1952 District Tournament

Little League Playoffs Set For District 4. (1952, July 8). Centre Daily Times, p8.

Little League Playoffs Set For District 4

Seven teams from District Four will swing into diamond action for what may lead to state and national honors in Little League play on July 18 and 21.

All-Star teams from three leagues in this area, Nittany Valley, Bellefonte and Penns Valley, will be picked this week and begin preparation for the playoff games. All three will play on July 21.

Bellefonte will play at Belleville, meeting Reedsville, while teams from the Nittany Valley League and Penns Valley circuit will meet in Lewistown.

The opening game in this district will pit the Lewistown National representative with McAllisterville. The Lewistown American team drew a bye for the first round and will meet the winner of the Penns-Nittany game.

One loss eliminates a team from further play. The teams will not decide which will get last bats in the games until before the contest when a coin-toss will be the factor. Each game will be six innings long.

A national rule that was not strictly adhered to in this area will have to be abided by in the playoffs. If a player is 12 years-old and has not pitched 18 innings before this year, he is not eligible to pitch.

13 Bellefonte Little Leaguers Named to Team. (1952 , July 9). Centre Daily Times, p8.

13 Bellefonte Little Leaguers Named to Team

The Bellefonte Little League All-Star team, which will represent the loop in District Four play beginning Jul 21, was announced yesterday by Frank Webster, president of the circuit.

Managers of the four teams: John Drogan, Decker's; Joc Kustanbauter, Foresman's; Herbert Spain, Keckler's; and Malcolm Bathurst, of the the pennant-winning Boughter's team, selected a 13-man team with four alternates.

By winning the 1952 flag, the Boughter's team repeated its performance of last year. The Giant's led in the all-star membership with four men; Jerry Kling, Paul Hastings, Don Bathurst, and Tom Mensch. One alternate was named from the Boughter team, James McMullen.

Second place Keckler's has three men on the squad which meets Reedsville on July 21 at Belleville, John Teaman, Kenny Anderson, and Sam Dunlap Ron Brooks is the Keckler alternate.

The three Foresmen representatives named are: James Wolf, Don Brown, and Michael Shultz, Jerry Robinson is an alternate.

Decker's also placed three men on the team: Norman Jessup, Leroy Wagner, and James Devinney. William Schwartz is an alternate.

Reedsville Midgets Stop Bellefonte on Near-Perfect Game. (1952 , July 22). Centre Daily Times, p8. 

Reedsville Midgets Stop Bellefonte on Near-Perfect Game

Jerry Kling’s leadoff first-inning single against the Reedsville Little League all-stars last night spoiled hurler Bill Loudenslater’s perfect game, but he went on to mow down the Bellefonte Little League batsmen and give Reedsville the win in a District Four playoff, 4-0, facing a one -over-minimum 19 batters.

Loudenslater fanned 11 of the 19 men to face him while his teammates picked up two runs in each of the first and third frames. The victors will face either the Lewistown Nationals or McAllisterville. The game will be on Thursday at Lewistown.

First-inning singles by Dering, Berich, and Ryden produced two tallies. Two more insurance runs, plus the game’s best play, came in the third. Struck doubled, but Kling picked him off second. John Teamanthen walked Dering, Berich singled, and Ryden doubled.

Don Bathurst blanked the winners without a hit for the final three and two-thirds innings. Berich and Ryden had two hits apiece to lead the hitters. The summaries: