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A Well-Paid Slave

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by Brad Snyder


  Fortas, Abe; failed nomination as chief justice; financial scandal; predictions of Supreme Court case; presiding over Hoynes’s moot court session ; on Supreme Court proceedings

  Frank, Jerome; Gardella . Chandler opinion; “impotent zombie” statement; replacement of; reserve clause opinion

  Frankfurter, Felix

  Fran O’Brien’s

  free agency: Catfish Hunter; Flood’s effect on; in

  Freedom Riders

  Frick, Ford

  Friendly, Henry ( Judge)

  Gaedel, Eddie

  Gaherin, John; on modification to reserve clause; testimony at trial

  Garagiola, Joe: apology for “terrible mistake,” ; baseball announcer; Baseball Assistance Team (BAT); on being traded ; post-baseball career; recommendation of Flood as commissioner of Senior Professional Baseball Association (SPBA); spiking of Jackie Robinson ; testimony at trial

  Gardella, Danny; freed from Tigers farm system; on restricted list

  Gardella . Chandler

  Gehrig, Lou

  Giamatti, A. Bartlett

  Gibson, Bob; Cy Young Award ; effect of segregation and discrimination on; eulogy for Flood; exclusion from Chamber of Commerce breakfast ; on Flood’s comeback; as leader of Cardinals; letter to Flood () ; atspring training motel; as pallbearer at Flood’s funeral; reception by Cardinals (); Sally League; support for lawsuit; time in New York during trial; ukulele playing

  Gibson, Josh

  Gideon . Wainwright

  Gildea, William: on Flood’s first Senators workout; Flood’s outburst at; interview of Flood

  Gitter, Max; damages estimate; preparation for trial; trial as joyride for

  Glory of Their Times, The (Ritter)

  Goldberg, Arthur: agreement to work for expenses only; Appeals Court argument ; argument to receive early trial; trial; breakfast meeting with Miller and Moss; decision to open practice in Washington; direct examinations ; Escobedo . Illinois; failure to make relevant arguments; falling out with Lyndon Johnson; Flood’s loan request from; friendships with Douglas and Brennan; gubernatorial aspirations; gubernatorial campaign; handover of case to Topkis; inclusion of Thirteenth Amendment claim; on Judge Cooper’s decision; Judge Cooper’s praise for; knowledge of Flood’s career ; knowledge of labor-management relations; as Labor Secretary for John Kennedy; letter to commissioner ; love of the law; mediation skills ; meeting with Flood; Mikan case ; mistake by; opinion of Dan Levitt; opinion of Supreme Court argument; oral argument at Supreme Court; oral argument strategy ; persuading Greenberg to testify ; pessimistic view of trial outcome; political aspirations; preliminary injunction request; preparations for trial; promise to Miller; reaction to granting of cert petition; reaction to Supreme Court decision; reason for taking Flood case ; rebuttal at Supreme Court; relationship with Marvin Miller; resignation from Supreme Court; return to private practice; return to Washington ; sales pitch by Lyndon Johnson to ; settlement talks with Porter; as State Democratic Committee designation for governor; Supreme Court arguments; Supreme Court decision telegram; as Supreme Court justice; Supreme Court justice’s questioning of; Supreme Court strategy; as U.N. ambassador; understanding of reserve clause; Uniform Player Contract modifications memo; view of labor exemption theory

  Goosen, Greg

  Grant, Jim “Mudcat”: Baseball Network; support for Flood lawsuit

  Greenberg, Hank; friendship with Veeck; on name game list; support offered to Flood at trial

  Griffith, Calvin

  Griffith, Clark

  Grimes, Fred

  Groat, Dick

  Hadden, Sandy; cross-examination of Marvin Miller; at labor negotiation session

  Haller, Tom

  Hamilton, Steve: questioning of Flood at MLBPA meeting; support for Flood lawsuit

  Hardball (Kuhn)

  Harlan, John M.: on cert petitions; legacy of; resignation of

  Harrelson, Ken “Hawk,”

  Harridge, Will

  Hatch, Orrin

  hate mail

  Haynsworth, Clement F.

  Haywood, Spencer

  Hemus, Solly (Cardinals player-manager) ; Brosnan’s criticisms of; “Mighty Mouse” nickname; portrayal in The Way It Is; treatment of black players

  “He Never Heard of Casey” (Rice)

  High Point-Thomasville

  Hoak, Don

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell

  honors and tributes

  Horton, Willie

  Howard, Elston

  Howard, Frank; criticism of Flood; on drinking; Flood’s emotional weakness admission to

  Hoynes, Lou; argument at Court of Appeals; excitement about Goldberg trying case; opinion of Topkis ; oral argument at Supreme Court ; preparation for Supreme Court case ; Supreme Court decision telegram

  Hughes, Mark F.; arguments at injunction hearing; attempt to have lawsuit dismissed; at trial; cross-examinations; request to dismiss lawsuit

  Humphrey, Hubert

  Hunter, Catfish

  Hustler’s Handbook, The (Veeck & Linn)

  Hutchinson, Fred (Cardinals manager)

  Hyman, Mark

  independent arbitrator clause

  Iverson, Bill: See also legal team; at trial; concerns about Veeck testimony; meeting with Jackie Robinson; preparation for trial; trial as joyride for

  Jackson, Jesse

  Jackson, Reggie: contribution to Youth America Baseball program; free agent signing ; questioning of Flood atMLBPA meeting

  Jackson, Robert

  Jackson, Shoeless Joe

  Jim Crow South

  Johnson, Lyndon B.

