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America’s original Negro Baseball League Conference

June 13th (Thur) to 15 th (Sat) - 2013 Newark, NJ

General Information SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee encourages the study and research of African American baseball and

its influence on society and sport history. The Conference promotes activities to enhance scholarly,

educational, and literary objectives.

The annual JERRY MALLOY NEGRO LEAGUE CONFERENCE is hosted by the SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN

BASEBALL RESEARCH (SABR’S) NEGRO LEAGUES COMMITTEE. Since 1998, the Conference is the only

symposium dedicated exclusively to the examination and promotion of black baseball history.

Commonly Asked Questions How Can I Register? Internet: click here - The SABR Store

SABR accepts Visa, MasterCard, and Discover Card

By Mail: Send the Registration Form on page 2 with full payment to:

SABR, Attn: Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference

4455 E. Camelback Rd., Suite D-140, Phoenix, AZ 85018

What Are the Key Cut-Off Dates? $2,500 Scholarship Entry Deadline March 4, 2013 Call for Papers & Poster Presentations March 22, 2013 $1,000 Library Grant Deadline March 25, 2013

Early Conference Registration Ends Monday April 15, 2013

Art Contest Deadline May 6, 2013 Ads for Conference Booklet (see page 8) May 1, 2013

Cut-Off Date for Renaissance Newark Airport Rooms May 25, 2013

Pre-Registration Deadline May 31, 2013

Is the Conference only for members of SABR? No, the conference is OPEN to all baseball, history and sports fans of all ages.

“Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference” for the latest news & photos.

Historical information about the conference can be found at: http://sabr.org/malloy

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June 13th (Thur) to June 15th (Sat) - 2013 Newark, NJ

# of Packages Registration Packages

JR Day by April

15

Regular by May 31

On-Site Total

Education Forum package – Thursday only Includes Teachers’ Guide & Lesson Plans.

$15 $20 $25

Adult Package Includes all presentations, “Meet & Greet,” ballgame, buffet at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, and Awards Banquet, plus education forum and transportation.

$155 $175 $195

Student Package - (with ID) Full time students only. Includes all presentations, “Meet & Greet,” ballgame, transportation and buffet at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, & Awards Banquet.

$100 $110 $125

Single Day Conference Package – Friday or Saturday Conference presentations only. Does not include “Meet & Greet,” ballgame, ballgame buffet, transportation, or Awards Banquet.

$90 $100 $110

Sub-Total

# of additional

Tickets

Additional Cost for Family & Friends

Individual Ticket Prices

Total

Saturday Night’s Awards Banquet $65

Friday Night’s Newark Bears game in Luxury Suites with buffet - hot

dogs, hamburgers, sausage and peppers, chips and beverage—soda

and water. Limited to the first 100 attendees

$25

Bus Transportation to all events $10

Thursday night’s “Meet & Greet” Reception at the Yogi Berra Museum

[Includes snacks & refreshments]. Headcount is required. Free

You may also donate funds for: SABR is a 501 C-3

Art Contest – click name for more info

Headstone Restoration Program – click name for more info

Student Scholarships – click name for more info

School Library Grants – click name for more info

HELP Sponsor a Player of your Choice, $100 to $750

Grand Total

Click here: SABR Store for Registration or http://sabr.site-ym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=300592

Or pay by mail: Make your checks or money orders out to SABR – Malloy Conference.

4455 E. Camelback Rd., Suite D-140, Phoenix, AZ 85018 - (800) 969-7227 or (602) 343-6455

Note: Non-SABR members pay the onsite registration fee

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Hotel Registration June 13th (Thur) to 15th (Sat) - 2013 Newark, NJ

Hotel Reservations should be made directly with the

Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel 1000 Spring Street · Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201

Phone: 908-436-4600

Ask for “Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference” or the group code "sabsaba" when you call.

or

Register at this secured online link to get the discounted rates:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ewrnr-renaissance-newark-airport-

hotel/?toDate=6/16/13&groupCode=sabsaba&stop_mobi=yes&fromDate=6/12/13&app=resvlink

Room Rates for this Hotel are:

Single or Doubles: $139 a night plus taxes

Cut-Off Date for Renaissance’s Discounted Rooms is May 25,2013

Don’t Delay - Register Today! Call: 908-436-4600

Directions to Hotel from Newark Airport Depart from Newark Liberty Int'l Airport, NJ

1.1 mi -Take ramp left for US-1-9 North toward Off-

Airport Rental Cars / New York-Newark

1.9 mi - Take ramp and follow signs for Spring St /

Service Rd

0.4 mi - Arrive at near 972 Spring St, Elizabeth, NJ

07201 on the right

If you reach Neck Lane, you've gone too far Average travel time: 7 minutes by car, 3.4 miles

For transportation to the hotel: take Air Train to P4 station wait for Hotel shuttle

Click here for the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel's FACT SHEET

See the next page for more Directions

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DIRECTIONS TO THE RENAISSANCE NEWARK AIRPORT HOTEL From the North/GW Bridge/Lincoln Tunnel via NJ Turnpike • Turnpike South Exit 14 • Follow signs to US route 1/9 South. Stay in LOCAL LANE. • Continue on US Route 1/9 South LOCAL LANE past the Anheuser Busch Budweiser Brewery • Stay on the right lane, past the overpass & continue onto Spring Street/Service Road

From NYC/Holland Tunnel

• Turnpike extension to Exit 14 • Then follow directions from above.

