Perkiomen Valley Twilight League History

The league was called the Perkiomen Valley League from 1921-1937 or so (there is no information available from 1938-1944. Also, some say the league started in 1915, but there is no information available to document this from 1915 to 1920 either. The games were played on Saturdays and sometimes on Sundays. The league slowly dissolved after the 1937 season or became so small, it was not covered by any of the local newspapers. The teams played in the other area leagues such as the East Penn (Harleysville, Lansdale), North Penn (Souderton, North Wales) and Montco (Evansburg, Norristown) Leagues during this time. The league was “reborn” in 1946 as the Perkiomen Valley “Twilight” League were games were played during the week at night or after work. In the early days, the team finishing in first place in the regular season was awarded the league championship. If teams were tied, then a playoff was held. Some seasons (1929-30, 32-37) also played split seasons and awarded first half and second half champions. The two champs would meet for the overall league title, unless the same team won both halves, then that team was awarded the championship and no playoff were held. Some Franchises in existence back then included Gratersford, Worcester, Oaks, Schwenksville, Fairview, Skippack, Port Providence (Lower & Upper Providence), Trooper, Norristown, Royersford, Limerack, West Point, Collegeville, Pottstown and The Legionaires (from Perkiomen, Red Hill, Pennsburg and East Greenville). Royersford was frequently called the Needle Point Company (from Royersford) and Pottstown was also called the Spicer Corporation (from Pottstown). The older Norristown club was the Norristown High School Baseball Club (ex-Norristown High Players). A fellow named Meixel was the league President from 1921-37. Warren  Zeigler was the VP, Wilmer Cressmen, Sr. was the Secretary and Carl Marberger was the Treasurer. The league statistician was Ezra Markley of Zeiglerville who kept track of the standings and sometimes as best he could, the league batting leaders, etc. 

The League was re-organized in 1946 from the Perkiomen Valley League to the Perkiomen Valley Twi-Light League with the help of Charlie Romanowski. Instead of the old format of just playing in weekends, this league will now operate during the weeknights.