Cleveland, OH - 2012 - Presentations & Articles & Award Winners
Presentations: Click HERE for highlights from The Courier
Alexander, Lisa Doris – “The Forgotten Pioneer: Larry Doby and the Reintegration of Professional Baseball”
Booker, Melissa - “The Undefinable Satchel Paige”
Briley, Ron - “No One in the Yankee Organization Made Me Conscious of My Color: Elston Howard and the Establishment Negro”
Brunson, James Edward - "Black Baseball in Cleveland, Ohio 1867-1900"
Fleer, Joshua - “When More than Only the Ball Was White: Barnstorming among the House of David and Kansas City Monarchs”
Knorr, Ted - “#14” [Rap Dixon]
Krell, David– “From Buckeye to Black Eye: The Cleveland Buckeyes Championship Season of 1945, Jackie Robinson, and the Beginning of the End of the Negro Leagues”
Lamb, Chris – “Did Rickey Sign Robinson to Right a 40-Year-Old Wrong?”
Liscio, Stephanie - “Cleveland Baseball Diamonds”
Peterson, Todd – “The Greatest Catcher in America: George “Chappie” Johnson 1876 – 1949”
Skornickel, George - “Characters with character: The Pittsburgh Pirates and the First All-Black Line-up”
Spivey, Donald – “The Women Who Saved Satchel Paige for Cleveland”
Articles:
Finkel, Jan - "Dreams Deferred, Dreams Dashed: The Negro Leagues and the Hall of Fame"
Lester, Larry - "Larry Doby - Double Dip, Chocolate Chip Player"
Lester, Larry - "Larry Doby Highlights"
Authors Panel moderated by Dick Clark
Lee Lowenfish - "Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman"
Thomas Aiello - " The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932"
Byron Motley - "Ruling over Monarchs, Giants & Stars: Umpiring in the Negro Leagues & Beyond" [The Bob Motley Story]
Terry Pluto - "The Greatest Summer: The Remarkable Story of Jim Bouton's Comeback to MLB" et al
Special Guest:
MINNIE FORBES- 1956--owner, Detroit Stars
Special "first-day issue" presentation by the U.S. Postal Service of the new Larry Doby stamp
PLAYERS:
Special presentation on Cleveland's League Park—Jennifer Vokoun
$2,500 Scholarship Winners:
Katarina Nguyen - Edmonds, VA
Michael Zoorob - Brentwood, TN
$1,000 Library Grants:
Windy Hill Elementary School - Jacksonville, FL
Buffalo United Charter School - Buffalo, NY
Trivia Contest Winner:
Ted Knorr - Harrisburg, PA
Robert Peterson Recognition Award:
Al Hunter
Don Spivey
John Coates Next Generation Award:
no winners
Tweed Webb Lifetime Achievement Award
Gary Ashwill
Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:
Wayne Stivers - Plano, IL
Alexander, Lisa Doris – “The Forgotten Pioneer: Larry Doby and the Reintegration of Professional Baseball”
Booker, Melissa - “The Undefinable Satchel Paige”
Briley, Ron - “No One in the Yankee Organization Made Me Conscious of My Color: Elston Howard and the Establishment Negro”
Brunson, James Edward - "Black Baseball in Cleveland, Ohio 1867-1900"
Fleer, Joshua - “When More than Only the Ball Was White: Barnstorming among the House of David and Kansas City Monarchs”
Knorr, Ted - “#14” [Rap Dixon]
Krell, David– “From Buckeye to Black Eye: The Cleveland Buckeyes Championship Season of 1945, Jackie Robinson, and the Beginning of the End of the Negro Leagues”
Lamb, Chris – “Did Rickey Sign Robinson to Right a 40-Year-Old Wrong?”
Liscio, Stephanie - “Cleveland Baseball Diamonds”
Peterson, Todd – “The Greatest Catcher in America: George “Chappie” Johnson 1876 – 1949”
Skornickel, George - “Characters with character: The Pittsburgh Pirates and the First All-Black Line-up”
Spivey, Donald – “The Women Who Saved Satchel Paige for Cleveland”
Articles:
Finkel, Jan - "Dreams Deferred, Dreams Dashed: The Negro Leagues and the Hall of Fame"
Lester, Larry - "Larry Doby - Double Dip, Chocolate Chip Player"
Lester, Larry - "Larry Doby Highlights"
Authors Panel moderated by Dick Clark
Lee Lowenfish - "Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman"
Thomas Aiello - " The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932"
Byron Motley - "Ruling over Monarchs, Giants & Stars: Umpiring in the Negro Leagues & Beyond" [The Bob Motley Story]
Terry Pluto - "The Greatest Summer: The Remarkable Story of Jim Bouton's Comeback to MLB" et al
Special Guest:
MINNIE FORBES- 1956--owner, Detroit Stars
Special "first-day issue" presentation by the U.S. Postal Service of the new Larry Doby stamp
PLAYERS:
- EARNIE (COKEY) NIMMONS --1952--of, Indianapolis Clowns, Kansas City Monarchs, Philadelphia Stars
- TED TOLES, JR., —1946-47, 1949--p, of, Pittsburgh Crawfords (USL), Newark Eagles, Cleveland Buckeyes, Jacksonville Eagles.
- GENE JOHNSON --1956-57--1b, of, Detroit Stars
- MEL (BUCK) DUNCAN --1949-51, 1955--p, of, Kansas City Monarchs, Detroit Stars
Special presentation on Cleveland's League Park—Jennifer Vokoun
$2,500 Scholarship Winners:
Katarina Nguyen - Edmonds, VA
Michael Zoorob - Brentwood, TN
$1,000 Library Grants:
Windy Hill Elementary School - Jacksonville, FL
Buffalo United Charter School - Buffalo, NY
Trivia Contest Winner:
Ted Knorr - Harrisburg, PA
Robert Peterson Recognition Award:
Al Hunter
Don Spivey
John Coates Next Generation Award:
no winners
Tweed Webb Lifetime Achievement Award
Gary Ashwill
Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:
Wayne Stivers - Plano, IL
