USA: PRESIDENT FORD CONGRATULATES WINNING LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM FROM TAIWAN

Record ID: 1064045

  • Title: USA: PRESIDENT FORD CONGRATULATES WINNING LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM FROM TAIWAN
  • Date: 27th August 1974
  • Summary: 1. GV INT Little Leaguers applaud as Ford enters gym (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. SCU Ford speaking GVs of children listening overlaid as Ford speaks (8 SHOTS) 1.10 3. SV Applause as Ford holds up autographed ball 1.17 4. SCU Lin, Captain of Taiwan team 1.20 5. SV Lin with Ford holding banner 1.28 Addressing the young players, President Ford said: FORD: "All of you should be congratulated. Of course we'll congratulate the team which won, I can't help but admire....where's Mr. Lin? A seven-hundred and twenty-seven per cent batting average, I wish I had that good a batting average. But I do want to congratulate every one of you individually, congratulate you as a team, congratulate those who were the sponsors, the coaches. I wish to welcome all of you from foreign lands. Its my impression that competitive athletics, whether its in Little League baseball, or whether its in the Olympics, or whether its in any sport, contributes very significantly to a better world for all of us." Initials LD/0348 SPORT: BASEBALL Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th September 1974 13:00
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  • Location: Williamsport, Pennsylviania
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA41J756Y4MZ4UN26C7MIQME23B
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