Baseball and Football in Ceylon, 1920: Field and Sport Carnival Organised by American Servicemen and Homeward-Bound Czechoslovak Legionnaires. Colombo, Ceylon, May 20, 1920. Aboard the U.S. Army Transport President Grant.

Rare bilingual programme for a sporting event held on May 20, 1920, in Colombo, Ceylon, jointly organised by Czechoslovak Legionnaires returning from Siberia and the American crew of the U.S. Army Transport President Grant, which was carrying the soldiers from Vladivostok to Trieste.

The programme documents an episode in the repatriation of the Czechoslovak Legions following their involvement in the Russian Civil War. After years of military operations across Russia and Siberia, thousands of Czechoslovak soldiers were evacuated through Vladivostok aboard Allied and chartered transport vessels. The President Grant was among the American ships involved in their return to Europe.

The day's events included a five-inning baseball game between two American teams drawn from the engineers and deck crew of the President Grant, with complete lineups and fielding positions printed on the final page. The afternoon programme also featured field athletics, including javelin, shot put, and discus competitions, followed by a football (soccer) match between the 6th Czechoslovak Regiment and a local Colombo team. The celebrations concluded with Sokol gymnastic exhibitions, military band performances, and a concert by the Czechoslovak regimental choir.

The final page identifies the American organising committee, headed by General Sykov, and provides the complete baseball lineups, including players' names and positions, together with the names of the Czechoslovak football players and officers responsible for the arrangements.

Printed in parallel English and Czech, the programme concludes with the English farewell “GOOD-BY. TILL WE MEET AGAIN” and its Czech equivalent “NA SHLEDANOU.”