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| Author | : Rod Honecker |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 2023-01-25 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1476647720 |
On June 10, 1948, the eyes of the sporting world were focused on a minor league ballpark in Newark, New Jersey--the unlikely venue of a much-anticipated rubber match between the two men at the top of boxing's prestigious middleweight division, Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano. They had met in the ring twice before, each winning one bout. In their third fight, Zale, a clever and powerful puncher, hoped to regain his title from Graziano, a knock-out artist six years his junior. This book tells the story of the greatest middleweight trilogy of boxing's Golden Age, a championship battle Newark hoped would catalyze brighter days for a city rife with political corruption and organized crime and grappling with the beginning of deindustrialization.
| Author | : Frederick C Bush |
| Publisher | : Society for American Baseball Research |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2019-07-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781970159073 |
The Newark Eagles won only one Negro National League pennant during the franchise's 15-year tenure in the Garden State, but the 1946 squad that ran away with the NNL and then triumphed over the Kansas City Monarchs in a seven-game World Series was a team for the ages. World War II had ended, and numerous players who had served in the military returned to resume their playing careers with the Eagles. The returning veterans composed a veritable "Who's Who in the Negro Leagues" and included Leon Day, Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, and Max Manning, as well as numerous role players. Four of the Eagles' stars-Day, Doby, Irvin, and player/manager Raleigh "Biz" Mackey, as well as co-owner Effa Manley-have been enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. This book, which was researched and written exclusively by more than 30 members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), presents not only the famous individuals, but also tells the tales of the other stars and the lesser-known players insofar as history allows them to be revealed. In addition to biographies of the players, co-owners, and P.A. announcer, there are also articles about Newark's Ruppert Stadium, Leon Day's Opening Day no-hitter, a sensational midseason game, the season's two East-West All-Star games, and the 1946 Negro League World Series between the Eagles and the renowned Kansas City Monarchs. A season timeline and a history of the Eagles' years in Newark help to present the entire context of the team and its lone championship season. Includes over 60 historic photos. Contents: 1.James Boyd by Frederick C. Bush2.Harry Butts by Margaret M. Gripshover3.Cecil Cole by Rich Bogovich4.Johnny Davis by Dave Wilkie5.Leon Day by Tom Kern6.Larry Doby by John McMurray7.Charles England by Margaret M. Gripshover8.William "Benny" Felder by Bryan Steverson and Frederick C. Bush9.Oscar Givens by Skip Nipper10.Vernon Harrison by Margaret M. Gripshover11.Bob Harvey by Jeb Stewart12.Fred Hobgood by Rich Bogovich13.Leniel Hooker by Tim Tassler and Frederick C. Bush14.Cal Irvin by Bryan Steverson15.Monte Irvin by Larry Hogan16.Clarence "Pint" Isreal by Bill Hickman17.Rufus Lewis by Michael Mattsey18.Raleigh "Biz" Mackey by Chris Rainey19.Biz Mackey and Japan by Bill Staples Jr.20.Maxwell Manning by Frederick C. Bush21.Charles Parks by Jay Hurd22.Andrew "Pat" Patterson by Bill Johnson23.Warren Peace by Bill Nowlin24.Lennie Pearson by Dan D'Addona25.Leon Ruffin by Paul Hofmann26.Murray "Skeeter" Watkins by Niall Adler27.Jimmy "Seabiscuit" Wilkes by Bob LeMoine28.Robert "Cotton" Williams by Ralph Carhart29.Abe Manley by Amy C. Essington30.Effa Manley by Amy C. Essington31.Sherman Maxwell by Leslie Heaphy32.Ruppert Stadium by Curt Smith33.1946 Newark Eagles Season Timeline by by Bill Nowlin34.May 5, 1946: Leon Day and Baseball's Other Opening Day No-hitter by Frederick C. Bush35.August 11, 1946: Leon's Terrific, Wonderful, Magnificent, Very Good Day by Bob LeMoine36.August 15, 1946: East-West All-Star Game 1, Griffith Stadium by Mark S. Sternman and Frederick C. Bush 37.August 18, 1946: East-West All-Star Game 2, Comiskey Park by Mark S. Sternman and Frederick C. Bush38.The 1946 World Series: Newark Eagles v. Kansas City Monarchs by Rich Puerzer39.The Newark Eagles: Swinging Away During Newark's Heyday by Bob Golon
| Author | : William J. Ryczek |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 2021-06-03 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 147664327X |
Dick Stuart (1932-2002) began as a minor league first baseman, noted for his outsized ego and terrible fielding. His brash personality and 66 home runs for the Lincoln Chiefs of the Western League made him a national figure in 1956. In 1958, he came up to the majors in Pittsburgh and played some fine seasons with the Pirates, and later the Boston Red Sox. In 1961, he was selected for the National League All-Star team, and he led the American League in RBI in 1963. A wise-cracking bon vivant, his career was not what it might have been. If he had worked harder, he might have been a better player. If Bill Mazeroski hadn't ended the 1960 Series with a home run, Stuart, who was on deck, might have been the hero. Yet his great hitting ability, quick wit and love for the limelight made him one of the most interesting players of his era.
