1975 Little League World Series

Children's baseball tournament August 2023 August 20–August 23 4 New Jersey Lakewood Little LeagueLakewood, New Jersey Florida 1900 Belmont Heights Little LeagueTampa, Florida 1974 1976 The 1975 Little League World Series took place between August 20 and August 23 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Lakewood Little League of Lakewood, New Jersey, defeated the Belmont Heights Little League of Tampa, Florida, in the championship game of the 29th Little League World Series. Only three games were played in the tournament, consisting of two semi-final games and the championship game, as the third-place game was forfeited. In the 1970s, "whispers about overage Asian participants grew to shouts" when over a three-year stretch Taiwan outscored U.S. teams, 120–2, in a span of nine Little League World Series games. Then LLWS chairman Peter McGovern reluctantly agreed to a blanket ban of all international teams. After an uproar of criticism and an investigation that could produce no evidence of rules violations,https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2011-aug-16-la-sp-0816-little-league-baseball-20110817-story.html With adults involved, youth baseball can be more than child's play Baxter Holmes Los Angeles Times August 16, 2011 the ban was rescinded for the 1976 event.See: Little League World Series (Far East Region) 1975 Ban. The next LLWS tournament held without international teams was the 2021 edition, played during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Teams Iowa Davenport, IowaCentral RegionAmerican Little League New Jersey Lakewood, New JerseyEast RegionLakewood Little League Florida 1900 Tampa, FloridaSouth RegionBelmont Heights Little League California Northridge, CaliforniaWest RegionAmerican Little League Bracket August 20 New Jersey New Jersey 2 California California 0 August 21 Florida 1900 Florida 8 Iowa Iowa 5 August 23 New Jersey New Jersey 4 Florida 1900 Florida 3 August 22 Forfeit California California 0 Iowa Iowa 6 1975 Little League World Series Champions100pxLakewood Little LeagueLakewood, New Jersey Champions path The Lakewood LL went undefeated, winning all four games to reach the LLWS.http://www.unpage.org/newjersey/nj-1975.htm New Jersey State Tournament Results Unpage.com October 17, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101130140004/http://unpage.org/newjersey/nj-1975.htm 30 November 2010 livehttp://www.unpage.org/east/er-1998.htm East Region Tournament Unpage.com October 17, 2010 In total, their record was 6–0. RoundOppositionResultNew Jersey State TournamentSemifinalNew Jersey Bergenfield American LL8–7 (8 inn.)ChampionshipNew Jersey Nottingham LL5–2East RegionalSemifinalsVermont North Burlington LL5–4East Region ChampionshipPennsylvania Carbino Club LL4–2 Notable players Vance Lovelace (Tampa, Florida) - Played in MLB for the California Angels and Seattle Mariners from 1988-90. Albert Everett (Tampa, Florida) - Drafted in the 21st Round of the 1981 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins. Brother of Carl Everett. References Further reading Once in a Lifetime: The Story of a National Championship Little League Team John Reizer B07QPH28B9 2019 The story of the 1975 Little League World's Championship is told by one of its participants, young John Reizer. https://www.amazon.com/Once-Lifetime-National-Championship-Little-ebook/dp/B07QPH28B9/ External links 1975 Little League World Series Line scores for the 1975 LLWS Category:Little League World Series Little League World Series Little League World Series