From the South/Brooklyn/Staten Island via NJ Turnpike

• Turnpike North to Exit 13A • Follow signs to US Route 1/9 North (toward Newark Airport) • Take McClellan Street exit • Follow U‐turn sign on the left. Follow onto Spring Street/Service Road. The hotel will be on your right.

From the West via Interstate 78 • Take I‐78 East to Exit 57for US Route 1/9 South & Newark Airport • Follow sign to US Route 1/9 South. Stay in LOCAL LANE • Continue on US Route 1/9 South LOCAL LANE past the Anheuser Busch Budweiser Brewery • Stay on the right lane, past the overpass & continue onto Spring Street/Service Road

From the North via Garden State Parkway • Take the Garden State Parkway South to Exit 143B (Lyons Ave./Hillside) • Turn right at the light on Union Avenue • Turn right at next light on Lyons Avenue • Follow Lyons Ave. for approximately 2 miles and take exit for Route 78 East (on the left side) • Follow Route 78 East and take Exit 57 • Follow signs to US route 1/9 South. Stay in LOCAL LANE. • Continue on US Route 1/9 South LOCAL LANE past the Anheuser Busch Budweiser Brewery • Stay on the right lane, past the overpass & continue onto Spring Street/Service Road

If you pass Service Road

• Continue on 1/9 South at the light merge to the far right and take the U‐Turn onto Meadow Avenue • Make a left at the next stop sign (cross street is Fairmount Avenue) • At the next light, make a left turn onto US Route 1/9 North • Follow sign to US Route 1/9 North. STAY IN LOCAL LANE. • Make the McClellan Street exit. • Follow U‐Turn sign on the left. Follow onto Spring Street/Service Road. The Hotel will be on your right.

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Tentative Conference Schedule Thursday, June 13th - Education Forum – 9 a.m. to noon Each participant will receive a notebook of lesson plans and materials to aid in developing class projects. Instructors: Leslie Heaphy and Robert Cvornyek. The forum will take place at the Newark Public Library.

OTHER EVENTS FOR THURSDAY

1:00 to 3:00 – Research Workshops at the Newark Public Library

4:00 – 5:30 – Conference registration at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel 6:00 – 8:00 – Meet and Greet Reception at Yogi Berra Museum & Learning

Museum - First bus leaves at 5:30 and last bus leaves at 5:45.

Friday, June 14th (6 presentations, players panel and ball game) Registration at Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel begins at 7:30 a.m.

8:30 - 9:00 - Welcome: Larry Lester — NLC Chairman

9:00 - 9:30 – Bryan Steverson — “Baseball’s Seminal Event-Anson vs.Stovey”

9:30 - 10:00 – Rich Puerzer — “The 1946 Negro League World Series”

10:00 – 10:30 – Courtesy Break

10:30 - 11:00 – Todd Peterson — “The Rise of the Cuban Giants, 1880-1885”

11:00 - 11:30 – John Struth — “The 1889 Cuban Giants in Trenton”

11:30 – Noon - Rebecca Alpert — “Effa Manley and the Jews”

Noon - 1:15 - Lunch on your own

1:30 - 2:30 - Players Panel

2:30 - 2:45 - Player Signings

2:45 - 3:15 – Courtesy Break

3:15 - 4:30 – Special Presentation –Edward T. Bowser students —

“Black Baseball in NJ Wax Museum”

4:45 - 5:30 – Travel to Newark Bears Stadium

two busses are at back entrance of hotel

5:45 – 7:30 – Picnic buffet – through 3rd inning

6:00 - 6:15 – Players honored

6:35 - game between the Newark Bears and Quebec Trois Rivieres

Saturday, June 15th (8 presentations, authors panel, trivia contest & awards banquet) Registration at Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel begins at 8:00 a.m.

8:45 - 9:00 - Welcome by Larry Lester

9:00 - 9:30 – Courtney Smith — "Twilight Time: Manley, Bolden & the Flip Side"

9:30 - 10:00 – Belinda Manning — “Max: The Heart of the Matter”

10:00 – 10:30 – Courtesy Break

10:30 - 11:00 – Joe Dorinson — “Something to Cheer”

11:00 - 11:30 – Tony Schuman - "Daylighting the History of the Newark Eagles"

11:30 - Noon – Special Presentation on Hinchcliffe Stadium

Noon – 1:15 – Lunch on your own

1:30 - 2:00 – David Krell - "The Unsung Leadership of Biz Mackey"

2:00 - 2:30 – Irv Goldfarb - “The 1st Colored Championship: 1867”

2:30 - 3:00 – Nick Duent — “Ray Dandridge’s career through the words of . . "

3:00 - 3:30 – Courtesy Break

3:30 - 4:30 – Authors’ Panel with Negro League bibliophile Dick Clark

4:30 – 4:45 – Authors book signings

4:45 - 5:30 - Trivia Prelims & Finals with Ted Knorr, three-time winner

6:00 - 7:00 – Cash bar reception

7:00 - 10:30 - Awards Dinner, with entertainment and silent & live auction.

