Show baseball contests for or boys planned the first junior world series baseball contests ever to be held will be played this year on october 11 13 and 14 at philadelphia the world series for boys baseball teams wah will be the culmination of the american legions nationwide nation wide baseball program tor for boys which was launched this s year by the legions americanism commission championship teams of four regions the far west the middle west central and eastern regions will play off the junior world series the play will be on the mornings ot of the above dates and will take place during daring the notional national convention of the legion at philadelphia october 11 to 15 the winning team will be given a A suitable trophy identifying it as the worlds champion boys baseball team organization of alie junior all amer lean ican baseball league was authorized at the last nat national lonal convention of the th american legion the national amateur athletic federation operated cooperated co with the legion in launching the boys league the plans provide for championship pion plon ship contests in local communities in congressional districts in states in sections in regions and finally ta in the junior world series at the legion convention vent ven tion lon more than 2000 boys bov teams have bare been entered in the league throughout the nation and many hundreds more fire are expected to enter teams now organized under the sponsorship of churches industrial plants commercial inns boy scouts etc are operating cooperating co with the legions baseball program and are entering the league good sportsmanship among our american boys as it relates to and il makes good citizenship Is the chief j motive behind the legions baseball program declared F rank frank C cross director of the national americanism commission of the legion the playground and recreation association soc I 1 at ion of america Is operating cooperating co in the plan and recently contacted interested persons in several hundred cities urging them to operate cooperate co to in forming leagues |