The Little League office is moved to Williamsport, PA, with Peter J. McGovern becoming the circuit’s first full-time president. In November of 1955, Carl Stotz, who started the youth baseball program 28 years earlier, will have strong differences with the increasing commercialization of the organization, causing the L.L.B. Inc. Board to remove him from his position as commissioner.

On January 30, 1952 — The Little League office is moved to Williamsport, PA, with Peter J. McGovern becoming the circuit’s first full-time president. In November of 1955, Carl Stotz, who started the youth baseball program 28 years earlier, will have strong differences with the increasing commercialization of the organization, causing the L.L.B. Inc. Board to remove him from his position as commissioner.

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