PRINTER'S NO. 1490
No. 87 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DEMPSEY, BUSH, FLEAGLE, JAROLIN, KENNEY, HAYES,
NOYE, VROON, WILLIAMS, NAILOR, FARGO, FAIRCHILD, ITKIN,
CESSAR, GIGLIOTTI, ROBINSON, JACKSON, MARSICO, KOSINSKI,
MERRY, ARGALL, ANGSTADT, CARLSON, BELFANTI, LETTERMAN,
DISTLER, MARKOSEK, HAGARTY, BISHOP, FOX, NAHILL, MAINE,
HALUSKA, CHADWICK, DeLUCA, LANGTRY, PISTELLA, WOGAN, PERZEL,
JOHNSON, BORTNER, JADLOWIEC, BOYES, S. H. SMITH, DIETTERICK,
CIVERA, STAIRS, BELARDI, G. SNYDER, E. Z. TAYLOR, HESS,
CORRIGAN, TRICH, TRELLO, TANGRETTI, CLYMER, CAWLEY, TIGUE,
HERMAN, COWELL, LEVDANSKY, VEON, GEIST, MELIO, McCALL,
PRESTON, MORRIS, HERSHEY, ALLEN, SAURMAN, STABACK, LASHINGER,
PHILLIPS, PETRARCA, LEH, ADOLPH, DALEY, RAYMOND, GANNON,
MOEHLMANN, KASUNIC, LINTON, B. SMITH, MRKONIC, WAMBACH,
SCHULER, COLAFELLA, DORR AND RITTER, APRIL 24, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 24, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Little League Baseball.
2 WHEREAS, On June 6, 1939, the first Little League Baseball
3 game was played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and
4 WHEREAS, The Little League program in 1939 consisted of three
5 teams, all in Williamsport, and by 1946 there were 12 such
6 programs, all in Pennsylvania; and
7 WHEREAS, By 1955, Little League was found in every state, and
8 is currently played in 28 countries, with 2.5 million youngsters
9 participating, culminating in a World Series each year; and
10 WHEREAS, From its inception, Little League Baseball has been
11 a vehicle for a program to promote the attributes of fair play,
1 good sportsmanship and a desire to excel through friendly
2 competition; and
3 WHEREAS, Thousands of adult volunteers give of their time,
4 energy and ability to make this program possible; and
5 WHEREAS, Little League has been honored as the only youth
6 sports organization to be chartered by the United States
7 Congress; and
8 WHEREAS, In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed
9 the first "Little League Baseball Week" the second week in June,
10 now celebrated every year by members throughout the country, and
11 this year being celebrated from June 12 through June 16; and
12 WHEREAS, Over 450 Major League Baseball players and countless
13 leaders in politics, business and industry are Little League
14 graduates; and
15 WHEREAS, The goals of Little League Baseball have always been
16 and will remain to instill in children the values of teamwork,
17 discipline and responsibility through a simple, fun game of
18 baseball. Since 1939, and far into the next century, the value
19 of Little League Baseball will be measured more by what a child
20 learns than what the child wins; therefore be it
21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
22 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recognize the 50th anniversary of
23 Little League Baseball and the benefits that have been reaped,
24 by our youth throughout those years by virtue of this
25 outstanding program.
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