Little League Baseball born in Williamsport in 1939
Fifty years ago in Williamsport Pennsylvania the first three Little League teams began on a downsized field outside a sandpaper plant. Lycoming Dairy won 23 to 8 on June 6 1939, launching a world wide youth sports program now reaching over 20 million children in 33 countries. The origin dates to 1938 after Carl Stotz and two nephews discussed organized play and a promise to provide uniforms new balls and regular teams.
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Williamsport
UPI
Lycoming Dairy
Lundy Lumber
West End
Landy Lumber
Tuck Frazier
West Co. Plastics Division
Pennsylvania
Carl Stotz
Abner Doubleday
Stotz
Jimmy
Harold
Major’ Gehron
Maynard Little League
Raymond Best
Jumbo Pretzel
Best
Dover
Del
Creighton Hale
Dan Quayle
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Selleck
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Carl Yastrzemski
Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
McGee key as Cardinals rout Astros behind comeback win
St. Louis backstop McGee returned to form with three hits and two runs as he relieved an injured Vince Coleman in a 7-4 victory over the Houston Astros. Tom Brunansky and Jose Oquendo added RBI doubles, while Jose DeLeon earned win. Houston’s Mike Scott struggled, giving up six runs in four innings.
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Cardinals
Houston Astros
McGee
Cardinal
Herzog
Willie
St. Louis
Houston
Mike Scott
Scott
RED Sox
Tigers
Boston
Mike Greenwell
Jody Reed
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Reed
Ellis Burks
TWINS
Mariners
Minneapolis
Tim Laudner
Mike Dyer
Jeff Reardon
Minnesota Twins
Seattle Mariners
Royals Rally Past A's to Inch Closer in West Race
Mark Gubicza fired seven scoreless innings to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics. The victory left KC within 34 percent of first place Oakland in the AL West as Gubicza improved to 12-10, with five strikeouts and one walk. Jeff Montgomery earned his 14th save as Terry Leach added a spotless eighth.
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Kansas City
UPI
Mark Gubicza
Kansas City Royals
Oakland Athletics
Royals
Oakland
A’s
Gubicza
Terry Leach
Jeff Montgomery
Mike Moore
Blue Jays
Brewers
Toronto
Jimmy Key
Tom Henke
Ernie Whitt
Toronto Blue Jays
Milwaukee Brewers
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
Orioles
Ballard
Gregg Olson
Don Mattingly
White Sox
Indians
Cleveland
Dave Gallagher
Chicago White Sox
Richard Dotson
Bobby Thigpen
Jesse Orosco
Rod Nichols
Angels
Rangers
Arlington
Texas
Brian Downing
California Angels
Texas Rangers
Kirk McCaskill
Steve Buechele
Kulwicki sets Busch 500 pole at Bristol in record lap
Alan Kulwicki as Ford drives to a Busch 500 qualifying record with a 117.043 mph lap at Bristol International Raceway earning the pole for tonight's NASCAR Winston Cup race. Geoff Bodine is second, Brett Bodine third, Ken Schrader fourth, and Sterling Marlin fifth as the grid forms. Governors ask Valvano to give up A.D. post CHAPEL HILL NC The UNC Board of Governors calls for Jim Valvano to step down as athletic director and urges tighter academic controls after a six month probe. Connecticut team goes for Little League title SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT Pa Right hander Chris Drury leads Trumbull in championship game with Kaohsiung Chinese Taipei as the 43rd Little League final unfolds.
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Kulwicki
Bristol
Tenn
Alan Kulwicki
Bristol International Raceway
Ford
Rick Wilson
Oldsmobile
Geoff Bodine
Chevrolet
Brett Bodine
Ken Schrader
Sterling Marlin
Valvano
A.D
Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina Board of Governors
Jim Valvano
UNC
C.D. Spangler Jr
Spangler
Samuel Poole
Connecticut
Williamsport
Chris Drury
Trumbull
Conn
Ming-Chieh Hsu
Chien-Chih Lee
Kaohsiung
Chinese Taipei
Drury
Davenport
Iowa
Lendl rallies to reach Hamlet Cup semifinals
Top seed Ivan Lendl defeated unseeded Jonas Svensson 6-2 2-6 6-1 in the Hamlet Challenge Cup quarterfinals in Jericho New York. Mikael Pernfors defeated Bob Seguso 6-4 6-4 to reach the semifinals. Jim Courier upset Aaron Krickstein 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Chesnokov beat Anders Jarryd 6-4 6-2 to set matches for Saturday.
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Lendl
Jericho
N.Y
Ivan Lendl
Jonas Svensson
Mikael Pernfors
Bob Seguso
Jim Courier
Dade City
Fla
Aaron Krickstein
Grosse Point
Mich
Andrei Chesnokov
Soviet Union
Anders Jarryd
Sweden
Courier
Pernfors
Chesnokov
Navratilova and Sabatini Reach Canadian Open Semis
Martina Navratilova and Gabriela Sabatini advanced to the Canadian Open semifinals. Navratilova edged Nana Miyagi 6-2 3-6 6-2, Sabatini beat Jana Novotna 6-1 3-6 6-0. Navratilova meets Anne Minter, Sabatini faces Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario after she defeated Nathalie Tauziat 6-3 6-2. Minter had ousted Chris Evert and Sylvia Hanika 6-2 6-3 earlier.
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Navratilova
Sabatini
Toronto
Martina Navratilova
Gabriela Sabatini
Nana Miyagi
Jana Novotna
Anne Minter
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Nathalie Tauziat
Minter
Chris Evert
Sylvia Hanika
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Jose DeLeon
Pirates
REDS
Cincinnati
Gary Redus
Jay Bell
Theittsburgh Pirates
Tommy Helms
Redus
Jeff Robinson
Terry Pendleton
Pendleton
Tom Brunan
Craig Biggio
Sky
Milwaukee
Key
Henke
Jeff Peterek
George Bell
Fred McGriff
Whitt
Greg Brock
Glenn Braggs
Yankees
NEW York
Jeff Ballard
Sterling
Rockford
Medical Arts Clinic
Ile CO
WED
Finn Brooks
First Street
Dixon, Illinois
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