{"id":715,"date":"2012-05-19T14:17:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T18:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/?p=715"},"modified":"2017-09-25T18:47:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T22:47:20","slug":"little-league-mural-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/?p=715","title":{"rendered":"Little League mural fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/baseball-mural.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-717 alignleft\" title=\"baseball-mural\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newbostonvillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/baseball-mural-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\"><\/a>New Boston Mayor James Warren is helping collect money for a mural commemorating the 1960 New Boston Little League World Series team. The mural will cost up to $13,000, and will be painted on the field house at the high school baseball field.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From the Portsmouth Daily Times &#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In 1960, New Boston became the first team from Ohio to advance to the Little&nbsp; League World Series in Williamsport, Va. Now more than 50 years later, a group&nbsp; of local residents is raising money to memorialize the team with a mural&nbsp; painting at the New Boston ball field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an unbelievable team,\u201d said Bill Powell, whose son Mike Powell played&nbsp; on the team. \u201cThe toughest game we had was the first one, against Portsmouth,&nbsp; and it went extra innings. Then they won 11 straight tournament games. Ten more&nbsp; after Portsmouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After beating Portsmouth, the New Boston team played Canton for the state&nbsp; title and then beat all other northern state teams for the regional championship&nbsp; to advance to the National Little League World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania finally won the series, but New Boston finished fifth in the&nbsp; entire world league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were only four teams from the United States; Texas represented the&nbsp; west, we (New Boston) represented the north. I can\u2019t remember who represented&nbsp; the south, it was either Florida, or somewhere along there. But Pennsylvania&nbsp; represented the east. Then there were four teams, one from Europe, one from&nbsp; Asia, one from Mexico, and one from Canada. We beat Canada in the last game we&nbsp; played, and Pearl Harbor, we beat them real easy in the second game,\u201d Powell&nbsp; said.<\/p>\n<p>Powell is now part of a local group, along with Loren Hardin and New Boston&nbsp; Mayor James Warren, raising money to memorialize the Little League team with a&nbsp; mural painting on the Millbrook Park field house in New Boston \u2014 where the team&nbsp; played in 1960. Powell said the project will cost between $5,000 and $13,000,&nbsp; and will be painted by artist Charlie Reed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been in the works for the last seven years. It was supposed to have&nbsp; went on the floodwall at one time, but they lost all that information when they&nbsp; changed mayor\u2019s two or three years ago. So we decided we\u2019d go with New Boston,\u201d Powell said.<\/p>\n<p>The painting is expected to be complete in the next few months, if the group&nbsp; can raise enough donations to pay for the project. Donations can be mailed to&nbsp; the New Boston Little League Mural Project, c\/o New Boston Mayor James Warren,&nbsp; 3980 Rhodes Ave., New Boston, OH 45662.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com\/view\/full_story\/18438636\/article-Group-rasing-money-for-Little-League-mural?instance=search_results\">The Portsmouth Daily Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Boston Mayor James Warren is helping collect money for a mural commemorating the 1960 New Boston Little League World Series team. 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