James V. Brown Library to host SABR meeting on Negro Leagues and MLB | News, Sports, Employment

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., will host the next meeting of the Williamsport chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.

the program, “The Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball,” will be hosted by Jack Houston, Lou Hunsinger, Marc Pompeo and Ted Knorr, and will focus on the formative years and baseball history of Negro baseball and the Negro Leagues; Williamsport’s George Stovey’s Place in Late 19th Century Baseball History; Major League Baseball Welcomes the Negro Leagues Statistics: 1920-1948; the “classic”1936 East-West All Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago; Cooperstown Hall of Fame Negro League Players; April 27, 1926, first professional game at Bowman Field; and the Williamsport Grays and the Black League Harrisburg Giants.

The program will be presented in the Lowry Room on the third floor of the Welch Children’s Wing. No registration required. For more information, visit calendar.jvbrown.edu or call 570-326-0536.

The James V. Brown Library is open for browsing and collection Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. To make a reservation, visit www.jvbrown.edu or call 570-326-0536 during library hours. The library is also open for public use of computers and services such as printing, faxing, copying and scanning. Walk-in passport services are available.

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., Williamsport, Pa., is the place to go to learn, connect and grow. Founded in June 1907, the library champions the love of reading, opens new doors to lifelong learning, offers refuge to those who seek it, and ensures the preservation of public library services for future generations. The library has over 225,000 visitors in a year and circulates half a million items annually. A member of the Lycoming County Library System, the James V. Brown Library participates in PA Forward, a statewide initiative to promote literacy in our communities to drive a brighter future for all.