Pittsburgh, 2015 - Presentations & Articles & Award Winners

Presentations: Click HERE for highlights from The Courier
Rich Puerzer - The Pittsburgh Crawfords vs. the New York Cubans
James Brunson III - Black Ball in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, 1870-1899
Todd Peterson - Kings of the Hill: The Pittsburgh Keystones, 1887-1897
David Krell - The Pen is Mightier: Wendell Smith, the Pittsburgh Courier & Black Sportswriters in the Age of Jim Crow
Sherman L. Jenkins - Ted Strong, Jr.: A Negro Baseball Leagues Enigma No More!
Tim Rives - Segregated Baseball at Leavenworth Penitentiary, 1912-1932
Rick Kenney - Dark Dragons: Doby and Newk in Nagoya, Japan, 1962
Josh Howard - The Wendell Smith Papers: Creating a Digital Exhibit/Archive at the NBHOF
Jim Overmyer - The Search for Sol White: A SABR Detective Story
Ted Knorr - Herbert "Rap" Dixon: Odd Man Out

Special Presentations:
Rob Ruck - Video highlights of "Kings on the Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men" with Q&A
Kevin Kirkland & J. Monroe Butler II - The story of "Lucky Bats" by batboy Elijah D. Miller.
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Robert "Bob" Paige with tales about his father Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
Bob pictured with Charles Crutchfield IV - Read Ryan Whirty's article about Paige's presentation HERE

Articles:

• Ted Knorr - Rap Dixon: Odd Man Out
  
• George Skornickel - Vic Harris: Why Isn't He in the Hall of Fame?
  
• George Skornickel - Characters with Character: Pittsburgh All Black Line-Up

  
Researchers/Authors Panel:

• James Brunson III - The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871-1890
  
• Jim Overmyer - Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles
  
• Donald Spivey - If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

$2,500 Scholarship Winners:

• Kari Whiteside from Granada Hills Charter High School (Los Angeles, CA)
  
• Jeff Boelter from Vianney High School (St. Louis, MO)

John Coates Next Generation Award

• Josh Howard, Shawn Morris and Robert Kuhn McGregor

Tweeb Webb Lifetime Achievement Award

• Ryan Whirty for his Blog: https//homeplatedontmove.wordpress.com

Robert Peterson Recognition Award

• Bill Plott for The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920 - 1951
  
• Jim Overmyer for Black Ball and the Boardwalk: The Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, 1916 - 1929

Trivia Contest Winner:

• Karl Lindholm - Cornwall, Vermont

Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award:

• Roy Langhans - Cockeysville, Maryland

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