Female Owner In Negro Baseball Leauge Newark Eagles The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. They were owned by Effa Manley.[1] Quick Facts: League titles, Negro World Series titles … Newark Eagles 1933–1950 (est. 1936 through merger) Newark, New Jersey League affiliation(s) Independent (1933) Negro National League (II) (1934–1948) Negro American League (1949–1950) Name(s) Newark Dodgers* (1933–1935) Brooklyn Eagles* (1935) *merged 1935 Newark Eagles (1936–1948) Houston Eagles (1949–1950) by jbminor | Jun 21, 2018 | Negro LeaguesSource Wikipedia