Pint-Size Pros: Conn. Team Wins Little League Title
Pint-Size Pros: Conn. Team Wins Little League Title
There are 20,000 Little League fans on hand at Williamsport, Pa., for the World Championship for small fry. A team from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, outscores a team from across the border, Canada, to take the biggest crown in younger set competition. TLS crowd in stands at Howard J. Lamade Stadium. TLS Stony Creek team of Canada posing in dugout, boys in baseball uniforms. TLS Windsor Lock, Connecticut, team posing in dugout. Excellent panning TLS man using jet pack (jetpack, rocket pack, jet harness, rocket belt) to propel himself from ball field, then flying high over park, then landing safely-- note that this is the same year that "Thunderball" was released, which featured several scenes with a Bell jetpack; this is also a predecessor to the famous Rocket man stunt promotion of today. High angle LS spectators in stands. MS Canadian boy pitching. H/a LS Stony Creek pitch, batter hitting home run, running bases, being congratulated by teammates. H/a Windsor Locks player hitting single, runner crossing home plate. TLS audience in stands, but one African-American couple in the whole lot. MS Windsor Locks pitcher winding up on mound; h/a LS pitch, striking out batter; players celebrate on field, throwing gloves into the air. TLS manual scoreboard. H/a TLS Windsor Locks players celebrating on field in mass huddle.