  Johnson, Walter

  joint study committee

  Jones, Bill

  Jordan, Michael

  Jorgensen, Johnny: advice to reconcile with Beverly; efforts to help reconcile Alamo home situation; mentoring of Flood

  Jorgensen, Marian; advice to reconcile with Beverly; Carl Flood’s relationship with ; Curt Flood’s relationship with; on demise of Curt Flood & Associates, Inc. ; discussion with Monte Irvin; efforts to help reconcile Alamo home situation; efforts to keep photography business going ; end of friendship with Flood; suggestion to sue MLB

  Junior’s Sweet Shop midget league team

  jurists, effect of baseball on. See also specific judge

  Keane, Johnny (Cardinal manager)

  Kennedy, J. Walter

  Kennedy, John F.; appointment of Irving Cooper to federal bench; Supreme Court appointees

  Kennedy, Robert

  King, Coretta Scott

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.; assassination of; Flood’s portrait of; “I Have a Dream” speech; Montgomery bus boycott; as supporter of employee rights

  Koppett, Leonard: accusations of overstatements; advocacy for Flood’s candidacy for Hall of Fame; on baseball as elusive concept; at trial; lawsuit predictions; reserve clause lawsuit story ; on reserve system; support for Flood

  Koufax, Sandy

  Kramer, Victor: cross-examinations ; knowledge of baseball; Supreme Court prediction; warning to Kuhn

  Kranepool, Ed: criticism of Yastrzemski; at labor negotiation session

  Kuhn, Bowie; actions in Wisconsin antitrust lawsuit; approval of Senators contract offer to Flood; attempts to meet with Flood; at Baseball Writers’ Association annual dinner () ; battles with Marvin Miller; at trial; comparison to Kenesaw

  Kuhn, Bowie (cont.) Mountain Landis; criticisms of; cross-examination of; crusade against Jim Bouton; decision to have Hoynes argue at Supreme Court; early acts as commissioner; efforts to avoid trial; election as commissioner; Flood’s letter to ; on free agency; “high moral tone,”; ignorance of Flood situation ; on Judge Cooper’s decision; life after baseball; meeting with Burger (); meeting with MLBPA in San Juan (); as named defendant in lawsuit; on need for reserve system; opinion of Brosnan; Players Relations Committee (PRC); problems facing ; reaction to Flood’s letter; reaction to granting of cert petition; reaction to lawsuit; reaction to Supreme Court decision; reaction to Th
e Way It Is ; receipt of response to Flood’s letter ; reduction in powers of; refusal to allow modifications to Uniform Player Contract; refusal to approve Senators contract offer to Flood; resolution of Cardinals-Phillies dispute; at Supreme Court oral argument; suspension of Denny McLain; testimony of; underestimation of Flood ; view of self; voted out of office

  labor exemption theory; Justice Marshall’s view of; Justice White’s questioning of

  Landis, Kenesaw Mountain

  Lane, Frank

  lawsuit, reserve clause: See also Flood . Bowie K. Kuhn, et al.; attempts to explain; August Busch as target of; claims made in; damages sought; decision to go ahead with; exploration of options prior to; Koppett as first person to hear about from Miller; Miller’s attempts to dissuade Flood’s; Miller’s concerns regarding proposed; Miller’s preparations for; MLBPA support for ; parties named in; preliminary injunction. See preliminary injunction; public disclosure of; support for ; Zerman’s decision to go ahead with

  lawsuits: Beverly Flood’s; against Curt Flood & Associates, Inc.; against Flood; reserve clause. See lawsuit, reserve clause; Wisconsin antitrust case against Major League Baseball

  Lee, Spike

  legal team, Flood’s: See also specific attorney(s); appellate brief; at trial; filing of cert petition; filing of preliminary injunction; Kuhn and Porter meeting with; major decisions facing; members absent from Supreme Court oral argument; money owed to ; multiple forum argument of owners; need to find powerful witnesses; post-trial brief; reply brief; reply to owners’ brief to cert petition; witness list

  legal team, owners’. See also specific attorney(s); appellate brief; attempt to delay trial; at trial; labor exemption theory; post-trial brief; request to dismiss lawsuit; response to cert petition with Supreme Court; on selection of Judge Cooper

  Levitt, Dan: attempt to shame Supreme Court ; drafting of cert petition; on Goldberg’s Supreme Court performance; on Goldberg’s Supreme Court strategy; opinion of Goldberg’s Supreme Court argument; preparation of Supreme Court brief; “Questions Presented” section of writ; role in Supreme Court case

  Lipsyte, Robert: reaction to The Way It Is; support for Flood

  Long Season, The (Brosnan)

