Ruppert Stadium (Newark, NJ)

If “What’s past is prologue,” as Shakespeare wrote,1 Ruppert…
Rufus Lewis, Jimmy Wilkes, and Cotton Williams (NOIRTECH, INC.)

Robert “Cotton” Williams

Rufus Lewis, left, Jimmy Wilkes, center, and Cotton Williams…
Jimmy Wilkes (COURTESY OF JAY DELL-MAH)

Jimmy Wilkes

“They used to say Brantford could put its left-fielder five…

Murray Watkins

Murray “Skeeter” Watkins was a baseball lifer. He was a Negro…

Leon Ruffin

A superior defensive catcher, the well-traveled Leon Ruffin was…

Lennie Pearson

Lennie Pearson was one of the mainstays of the Newark Eagles…

Warren Peace

William Warren Peace was born in Kittrell, North Carolina, on…