Saturday, Oct. 13, 1:00 pm, Jones Library, Amherst:
“The Mighty Jim Crow has Struck Out! The Story of How a Small New England Town
Embraced the African-American Ball Player,” a talk by Dan Genovese.
The author of two books about 19th century baseball in Western
Massachusetts, The Old Ball
Ground: The Chronological History of Westfield Baseball, Vol. 1 and The Old Ball Ground:
Volume 2: Town Teams & Bush Leaguers, Genovese
is captain and co-founder of the Westfield Wheelmen Vintage
Base Ball Club. He is
also the author of Rough
House, a look at professional
basketball in the early 20th century. Genovese was born in Westfield and
has played all levels of baseball in Westfield from Little League to college to Vintage Base Ball. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball
Research (SABR). The event is co-sponsored by Jones Library and UMass
Amherst.
