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(Little League Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Gaylord, Frank Chalfant, II, 1925-2018, sculptor. Title:  (Little League Memorial), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 6, 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: stone; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 3 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 ft. Inscription:  F. C. Gaylord 1989 (On front of base:) AT THIS SITE ON JUNE 6, 1939 WAS PLAYED/THE FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME./ORGANIZED AS A THREE-TEAM LEAGUE FOR YOUNGSTERS BY/WILLIAMSPORT RESIDENTS CARL STOTZ, GEORGE BEBBLE AND/BERT BEBBLE, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS GROWN INTO/A HIGHLY RESPECTED INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM/PROVIDING FOR TWO AND ONE-HALF MILLION PARTICIPANTS/EVERY YEAR THE BENEFITS OF FAIR PLAY, FRIENDLY COMPETITION,/AND A DESIRE TO EXCEL THROUGH RESPONSIBLE VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP/DEDICATED/JUNE 6, 1989 signed Description:  Three young boys. They stand crowded together, holding up baseball mitts to catch a baseball. They wear baggy shirts, trousers tucked in at the ankles and lace-up shoes. The two boys on the proper right are reaching up with mitts on their proper left hands; the boy on the proper left is reaching up with a mitt on his proper right hand. Subject:  Children Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Williamsport Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of Williamsport, Street and Parks Department, 245 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701 Coadministered by Little League, Williamsport, Pennsylvania Located Memorial Park, Blaine Street & Carl Stotz Place, Williamsport, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculpture commemorates the site of the first Little League game. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA001495   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001495 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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