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    		• Meehan, Ned,
     
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    		• Decarreau, John,
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Object -- Toy
     
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    		• Homage -- Blanchard, Emile
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Winooski
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Bat, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Meehan, Ned, sculptor.
    Decarreau, John, designer.
    Title: 
    The Bat, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Sept.-Oct. 1990; Dedicated 1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Cottonwood tree.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 38 ft. x W. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    N M (Inside an oval:) WHS (Lower bat:) LEFTY/BLANCHARD (On base:) THIS BAT AT HAWTHORNE FIELD IS DEDICATED TO THE THOUSANDS OF FANS WHO HAVE WATCHED BASEBALL HERE, TO THE HUNDREDS OF ALUMNI, FROM THE MILLERS TO THE SPARTANS WHO HAVE PLAYED HERE AND UNDERSTAND THE TRADITION OF WINOOSKI BASEBALL AND TO THE FEW WHO HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HIT ONE OVER THE FENCE AND LAND NEARBY signed
    Description: 
    A baseball bat standing on its end, carved from a dead cottonwood tree.
    Subject: 
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball
    Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment
    Homage -- Blanchard, Emile
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Winooski
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Owned by Spittle, John & Kimberly, 192 Franklin Street, Winooski, Vermont 05404
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain an article from the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), Oct. 7, 1990. The Bat was carved from a dead cottonwood tree on the Spittle's lawn that faces the high school ballfield. John Decarreau, Winooski 1988 graduate, came up with the idea to carve the bat. A committee of 50 school alumni raised the $500 to cover the cost of the carving. The bat was dedicated to a local baseball hero and supporter Emile (Lefty) Blanchard, who was the school's first baseman from 1931 to 1936. Since 1959, the Winooski ball team has won 11 state championships.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey, 1993.
    Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), Oct. 7, 1990.
    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 VT000218
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