Elmwood Little League Shooting for Field of Dreams
The contest sponsored by Granite City electrical distributor is giving away a $100,000 package -- installation of lights on a junior-sized baseball field.
BY KATE BRAMSON, Projo.com Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, 9/14/06 -- The biggest children's baseball league in the city has to end too many games early because darkness sets in and they don't have lights on their four fields. Elmwood Little League had to turn away 50 to 75 children this year who want to play because the league just can't accommodate enough games and practices for more children when they must restrict everything to daylight hours.
In its 56th year, the league has 36 teams and more than 586 boys and girls from age 6 to 16. The league serves the Elmwood, South Elmwood, Reservoir and West End communities. Many of the children in the league come from very poor families and broken homes, according to Jim Taylor, the vice president of the league. He's pursuing many avenues and is hoping beyond hope this week that his team can win big on Sept. 26, when Granite City Electric, which lights up Fenway Park, will pull a baseball out of a tumbler and determine who wins its third Field of Dreams contest.
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