| Author | : Andrea Williams |
| Publisher | : Roaring Brook Press |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2021-01-05 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1250623731 |
For fans of Hidden Figures and Steve Sheinkin's Undefeated, Andrea Williams's Baseball's Leading Lady is the powerful true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, Black athletes played in the Negro Leagues--on teams coached by Black managers, cheered on by Black fans, and often run by Black owners. Here is the riveting true story of the woman at the center of the Black baseball world: Effa Manley, co-owner and business manager of the Newark Eagles. Elegant yet gutsy, she cultivated a powerhouse team. Yet just as her Eagles reached their pinnacle, so did calls to integrate baseball, a move that would all but extinguish the Negro Leagues. On and off the field, Effa hated to lose. She had devoted her life to Black empowerment--but in the battle for Black baseball, was the game rigged against her?
| Author | : Bob Luke |
| Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1612341187 |
Never one to mince words, Effa Manley once wrote a letter to sportswriter Art Carter, saying that she hoped they could meet soon because "I would like to tell you a lot of things you should know about baseball.” From 1936 to 1948, Manley ran the Negro league Newark Eagles that her husband, Abe, owned for roughly a decade. Because of her business acumen, commitment to her players, and larger-than-life personality, she would leave an indelible mark not only on baseball but also on American history. Attending her first owners’ meeting in 1937, Manley delivered an unflattering assessment of the league, prompting Pittsburgh Crawfords owner Gus Greenlee to tell Abe, "Keep your wife at home.” Abe, however, was not convinced, nor was Manley deterred. Like Greenlee, some players thought her too aggressive and inflexible. Others adored her. Regardless of their opinions, she dedicated herself to empowering them on and off the field. She meted out discipline, advice, and support in the form of raises, loans, job recommendations, and Christmas packages, and she even knocked heads with Branch Rickey, Bill Veeck, and Jackie Robinson. Not only a story of Manley’s influence on the baseball world, The Most Famous Woman in Baseball vividly documents her social activism. Her life played out against the backdrop of the Jim Crow years, when discrimination forced most of Newark’s blacks to live in the Third Ward, where prostitution flourished, housing was among the nation’s worst, and only menial jobs were available. Manley and the Eagles gave African Americans a haven, Ruppert Stadium. She also proposed reforms at the Negro leagues’ team owners’ meetings, marched on picket lines, sponsored charity balls and benefit games, and collected money for the NAACP. With vision, beauty, intelligence, discipline, and an acerbic wit, Manley was a force of nature--and, as Bob Luke shows, one to be reckoned with.
| Author | : Audrey Vernick |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2010-10-19 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0061349208 |
Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just to see Babe Ruth’s mighty swing. But she never dreamed she would someday own a baseball team. Or be the first—and only—woman ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. From her childhood in Philadelphia to her groundbreaking role as business manager and owner of the Newark Eagles, Effa Manley always fought for what was right. And she always swung for the fences. From author Audrey Vernick and illustrator Don Tate comes the remarkable story of an all-star of a woman.
| Author | : Ernest K. Gann |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 421 |
| Release | : 1986-07-02 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0671636030 |
An episodic log of some of the author's more memorable hours aloft in peace and as a member of the Air Transport Command in war.
| Author | : Neil Lanctot |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 509 |
| Release | : 2011-01-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0812202562 |
The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball functioned as a critical component in the separate economy catering to black consumers in the urban centers of the North and South. While most black businesses struggled to survive from year to year, professional baseball teams and leagues operated for decades, representing a major achievement in black enterprise and institution building. Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era. Faced with only a limited amount of correspondence and documents, Lanctot consulted virtually every sports page of every black newspaper located in a league city. He then conducted interviews with former players and scrutinized existing financial, court, and federal records. Through his efforts, Lanctot has painstakingly reconstructed the institutional history of black professional baseball, locating the players, teams, owners, and fans in the wider context of the league's administration. In addition, he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions.
| Author | : Martha Jo Black |
| Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2015-02-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0897337557 |
He was told that the color of his skin would keep him out of the big leagues, but Joe Black worked his way up through the Negro Leagues and the Cuban Winter League. He burst into the Majors in 1952 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the face of segregation, verbal harassment, and even death threats, Joe Black rose to the top of his game; he earned National League Rookie of the Year and became the first African American pitcher to win a World Series game. With the same tenacity he showed in his baseball career, Black became the first African American vice president of a transportation corporation when he went to work for Greyhound. In this first-ever biography of Joe Black, his daughter Martha Jo Black tells the story not only of a baseball great who broke through the color line, but also of the father she knew and loved.
| Author | : Frederick A. Johnsen |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2014-10-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1782009744 |
The growth in size, lethality, and technology of the German Luftwaffe was of concern to some defense planners in the United States before American entry into the war. Learning about the Luftwaffe became a significant effort once the conflict broke out in Europe. From defectors with German aircraft to battlefield trophies and combat crew reports, the race to understand German aero technology took on sometimes heroic proportions. After the war, German technology infused American aerospace developments in many ways: German ribbon parachutes were evaluated for high-speed bailouts; sweptwing leading edge slat technology benefited the F-86 Sabre; overall comprehension of sweptwing benefits to fast jet aircraft was validated; pulse jet V1s and supersonic V2 rockets boosted American drone weapon, ballistic missile, and space exploration efforts. In this volume Frederick A. Johnsen traces that path of discovery.
