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	Negro National League (the first) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Negro National League (NNL) was one of the several Negro Leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated.
		The war between the two leagues came to end in 1924, when they agreed to respect one another's contracts and arranged for the Negro League World Series between their champions.
		The Negro American League, founded in 1937 and including several of the same teams that played in the original Negro National League, would eventually carry on as the western circuit of fl baseball.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negro_National_League_(the_first) (361 words)

	ipedia.com: Negro League baseball Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		After the integration of the major leagues in 1947, as marked by the appearance of Jackie Robinson with the Brooklyn Dodgers that April, interest in Negro League baseball waned.
		Negro League owners who complained about this practice were in a no-win situation: they could not protect their own interests without seeming to interfere with the advancement of players to the majors.
		The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is located in the 18th and Vine District in Kansas City, Missouri.
	www.ipedia.com /negro_league_baseball.html (1177 words)

	World Series Fan site
		The World Series is the most crucial and the highest level of baseball contest in North America.
		The eventual series of the league decides the pennant winner and the pennant winners compete in the major league world champion to win the coveted World Series title.
		The first official World Series was a best-of-nine affair played between the already established National League and novice American League in which Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by 5-3.
	www.geocities.com /worldseriesfanzz (484 words)

	The Josh Gibson Foundation: Negro League History
		The Southern League was comprised of 10 teams: the Memphis Eclipse, the Georgia Champions of Atlanta, the Savannah Broads, the Memphis Eurekas, the Savannah Lafayettes, the Charleston Fultons, the Jacksonville Athletics, the New Orleans Unions, the Florida Clippers of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Macedonias.
		The teams in the new American Negro League were the same ones from the Eastern League, with the exception of the Brooklyn Royal Giants which had folded and the addition of the Homestead Grays.
		The Negro League World Series was revived in 1942, this time pitting the winners of the eastern Negro National League against the winners of the midwestern Negro American League, and continued until 1948, with the NNL winning four championships and the NAL three.
	www.joshgibson.org /index.php?page=Negro_League_History (3782 words)

	Kansas City Monarchs - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Repeating in 1924, the Monarchs participated in the first Negro League World Series, defeating the Eastern Colored League champion Hilldale team from Darby, Pennsylvania, in a thrilling ten-game series (five wins, four losses, and one tie).
		They took four consecutive league championships from 1939 to 1942, winning the renewed Negro League World Series in 1942 in four straight games against the Homestead Grays.
		He broke the minor league color line in 1946 with the Montreal Royals, and integrated the major leagues with the Dodgers in 1947.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kansas_City_Monarchs (1335 words)

	Negro World Series - BR Bullpen
		The Negro World Series was first played in 1924 between the Kansas City Monarchs (champions of the Negro National League) and the Hilldale Daisies (champions of the Eastern Colored League).
		The Negro World Series was revived on an annual basis in 1942 with the top teams of the revived NNL facing the champion of the Negro American League.
		The Negro World Series was often not the premier event in the Negro Leagues - that was frequently the East-West Game.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Negro_League_World_Series (134 words)

	Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
		Two leagues squabbled, battled for players, bragged that their league was better and thought they could make a lot of money, which proved incorrect.
		Although the Negro League had been in operation for only four years it had grown into one of the nation's top fl-owned enterprises.
		The World Series proved not to be the financial bonanza envisioned by officials.
	www.nlbm.com /NS/ArticleDetail.cfm?ArticleID=52 (1590 words)

	The Negro Leagues \| BaseballLibrary.com
		The East-West League folded in the season it was founded, 1932; that year, the Negro Southern League was the only major circuit to complete its schedule.
		Negro leagues generally contained six teams, though it was not uncommon for them to have a few more or less.
		He sets a oft-tied National League record for most wins without a loss in a career, a mark that will be eclipsed by Ben Shields (4—0 in two leagues).
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Leagues_The_Negro.stm (1626 words)

	Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
		The story of the Negro Leagues is one of sheer determination and devotion.
		It began with a passion for the game, a passion for America's history deeply influenced by the Negro Leagues, and a passion for the future-where youth will always need to be reminded of yesterday in order to appreciate today and encouraged to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
		Through his tireless crusade, America is awakening to the incredible story of the Negro Leagues and the NLBM as the world's only museum dedicated to preserving Negro Leagues history.
	www.nlbm.com /s/chair.htm (776 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Negro League \| PBS
		The principal Negro leagues were the Negro National League (1920–1931, 1933–48), the Eastern Colored League (1923–28), and the Negro American League (1937–1960).
		Initially the leagues were centred in cities such as Chicago, New York City, Detroit, St. Louis, and Kansas City, which had large and growing fl populations as a result of the 20th-century northward fl migration.
		The beginning of the decline of the Negro leagues was in 1945, when the Monarchs' rookie shortstop Jackie Robinson was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/negro_league.html (740 words)

