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2013 Little League Baseball and Softball 2013 Media Guide Table of Contents History of Little League ....................................................................................................... 3-4 Chronology of Little League .............................................................................................. 4-11 The Little League Organization ....................................................................................... 12-40 Board of Directors ..........................................................................................................12 International Advisory Board .........................................................................................12 Administrative Levels of Little League ............................................................................13 U.S./International Regional Offices .......................................................................... 13-15 Local League ...................................................................................................................15 Divisions of Play in Little League............................................................................... 16-17 Education Programs ................................................................................................. 17-19 Little League Awards ............................................................................................... 19-24 Peter J. McGovern Museum Hall of Excellence ........................................................ 24-26 Accident and Liability Insurance ............................................................................... 26-29 Media Policies .......................................................................................................... 29-31 The Style of Little League ......................................................................................... 31-35 Little League International Complex Facilties ........................................................... 35-37 Little League International Congress ........................................................................ 37-38 Notable People Who Played Little League ......................................................................39 Little League’s National Sponsors ...................................................................................40 The International Tournaments ...................................................................................... 41-46 2013 World Series Dates and Sites .................................................................................42 Little League orldW Series Champions ..................................................................... 43-46 Little League Baseball World Series ............................................................................... 45-57 World Series Participants ......................................................................................... 46-52 Championship Game Scores ..................................................................................... 52-55 Major Leaguers Who Played in the Little League World Series ................................ 56-57 Little League Baseball and 2 Softball Media Guide The History of Little League Little League’s roots extend as far as base- but he often played ball with his young neph- ball’s history itself – even into the 18th cen- ews, Jimmy and Major Gehron, and wanted tury. a way to provide an organized program for Soldiers of the Continental Army played them. ball at Valley Forge during the American Carl gathered several of the neighbor- Revolution. U.S. citizens played more mod- hood children and experimented with differ- ern versions of the British games of cricket ent types of equipment and different field di- and rounders through the early 19th century, mensions during that summer. The program often called “town ball.” In the 1840s, New still did not have a name, and no games were Yorker Alexander Joy Cartwright and his ac- played. quaintances played a game they called “base In 1939, Carl and his wife, Grayce, took ball” that was very similar to the game we the experiment a step further, enlisting the know today. (Stories later arose saying Abner help of brothers George and Bert Bebble and Doubleday invented the game, but historians their wives, Annabelle and Eloise, respective- generally regard the stories as myths.) ly. Carl, George and Bert were the manag- On June 19, 1846, in a contest many his- ers of the first three teams: Lycoming Dairy, torians consider the first scheduled baseball Lundy Lumber and Jumbo Pretzel. John and game, Cartwright’s New York Knickerbockers Peggy Lindemuth soon joined the group, with Baseball Club was defeated by the New York the eight volunteers making up the first Little Baseball Club, 23-1, in four innings. League board of directors. During the American Civil War, soldiers on Carl also talked to his friends in the com- both sides played baseball to pass the time munity and came up with the name: Little between battles. In 1869, the Cincinnati Red League. His idea was to provide a wholesome Stockings became the first openly profes- program of baseball for the boys of William- sional baseball team. By the end of the 19th sport, as a way to teach them the ideals of century, baseball was known as “America’s sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork. Pastime.” The sponsorships (the fee was $30 per As early as the 1880s, leagues were team) helped to pay for equipment and uni- formed for pre-teen children in New York, but forms for 30 players. Then, as it is today, they were affiliated with adult “club” teams sponsorship benefited the entire league, and did not flourish. Children often played not just one team. Since then, sponsorship “pickup” baseball in streets or sandlots in- of Little League both at the local league level stead, and with substandard equipment. and at the Little League International level Cast-off bats and balls were taped and re- have helped to keep costs to parents to a taped, and catcher’s equipment in children’s minimum. sizes was almost nonexistent. On June 6, 1939, the first Little League In the 1920s, the American Legion formed game was played, with Lundy Lumber de- a baseball program for teenage boys that ex- feating Lycoming Dairy, 23-8, at Park Point ists today. American schools also started in Williamsport. Lycoming Dairy came back baseball programs. But a void remained to win the season’s first-half title, and faced for pre-teen boys who wanted to play in or- second-half champ Lundy Lumber in a best- ganized games. Other smaller programs of-three series. Lycoming Dairy won the se- cropped up from time to time, but did not ries. A granite monument now marks the catch on nationally. spot where home plate was. The area is now In 1938, an oil company clerk named Carl part of the parking lot for Bowman Field, a Stotz hit upon the idea for an organized base- Minor League ballpark. ball league for the boys in his hometown of In the following years, other programs Williamsport, Pa. Carl had no sons of his own, emulating the first Little League sprung up. Little League Baseball and 3 Softball Media Guide Boundaries for each league were estab- pitches the first no-hitter in Little League his- lished to ensure each league could thrive tory, leading Lundy Lumber over Stein’s Ser- without worrying about neighboring pro- vice. grams “raiding” players. 1943: A home run fence is added to Original From those humble beginnings, Little Little League field...Until that time, all home League Baseball and Softball has become runs were “inside-the-park”. the world’s largest organized youth sports 1944: Carl Stotz receives a draft notice but program. In the span of just seven decades, the draft regulations are soon revised and he Little League grew from three teams to nearly remains in Williamsport. 180,000 teams, in all 50 U.S. states and scores 1945: Mac McCloskey builds the world’s first of countries. It is estimated that 35 million remote-controlled electronic scoreboard for people have played in or volunteered for a lo- Original Little League Field...A game at Origi- cal Little League program. nal Little League in Williamsport is suspend- The basic goal remains the same as it did ed, Aug. 14, 1945, after it is announced at the in 1939, to give the children of the world a field that World War II has ended. game that provides fundamental principles 1946: Little League Baseball expands to 12 (sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork) they leagues, all in Pennsylvania. can use later in life to become good citizens. 1947: Hammonton, N.J. boasts having the first Little League outside of Pennsylvania...The The Chronology of Little League first Little League World Series (known as the National Little League Tournament) is won by 1938: Williamsport, Pa., resident Carl E. Stotz the Maynard Midgets of Williamsport...Allen gathered neighborhood children during the “Sonny” Yearick, who played in the first Little summer and devised the first rules and field League game for Lycoming Dairy in 1939, is dimensions for his planned boys’ baseball the first Little League graduate to play profes- program. sional ball in the Boston Braves organization. 1939: Little League Baseball is founded by 1948: Little League grows to ninety-four Carl Stotz who enlists help from others in the leagues...Lock Haven, Pa., wins the second community...Mr. Stotz, George Bebble and Little League World Series, defeating a team Bert Bebble are the first three managers...A from St. Petersburg, Fla. ...U.S.