203:; "Original League's" Field (a 1995 Pennsylvania state historical site and added in 2014 as a National Historical Site) on West 4th Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Carl's neighborhood park - Gardenview - Carl E. Stotz Park; with a statue donated by the order of Masons organization placed at Volunteer Stadium of L.L.B. Inc. in adjacent South Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and a statue of three young Little League baseball players located on Memorial Avenue and Park Point.
36:
242:, "Original League" returned to the first August 1938 area where Carl Stotz, his nephews (Major and Jimmy Gehron) and other boys experimented to determine the league's playing field measurements / dimensions and rules. The nephews mother, Laura Belle Stotz Gehron, sewed the initial bases. Carl hand-carved with a penknife the first home plate and pitchers mound.
276:. A highly principled man, Stotz's conscience did not permit him to remain; he left the organization he founded of Little League Baseball Inc. in late November 1955 over differences centered on commercialization and central control issues with the management of what is locally abbreviated as L.L.B. Inc.
245:
The next step was for him to apply to local businesses for sponsorship and donations. He also looked to parents for help with the organization of the league. A year later in the summer of 1939 they had three teams set up. Each team was managed individually by Stotz (Lycoming Dairy) and brothers
210:
at a location next to West 4th Street (at that time Carl could not get permission from the City of
Williamsport to start league play at this location), Stotz started to discuss his dream with local children from the neighborhood. He was always set on adult supervision to stop bickering on the
257:"Original League" on West Fourth Street is currently an unfranchised (from L.L.B. Inc.) and active league which hosted the first Little League Tournament (National Tournament) in 1947. The "Original League" Field was the venue for the 1948 through
381:
179:
He was the fourth of five children of Lulu Fisk Stotz the third child of a German immigrant (1862) named
Kristjian and married first generation German-American Juliana Eddinger, in 1877 in Williamsport.
246:
George (Lundy Lumber) and Bert Bebble (Jumbo
Pretzel). The first game was played on June 6, 1939, with Lundy Lumber Company defeating Lycoming Dairy 23–8. The first annual tournament of the
261:
Little League World Series tournament games. Its clubhouse contains numerous articles of historical interest worthy of viewing, and holds an Open House every day during the
436:
351:
376:
356:
184:
279:
From that point on Carl continued an active relationship with the "Original League" until his death 37 years later iat the age of 82 years, in June
326:
391:
296:
413:
371:
219:
he officially started up the first local league. The bases were placed 60 ft apart and the pitcher's mound was placed 40 ft from
78:
306:
200:
103:
45:
311:
192:
366:
336:
301:
262:
247:
173:
120:
396:
401:
441:
361:
291:
169:
157:
49:
418:
346:
331:
451:
446:
321:
196:
386:
280:
273:
272:
Stotz was commissioner of the Little League for 18 years. from the beginnings in 1938 until
266:
258:
251:
239:
231:
227:
216:
207:
341:
422:
430:
188:
265:
usually scheduled in August. The Little League Women's
Auxiliary was organized in
235:
226:
A field further north at
Memorial and Demarest Streets in Williamsport housed the
212:
60:
223:. The initial 1939 games were played at Park Point, facing the Susquehanna River
220:
17:
316:
183:
He is honored and memorialized in
Williamsport at the following places:
102:
269:
by Grayce Stotz, Carl's wife and a great "Original League" supporter.