	Dec 19, 2004: 80th Anniversary of 1st Negro League WS - Baseball Fever
		There were only 11 World Series contested in the history of the Negro Leagues and it took some convincing to get the first one started.
		The Eastern Colored League (ECL) was formed and remained solvent long enough for the fl newspapers of the day to call for a World Series between the leagues.
		The World Series was the only time of year a fan could watch Bob Gibson try to throw his fastball by Mickey Mantle or Frank Robinson take his swings against Tom Seaver.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=22485 (1928 words)

	Negro Leaguers in Cooperstown
		He later became a leadoff hitter and stolen base artist for three Negro leagues dynasties: the St. Louis Stars of the late 1920s, the Pittsburgh Crawfords of the 1930s and the Homestead Grays of the mid-1940s.
		In the inaugural Negro League World Series in 1924, he led the Hilldale club with a.341 average.
		A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro leagues' hardest thrower, most colorful character and greatest gate attraction.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~mpmott/public_html/negro_leaguers_in_cooperstown.htm (889 words)

	Homestead Grays
		As the Dominican Republic leagues raided the Negro Leagues the Crawfords would be decimated as 12 of their players would leave to Santa Domingo.
		The only other repeat in Negro League World Series was the Chicago American Giants in 1926 and 1927 in the NNL vs ECL World Series.
		Their 4th consecutive Negro League World Series would be against the Cleveland Buckeyes which they would lose 4-0.
	hometown.aol.com /_ht_a/steelhawk8/PSH/Baseball/homestead_grays.htm (883 words)

	Sports: Negro Leagues star dies at 103
		CHICAGO - Former Negro Leagues star Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player, died Thursday from complications after a long bout with cancer.
		Radcliffe was given his nickname by sports writer Damon Runyon after catching Satchel Paige in the first game of a doubleheader in the 1932 Negro League World Series and pitching a shutout in the second.
		Radcliffe was among 14 Negro Leagues players honored in a pregame ceremony at RFK Stadium before the Cubs played Washington.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/08/12/news_pf/Sports/Negro_Leagues_star_di.shtml (632 words)

	BlackNews.com - Ted Radcliffe of Negro League Dies At 103
		In May, Radcliffe was among 14 Negro Leagues players honored in a pregame ceremony at RFK Stadium before the Chicago Cubs played Washington.
		Strict records on the minor leagues from those days are not kept, but there are no players known to have been older than Radcliffe.
		Radcliffe was raised in Mobile, Ala., and went on to play for more than 15 teams in the Negro Leagues from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.
	www.blacknews.com /pr/radcliffe101.html (469 words)

	Bullet Joe Rogan
		Only 27 Negro League players had the honor of being elected to an East-West All-Star Game squad 5 or more times during the heyday of this annual classic.
		For those who are just discovering the story of the Negro League baseball we have prepared a primer on this fascinating part of American sports and cultural history.
		During the first Negro League World Series in 1924 Rogan posted three complete games and made a relief appearance in yet another game.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Rogan.html (351 words)

	Negro League Baseball Blog
		Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution
		The 39 candidates were nominated for induction as a result of an intensive study of Negro League baseball commissioned by the Hall of Fame and conducted by a research team of 50 historians and researchers headed by former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent.
		Ben was the youngest of the four celebrated Taylor bothers of Negro League baseball.
	blog.negroleaguebaseball.com /negro_league_blog/2005/11/39_negro_league.html (2026 words)

	MLB.com - Negro Leagues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		While the very existence of the Negro Leagues was necessary because of the racial divides in the United States, fl baseball not only survived -- it excelled.
		In 1966, Ted Williams became the first person to publicly suggest that Negro League players should be considered for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Don Newcombe is the only pitcher from the Negro Leagues to win a Cy Young award in the Major Leagues (in 1956).
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_story.jsp?story=justfacts (810 words)

	African American Registry: Effa Manley, Queen of the Negro Leagues
		One such tale is that she provided the Eagles with an air-conditioned, $15,000 Flexible Clipper bus, a first for the Negro Leagues in 1946.
		By the end of the war, the leagues were a $2 million enterprise and represented one of the largest Black-dominated businesses in the U.S. After the war, integration of Major League baseball became a hot-button issue.
		This is now part of the collection at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Until her death in April 1981 at the age of 81, Manley devoted herself to keeping the history of Negro League baseball alive.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/2357/Effa_Manley_Queen_of_the_Negro_Leagues (890 words)

	Negro and Pre-Negro League Hall of Fame Capsules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1889 and 1891 he played for all-Black teams in the minor leagues, and in 1890 he starred for the Harrisburg Ponies of the Pennsylvania State League and the Atlantic Association (Double-A).
		In the Negro Leagues, had a.351 career batting average, an on-base average of.374, and a.576 slugging average.
		Had.324 Negro Leagues batting average at the end of his career.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06059/662057.stm (1270 words)

