Top 15 Negro League Teams
#7: Newark Eagles
League Affiliation:
Negro National League
Negro American League
Established: 1936
Folded: 1948
Based in: Newark,
New Jersey
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| 1946 Newark Eagles |
The
Newark Eagles came into existence in 1936 when the Newark Dodgers merged with
the Brooklyn Eagles. Abe Manley and his wife Effa, were the owners and founders
of the Brooklyn club and bought the Newark team and combined the team’s players
and assets. Team management was left to Effa Manley, therefore making the
Eagles to be the first professional sports team to be owned and operated by a
woman.
For seven years, from 1942 until
1948, the winners of the Negro National League played the winners of the Negro
American League in the Negro World Series. In 1946, Newark represented the NNL
and were huge underdogs to the NAL Champion Kansas City Monarchs.
After dropping the first game of
the Series by a score of 2-1, the Eagles tied it with a 7-4 triumph in Game 2.
They got blown away 15-5 in the third game, but rebounded by taking Game 4,
8-1. Again the Eagles fell behind by losing Game 5 by a 5-1 score. However,
they managed to take the final two games by scores of 9-7 and 3-2 to upset the
Monarchs.
After the NNL folded in 1948,
the Eagles applied for membership in the NAL. They were welcomed into the
league but Effa Manley sold the club and they were moved to Houston. They
played two seasons in the NAL before folding after the 1950 season.
Notable players for the Newark
Eagles included: Larry Doby, Monte Irvin and Don Newcombe.
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