Carl Stotz, a resident of Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, founded Little League Baseball in 1939. He began
experimenting with his idea in the summer of 1938 when he gathered
his nephews, Jimmy and Major Gehron and their neighborhood friends.
They tried different field dimensions over the course of the summer
and played several informal games. The following summer Stotz felt
that he was ready to establish what later became Little League
Baseball. The first league in Williamsport had just three teams,
each sponsored by a different business. The first teams, Jumbo
Pretzel, Lycoming Dairy, and Lundy Lumber were managed by Carl
Stotz and two of his friends, George and Bert Bebble. The men,
joined by their wives and another couple, formed the first-ever
Little League Board of Directors. Stotz' dream of establishing a
baseball league for boys to teach fair play and teamwork had come
true.
The first League game took place on June 6, 1939.
Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy, 23-8. Lycoming Dairy came
back to claim the league championship. They, the first-half-season
champions, defeated Lundy Lumber, the second-half champs, in a
best-of-three season-ending series. The following year a second
league was formed in Williamsport, and from there Little League
Baseball grew to become an international organization of nearly
200,000 teams in every U.S. state and over 80 countries around the
world.
NOW FOR THE CACHE SEARCH
Cache NOT assessable from the Interstate
( Don’t even try it )
This micro cache you seek is located near the
Parking lot of this Little League Field.
Located where it can be found even during a game so Stealth should
be low but be on the look out for Muggles at all times, so have at
it.
Daylight Searches ONLY as this parks hours are
Dawn to Dusk
No room for a pen so BYOP !!
Congratulations to FatMike428 for the FTF
!!!
A Member of the MDGS
