Little League World Series 1953

Little League World Series 1953
Tournament details
host	United States
Period	August
Attendees	8th
Defending champion	Norwalk
Bottom line
winner	Birmingham (1st title)
Second	Schenectady
Third	Camp Hill
Fourth	Front Royal
statistics
Games	8th
< 1952	1954 >

Coordinates: 41 ° 14 ′ 39 "  N , 77 ° 1 ′ 6"  W

The Little League World Series in 1953 was the 7th edition of the Little League Baseball World Series , an international baseball tournament for boys between 11 and 12 years of age. The team from Birmingham could win the only world championship for Alabama. For the 50th anniversary, the Birmingham People's Library put on an exhibition.

Attendees

Country	team
new York	Schenectady
Massachusetts	North Newton
Pennsylvania	Camp Hill
Arkansas	Little rock
Virginia	Front Royal
Canada	Vancouver
Alabama	Birmingham
Illinois	Joliet

Results

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Schenectady	3
	North Newton	2
					Schenectady	10
					Camp Hill	9
	Camp Hill	17th
	Little rock	3
									Schenectady	0
									Birmingham	1
	Front Royal	3
	Vancouver	2
					Front Royal	2			3rd place
					Birmingham	10
	Birmingham	6th							Camp Hill	3
	Joliet	1							Front Royal	0

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Boys of Summer 1953, Birmingham Public Library Online Exhibit. bplonline.org, accessed on February 21, 2013 (eng). 
2. ↑ Tournament schedule, results and Rosters LLWS 1953. (No longer available online.) Littleleague.org, archived from the original on July 12, 2013 ; accessed on February 21, 2013 (eng). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.