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PROMOTE YOUR ORGANIZATION WITH AN AD

Dear Supporters & Friends of the Negro Leagues:

We would like to extend an invitation to you to become a participant in the 16th

annual Jerry Malloy

Negro League Conference. We are seeking your support with a LOW-COST ad in the conference

booklet. This conference is scheduled to take place from June 13th

-15th at the Renaissance Newark

Airport in Riverside, NJ.

This year’s conference will include research presentations, player panels, exhibits, a Newark Bears

baseball game and special events centered on our theme “Pop, Max, Effa & Blackball in the Garden

State,” with topics on the Newark Eagles, Larry Doby, Leon Day, Monte Irvin, Effa Manley and much

more.

In attendance will be authors, historians, researchers and scholars, former players, educators, fans,

collectors, sponsors and vendors. We are excited about adding you to our list of participants. We are

asking for your support with an ad in the booklet given out to all conference attendees, local libraries,

local media and museums among others. The booklet is tentatively entitled Pop, Max, Effa & Blackball

in the Garden State, and will be published by McFarland Publishing.

The print block for ads is 4 3/8 inches by 7 ½ inches.

• Half page ad - $65 • Full page ad - $120

• Business Card - $30

Submission deadline is May 1st. Submissions received after the deadline will have a copy of their ad included in the goody bags given to

all members. Submissions should be print ready and sent as an e-mail attachment, or a high resolution

format on CD. Acceptable formats are JPG or TIF or DOC or PDF.

If you have further questions please call Leslie Heaphy at 330-244-3304 or e-mail her at

Lheaphy@kent.edu. All materials can be sent to Dr. Leslie Heaphy at Kent State, Stark Campus 6000

Frank Rd, North Canton, OH 44720. Checks can be made out to SABR (Society for American

Baseball Research) and indicate in the memo it is for “Malloy conference ads.” Monies raised help

support bringing Negro League players to the conference, along with providing funds for book donations

and student scholarships. Thanks in advance for your support.

Goody Bag Donations: If an ad is not in your budget at this time, we are accepting items such as brochures, schedules, pins,

magazines, booklets, magnet, souvenirs, etc., for our goody bags. We need between 100 - 150 items.

Donations can be sent to the above address.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this request. We appreciate your support.

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Ruppert & Effa

Meet Ruppert and Effa, the official mascots of

the Newark Bears! Ruppert and Effa will inspire

you to say “I’m In!” as you enjoy the 2013

season of baseball with the Newark Bears.

Ruppert and Effa are outgoing, fun-loving bears

who proudly suit up in the Newark Bears team

jerseys and hats to come out to each game and

cheer on their favorite team at Bears & Eagles

Riverfront Stadium.

Ruppert is named after Jacob Ruppert who

owned the Newark Bears team in the 1930’s and

is a celebrated man in sporting, political and

business history.

Effa takes her name from Effa Manley, who was the owner and business manager of a professional

baseball team – the Newark Eagles – and currently the only woman inducted into the National Baseball

Hall of Fame.

Average travel time: 15-20 minutes by car, 6.0 miles

See Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, Mule Suttles and Willie Wells in their Ring of Honor

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Click on the name and visit their website for hours and admission fees, etc.:

Newark Museum 49 Washington St

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 596-6550

Prudential Center

165 Mulberry Str., Newark, NJ

Prudential Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Downtown district of Newark, New Jersey. The

arena was designed by Populous (formerly HOK Sport and designed of many ball parks across America

Opened in 2007, it is the home of the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, the NCAA's Seton

Hall Pirates men's basketball team, and the former home of the New Jersey Nets now located at the

Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

New Jersey Historical Society

52 Park Place

Newark, NJ 07102

Museum Hours

10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Tuesday - Saturday

Library Hours

Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Please schedule an appointment

(973) 596-8500

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

One Center Street.

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 642-8989 ~ Box Office

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See our art exhibit displayed at the:

Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center On the campus of Montclair State University

8 Yogi Berra Dr - Little Falls, NJ 07424

The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center is on the campus of Montclair State University, less than

one mile south of the junction of Routes 3 & 46. When open, the Valley Road entrance to the University

is the best access to the Museum.

When using online or GPS mapping systems, set your destination to 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, New

Jersey. This will bring you to the campus of Montclair State University. Once on campus, follow signs

to the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center.

Average travel time from hotel: 30 - 45 minutes by car, 20 miles

THE KROCK WATCH:

See NBC's Nightly News' video about our Grave Marker project. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43815227/ns/nightly_news/t/negro-leagues-heroes-finally-get-their-

tombstones/#.URGFi2eXQ8Y

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Newark Liberty International Airport: Shopping and Dining