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THURSDAY, APR. 17,
By LLOYD B. WALTON Times Staff Writer
« LEBANON, Apr, 17—Memorial Park soon willbe resounding to the sharp crack, of hickory on horsehide as nearly 200 Little Leaguérs begin “Spring training.” The Little League is made up of youngsters 8 to 12 years of age who look quite professional in their neatly-pressed baseball finiforms. And the brand of ball they play has had Lebanonites turning out by the thousands to Watch them play since they were erganized in 1949, The whole thing started when
Ed Truitt, proprietor of the Model ‘Sports Center, 115 E, Main St.
saw a story about the Little League in the Saturday Evening Post. He immediately recognized the advantages such a group have in providing recreation for
‘the town’s younger boys and in :
gombating juvenile delinquency. Gets Big Response
Mr. Truitt’s first move was to
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Is 's ‘Play or Soon for 200 Little Leaguers
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day to assist in flood relief work. LO A i Ce vat Burglaries Net-$248 At Two Taverns Here: the 56-truck unit is expected to| Two tavern keepers tod¥y told|studied heelprints on the " gtool arfive in the flood stricken area police of burglaries netting $248./and bar. late today. A spokesman here, A yegg broke the door glass| A burglar got $70 from the sald the umit would be used toto the Ken-Mar tavern, 2802 & N tavern, 601 N. Noble St, haul equipment to help check the | Brookside Ave. climbed over a As waitress who lives above the waters or to help evacuate stool and <-bar, and looted the|tavern, Betty Brown, 27, called civilians. register of $178 cash. Detectives police when she ‘heard glass break. ©
Hair Crest Saps Levees
By United Press OMAHA, Neb, Apr, 17 (UP)— The ravenous crest of the Missourl River .ate into the water. soaked levees protecting East Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, today and the Army warned the dikes might be undercut. The new peril arose as the river| downstream at Phelps City and|
Watson, Mo, lapped at the top of the dikes there, spilled over, thén burst through.
All levee workers,
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townspeople in their flight along a 16-mile stretch of riverfront. The dikes, the towns and the farm land were abandoned to “Big Muddy.” The river swept past Omaha at 20.33 feet and inched higher toward its predicted crest of 31.5 feet later today, The crisis was at hand.
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Was. The response was tremen«dous, Fourteen men attended the first meeting and Lebanon’s Little # League was born. : Enough boys were signed right away to have seven teams of 15
“boys each that first year, The | . Be? om FIRST SIGN OF SPRING—Bill Fo age 6 leonter), “secand baseman on Radio Electric team, smiles
happily as he ley French (rig
Eebanon merchants came for‘ward and asked to sponsor teams. During the 1950 and ’51 sea--gons there were 10 teams playing in the leagu#. This year there will be 12 fighting for the league pennant.
Founded in 1939
The National Little League was founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Pa. by Carl E. Stotz. That beginning was a threeteam league; ‘and the games were. played on a “diamond two-thirds the size of regulation. ; « During the ensuing years the .League has grown to’ cover 38 states boasting 776 léagues of 3333 teams. There are also Jeagues in Hawali, Canada, Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Cuba and “Alaska. In Lebanon the Little League has been paying its own way since it started. There is no admission charged at Memorial Park—they just “pass the hat” between innings. And the re_Sponse of spectators is selfevident. The League is starting this season with $426 in the treasury.
Likened to Big League
*. With the exception of the size «of the boys and the slightly di“minished size of the diamond, “the game is played like it is in the big leagues. Each player is Tequjred to be completely in —uniform when he walks onto the “playing field. If a boy comes up ‘to bat Withent his cap on the ‘umpire sends him back for it. And speaking of umpires— Lebanon is starting a school for them this year. It is being directed by L. D. Witmer, former umpire in the Ohio -Indiana
ets his glove in shape mH, Lions Club shortstop, will be next to use the oil,
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IT STILL FITS—Jack Shaw (center), Bardahl Oil left fielder, checks last year's uniform, Stanley. Collins, Tanselle’s Market catcher, and Dick Walls (right), Church of God shortstop, watch.
The teams will start practicing will be played each night of the League. All the umps this year May 2. By the last week of Mayiwse throughout the summer. “will wear uniforms, and Mr./they will be in condition to start] “And to show the interest Little Witmer reports 12 men already their regular schedule. (League ball has for people here,” have signed to take the training| The schedule consists of 18 Mr. Truitt said, “there were 27 course. games for each of the 12 teams. men at the organizational’ meetPaul W. Neuman is president These will be played in Memorial|/ing this year. And that was right of the Little League in Lebanon.!Park under the new lights do-|in the middle of Lebanon's bas-
or the coming season, Don Truitt, Elks right fielder, and Stan-
: Inounce, Mrs, Virginia Caylor was
Mrs. Fern E. Norris
Enters Reporter Race
Mrs, Fern E. Norris, 2444 N. Meridian St., former reporter of] the Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts, announced today she would be a candidate for another term in that office. She was the second to an-
the first. Mrs. Norris was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in the 1951 sessions and was the only one of 11 Republican members of the House from Marion County not to seek renomination at the May 6 primary this year.
Ministers to Meet LONDON, Apr. 17 (CDN) —= Finance ministers from the. British Commonwealth nations will meet in London in May. Subject]
of discussion: The effects of the recent restrictions on imports:
Atterbury Trucks Rushed to St. Joe
~The 343d Transportation Truck Company, was under forced motor march to Bt. Joseph, Mo, to- y
State Senator to Talk
Sen. Russell Bontrager, Elk-| hart, will speak at 8 p. m. to-| night at a Taft” meeting at the Riviera Club.
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, Truitt serves as secretary of nated by the city. Two games| |ketball season.”
both the Little and the Junior |— Leagues, Charles Whitney acts as commissioner of baseball for all| the amateur baseball players in Lebanon.
Curb on Delinquency
The effectiveness of the League, in combating juvenile delinquency has been pointed out by city of-| ficials. They are proud of the fact| that since the inception of Little League baseball there has not] beta a single boy in the 8 to 12 age group called before the police! for any type of violation.
‘Morals Case Runs Into a
The hearing of Ralph Bahney, Republican precinct committee-
Legal Snarl
prostitution charge, and Loretta Baker, 21, charged with asso-
man charged with associating|ciating with a prostitute.
with a prostitute, became snarled in legal problems today in Municipal Court 4. Bahney, 44, of 5202 E. Washington St., 'was arrested in a raid at his home Apr. 3. Arrested with him were his wife, Betty 34, charged with keeping a house bi in oe Patricia Davis,
The case was recessed by Judge Scott McDonald until it could be determined if the raid by
Patrolman Marshall Walke was ||
conducted legally, Defense attorney Sam Blum charged Patrolman Walke entered the house out of uniform and without a ,| search warrant.
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