	Judy Johnson
		A sure-handed third baseman from the sandlots of Delaware, Judy Johnson was a key member of some of the greatest teams in Negro Leagues history.
		Johnson was considered the Negro Leagues' top third baseman in the 1920s and 1930s.
		The Eastern Colored League folded in 1930 as a result of the Depression, and Johnson joined the Homestead Grays as a player-coach, where he signed 18-year-old catcher Josh Gibson.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Johnson-Judy.htm (610 words)

	ABC News: NY's Baseball Love Rooted in Negro Leagues
		But in 1920, the first Negro League, the Negro National League, was formed with eight teams; three years later, a rival league — the Eastern Colored League — was formed.
		In a cross-promotional agreement, the two leagues came together to put on the first Negro League World Series in 1924, won by the Kansas City Monarchs.
		A new Negro National League was formed in 1933 and the Negro American League was chartered in 1937.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/story?id=100236 (1353 words)

	Negro League legend dies
		The Negro League baseball legend died Thursday in his Chicago home of complications from cancer.
		Radcliffe was given the nickname "Double Duty'' by New York sportswriter Damon Runyon in the 1932 Negro League World Series when he played both games of a doubleheader for the Pittsburgh Crawfords.
		Radcliffe's large, twisted hands in bronze as part of the "Hitters' Hands'' series of baseball sculptures that toured America in "Shades of Greatness,'' sponsored by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
	www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-spt-ted12.html (1017 words)

	TELEVISION - Baseball - Baseball: Shadow Ball
		The fifth inning looks at baseball's desperate attempts to survive the gre at depression and Babe Ruth's Fading career, while a new generation of stars, including Joe Dimaggio and Ted Williams, is on the rise.
		It also presents the parallel world of the Negro Leagues, which thrived in the shadow of the major leagues.
		The inning culminates with the greatest showdown in the history of the Negro Leagues; Satchel Paige, arguably the best pitcher ever, against Josh Gibson, "The Black Babe Ruth," in the Negro League World Series.
	www.weta.org /tv/archive/indexfull.php?series=3491&episode=105 (88 words)

	BMW World - Hank Aaron and Black History Month
		Today, Hank owns Hank Aaron BMW in Atlanta, Georgia, but to generations of baseball fans he is known as the home run king, and one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
		Aaron is named National League MVP for the only time in his career.
		Major League Baseball announces the introduction of the Hank Aaron Award, to be presented annually to the best hitters in the American League and National League.
	www.bmwworld.com /weeklypics/black_history_month.htm (1726 words)

	MLB.com - Negro Leagues
		A born entrepreneur, Manley was the only female owner in the history of Negro Leagues.
		So seriously that she was unwilling to suffer it for long.
		That document is now part of the collection at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Until her death in April 1981 at the age of 81, Manley devoted herself to keeping the history of Negro League baseball alive.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_story.jsp?story=effa_manley (2163 words)

	African Americans in Sports
		In the first Negro League World Series between the Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) and the Philadelphia Hilldales, the Monarchs won the series in ten games.
		The Negro National League (1933-1948) founded by W. "Gus" Greenlee and the Negro American League founded by H. Hall (1937-1960) emerged as the most important leagues in the last years of segregated baseball.
		In 1942, in the first Negro World Series since 1927, the Kansas City Monarchs (NAL), behind the pitching of Satchel Paige defeated the favored Homestead (Pittsburgh) Grays (NNL).
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/sports.cgi?sport=Baseball (743 words)

	BASN Negro League Spotlight: Jesse "Nip" Winters
		For the Hilldale Daisies, who were the top team in the Eastern Colored League from 1923-26, their ace was a tall, lanky lefthander from Washington, D.C. Jesse "Nip" Winters was the league's best pitcher.
		Hilldale repeated as Eastern League champs and would go on to meet the Kansas City Monarchs is the first-ever Negro League World Series.
		During the postseason, especially during the 1924 World Series, Winters left a mark that may never be approached again.
	www.blackathlete.net /artman/publish/article_0941.shtml (885 words)

	African American Registry: Jose' Mendez was a Negro League star!
		From 1908 to 1914, Mendez was one of the greatest Negro League pitchers, along with Rube Foster and Smokey Joe Williams.
		Despite his slight build 5’ 8”, Mendez threw hard (he reportedly killed a teammate when he accidentally hit him with a pitch in the chest in batting practice) and had a "jug handle curve." In 1908 he beat Christy Mathewson and Eddie Plank, both Hall of Famers.
		In 1924, the Monarchs beat the Hilldale Giants of Darby, Pennsylvania in the first Negro League World Series.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1908/Jose_Mendez_was_a_Negro_League_star (327 words)

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