Japanese team wins first Little League Intermediate World Series

The first Little League World Series for the new Intermediate Division ended last night in Livermore, with Izumisano Little League emerging as champs.

The team from Osaka, Japan, first defeated the other international teams, then it beat Collier Township, Penn., 10-1, for the title.

There was standing room only at Max Baer Park in Livermore as fans filled the bleachers at the Monday night championship game, which was aired on ESPN2.

The United States had six districts playing: Central, East, CA District 57, Southeast, Southwest and West. District 57 was represented by Pleasanton National, which had two victories before facing defeat in its third and fourth games.

Pleasanton, coached by Dale Wolfe and Bob Kaufmann, played its first game July 20, and beat Georgetown Little League of Jenison, Mich., representing Central, 12-0, with Evan Wolfe pitching a perfect game. The next day, Pleasanton won over Nogales, Ariz., of West, 6-3.

The following day, Aug. 2, Pleasanton faced Post Oak Little League of Houston representing the Southwest, which prevailed, 6-5. Pleasanton had one more chance when it played against Chartiers Valley Little League of Collier Township, Penn., from the East District on Saturday, but Collier Township won, 3-1.

When Collier Township beat Post Oak Little League, 5-4, on Sunday, it secured its spot in the championship game Monday against Izumisano.

The international pool included Canada, Latin America, Puerto Rico and Asia-Pacific.

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