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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