood Panther, pg. 5, July 22, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_18_Vol._1_7-22-43.pdf

“635th Team Back In Race,” The Hood Panther, pg. 7, July 29, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_19_Vol._1_7-29-43.pdf.

“Football-Like Score Run Up By 635th Battalion,” The Hood Panther, pg. 7, August 5, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_20_Vol._1_8-5-43.pdf

“635th Tank Destroyer Battalion – Reunion Booklet,” Accessed February 19, 2025. retrieved from https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/635th_Reunion_Booklet-23_pages_Includes_roster_opt.pdf.

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Student Regiment Team

Position	Rank and Name
P	T-5 Herb Karpel
P	Sgt. John Zuber
C	David Wheeler
Dir.	Lt. Freddy Murphey
	Cpl. Lloyd Kahler
	Pfc. Francisco Barrero
	T-5 Adelbert Cowhard
	Pfc. Don Wheeler
	S-Sgt. George Velton
	Pvt. Peter Petrillo
	Pfc. Richard Williams
	Pvt. Harry Fair
	Pvt. Sol Painter
	Pvt. Henry Stram
	Pfc. Virgel Clemens
	T-4 Norman Westbelt

PFC Keith Quick, “Two Baseball Squads Finish Unusual Season,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, September 23, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_27_Vol._1_9-23-43.pdf

“Studes Win ‘A’ League,” The Hood Panther, pg. 7, August 26, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_23_Vol._1_8-26-43.pdf

“Student Regt. Team Wins From 603rd Bn.,” The Hood Panther, pg. 7, August 26, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_23_Vol._1_8-26-43.pdf

 

Above: Article describing the integrated 827th/Student Regiment game. Retrieved via tankdestroyer.net

“827th Loses Two Games,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, August 19, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_22_Vol._1_8-19-43.pdf

 

Above: Image of the Student Regiment Team, with caption. Retrieved from tankdestroyer.net

PFC Keith Quick, “Two Baseball Squads Finish Unusual Season,” The Hood Panther, pg. 8, September 23, 1943. https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs2/CHP_Issue_27_Vol._1_9-23-43.pdf