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WILL Lunch and Learn, “Roaring Twenties baseball along the border … where scoundrels became stars and stars became scoundrels”
Saturday, March 19, 2022, 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Presented by Lynn Bevill and Mary Darling; Saturday, March 19, 11 a.m.-noon at the Silco, 311 N. Bullard St., Silver City. Masks are mandatory.
Lynn Bevill will reveal the motivation behind his original master’s thesis research on Outlaw Baseball Players in The Copper League circa 1925-27. He will offer an overview of what he was able to uncover at the time and will discuss the nature of his baseball research in a then-and-now manner at both the local and national level. Mary Darling will explain how she and Bevill came to work together and demonstrate how she approached her task of building dramatic arcs out of Bevill's research. She’ll highlight some of the challenges of melding factual history into a story.
Bevill spent his working years as a psychiatric social worker, a classroom teacher, a university professor and retired as a librarian. He belongs to the Grand Canyon Conservancy, the Archaeological Conservancy, the National Trust for Historic Preservation as well as numerous local and regional organizations. As a member of the Society of American Baseball Research (Ball Parks, Black Sox, Minor Leagues & Biography) he continues his lifelong interest in America’s game. He enjoys travel, reading, all things historic and prehistoric and he prefers the designated hitter. A native New Mexican with family ties to Grant County, and a retired educator, Mary Darling studies and writes about baseball history along the border. Her three-part podcast, "Mining Diamonds Along the Border" (miningdiamondsalongtheborder.com), is an engaging intro to the topic of this Lunch & Learn session.
Location 311 N. Bullard
Silver City NM 88061
575-534-9005
http://www.silcotheater.com