382:
Little League World Series (Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region)
168:(February 20, 1910 – June 4, 1992) was the American founder of
56:
29:
250:
wasn't played until almost a decade later in the summer of
152:
144:
128:
109:
93:
215:.Finally during the next year in the summer of
238:(1939/1941-1945). During its fourth season in
352:History of baseball outside the United States
27:Founder of Little League Baseball (1910–1992)
8:
377:Little League World Series (Far East Region)
357:Carl E. Stotz Memorial Little League Bridge
185:Carl E. Stotz Memorial Little League Bridge
101:
90:
59:. Please do not remove this message until
79:Learn how and when to remove this message
327:History of baseball in the United States
199:, between the towns of Williamsport and
55:Relevant discussion may be found on the
437:People from Williamsport, Pennsylvania
392:Amateur baseball in the United States
297:History of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
7:
372:Little League World Series in Europe
25:
307:South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
139:Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
34:
1:
312:Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
61:conditions to do so are met
468:
367:Little League World Series
337:National League (baseball)
302:Williamsport, Pennsylvania
263:Little League World Series
248:Little League World Series
174:Williamsport, Pennsylvania
121:Williamsport, Pennsylvania
397:Youth Baseball5 World Cup
100:
414:History of Little League
402:U-15 Baseball World Cup
362:Little League Baseball
292:Sports in Pennsylvania
234:summer seasons during
170:Little League Baseball
158:Little League Baseball
347:Minor League Baseball
332:Major League Baseball
172:. Stotz was born in
322:History of baseball
48:of this article is
201:South Williamsport
206:In the summer of
197:Susquehanna River
163:
162:
117:February 20, 1910
89:
88:
81:
16:(Redirected from
459:
387:Babe Ruth League
135:
114:Carl Edwin Stotz
105:
91:
84:
77:
73:
70:
64:
38:
37:
30:
21:
467:
466:
462:
461:
460:
458:
457:
456:
427:
426:
410:
342:American League
288:
140:
137:
133:
124:
118:
116:
115:
96:
85:
74:
68:
65:
54:
39:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
465:
463:
455:
454:
449:
444:
439:
429:
428:
425:
424:
420:
416:
409:
408:External links
406:
405:
404:
399:
394:
389:
384:
379:
374:
369:
364:
359:
354:
349:
344:
339:
334:
329:
324:
319:
314:
309:
304:
299:
294:
287:
284:
187:which carries
161:
160:
154:
153:Known for
150:
149:
146:
142:
141:
138:
136:(aged 82)
130:
126:
125:
119:
113:
111:
107:
106:
98:
97:
94:
87:
86:
42:
40:
33:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
464:
453:
450:
448:
445:
443:
442:Little League
440:
438:
435:
434:
432:
423:
421:
419:
417:
415:
412:
411:
407:
403:
400:
398:
395:
393:
390:
388:
385:
383:
380:
378:
375:
373:
370:
368:
365:
363:
360:
358:
355:
353:
350:
348:
345:
343:
340:
338:
335:
333:
330:
328:
325:
323:
320:
318:
315:
313:
310:
308:
305:
303:
300:
298:
295:
293:
290:
289:
285:
283:
282:
277:
275:
270:
268:
264:
260:
255:
253:
249:
243:
241:
237:
233:
229:
224:
222:
218:
214:
209:
204:
202:
198:
194:
190:
189:U.S. Route 15
186:
181:
177:
175:
171:
167:
166:Carl E. Stotz
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
131:
127:
122:
112:
108:
104:
99:
95:Carl E. Stotz
92:
83:
80:
72:
62:
58:
52:
51:
47:
41:
32:
31:
19:
18:Carl E. Stotz
278:
271:
256:
244:
236:World War II
225:
205:
195:of the main
182:
178:
165:
164:
134:(1992-06-04)
132:June 4, 1992
75:
66:
44:
452:1992 deaths
447:1910 births
193:West Branch
191:across the
156:Founder of
145:Nationality
431:Categories
221:home plate
46:neutrality
69:June 2020
57:talk page
317:Baseball
286:See also
254:though.
148:American
50:disputed
213:sandlot
123:, U.S.
217:1939,
281:1992
274:1955
267:1947
259:1958
252:1948
240:1942
232:1941
230:and
228:1940
208:1938
129:Died
110:Born
43:The
433::
176:.
82:)
76:(
71:)
67:(
63:.
53:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