  McCarver, Tim; questioning of Flood at MLBPA meeting; support for Flood’s lawsuit; teasing of Flood at Baseball premiere; trade to Philadelphia

  McCraw, Tom

  McHale, John

  McLain, Denny; as “bad boy,” ; at Baseball Writers’ Association annual dinner (); clashes with Ted Williams; opinion of black wreath; trade to Senators

  McNally, Dave

  Maddox, Elliott; concern for Flood; on Flood living in Majorca

  Madrid

  Ma Felder’s boarding house

  Majorca

  Major League Baseball (MLB): antitrust exemption. See antitrust exemption, MLB; effect of free agency on; monopoly status. See antitrust exemption, MLB; players’ strikes ; reaction to Campanis comment; rival league; Wisconsin antitrust lawsuit against

  Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA): assistance with Flood’s medical bills; money owed to legal team ; resolution to treat black players “like first class citizens,”; San Juan meeting () ; support for Flood lawsuit

  Mann, Jack

  Marshall, John: cert petition vote; view of Flood case

  Marshall, Thurgood; position on bench; questioning of Hoynes

  Mattick, Bobby

  Maxvill, Dal; interview of Flood; support for Flood lawsuit

  Mays, Willie: Dating Game appearance; Jackie Robinson’s criticism of; on name game list; refusal to get involved in rights movement; stance of Flood lawsuit; support for Flood

  media: attention from; besting of Kuhn in; reaction to lawsuit ; sportswriters. See sportswriters

  Meggyesy, Dave

  Merchant, Larry

  Messersmith, Andy

  Mikan, George

  Miksis, Eddie

  Miller, Marvin; absence from Supreme Court oral argument; actions to build MLBPA; address to MLBPA meeting in San Juan () ; advice regarding Senators offer ; answer to Lou Carroll’s reaction to lawsuit; appeal for MLBPA support; attempts to dissuade Flood’s lawsuit; battles with Bowie Kuhn; blame for Flood letter aimed at ; breakfast meeting with Arthur Goldberg ; breaking news of lawsuit to Leonard Koppett; on chances of overturning reserve clause; concern for Flood’s financial condition; concern for quality of Flood’s counsel; concern over Flood’s proposed lawsuit; Cosell interview; cross-examination of ; direct examination of; education of players; effect of Flood lawsuit on ; effect on union; on elimination of reserve clause; Flood’s initial conversation with; goal of modifying reserve clause; Goldberg’s broken promise to; influence of Flood on future of baseball; initial impression of Flood; initial meeting with Flood; Jackie Robinson meeting; on Judge Cooper’s decision; Kuhn and Bouton meeting; letter to commissioner ; meetings ; opinion of Flood; opinion of Kuhn’s legal acumen; owners’ portrayal of; preaching of Flood’s sacrifice to players; preparations for lawsuit; promise to support Flood at MLBPA meeting in San Juan (); puppet master charges; reasons for wanting Goldberg as attorney; reassurances to disgruntled player representatives; receipt of response to Flood’s letter; relationship with Arthur Goldberg; relationship with Flood; resignation of; retort to Kuhn’s book; tactical mistake; telling Flood of Supreme Court decision to hear case; testimony at trial; underestimations of; Yastrzemski letter to

  Milwaukee Braves

  Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

  Mitchell, Don

  “Monopoly in Professional Sports” (Topkis)

  Monopoly status, MLB. See antitrust exemption, MLB

  Montanez, Guillermo “Willie,”

  Moore, Leonard P.

  Morgan, Joe: contribution to Youth America Baseball program; at Flood’s funeral ; honors bestowed upon; portrait of

  Moss, Dick; breakfast meeting with Arthur Goldberg ; explanation of early severance payment rule; formation of United Baseball League; at Kuhn and Bouton meeting; letter to commissioner; listing in cert petition; preaching of Flood’s sacrifice to players; questioning of Flood atMLBPA meeting; reunion with Flood

  Murray, Jim: on Blackmun’s “sentimental journey,”; on Flood’s commitment to comeback; reaction to The Way It Is; support for Flood

  Musburger, Brent

  Musial, Stan: exclusion from Chamber of Commerce breakfast; Flood’s criticism of ; reception by Cardinals (); on reserve clause; at spring training ()

  Myerson & Kuhn

  NAACP: Jackie Robinson’s fundraising for; Southeast Regional Conference; support for Flood; Thurgood Marshall as lawyer for

  Nathan, Robert

  Negro Industrial and Economic Union

  Newton, Huey P.

  New York Yankees: free agent signings ; integration of spring training facility; Chamber of Commerce breakfast

  Basic Agreement

  Basic Agreement

  Basic Agreement

  Basic Agreement

  Nixon, Richard ; enemies list; Jackie Robinson’s support for; Roth’s satirical novel about; Supreme Court appointees; warning to Supreme Court Justices

  Norris, Mike

  Oliphant, Dave

  O’Malley, Walter; advice to Bob Short; reaction to Flood lawsuit

  Opportunity Please Knock

  Our Gang (Roth)

  Out of Their League (Meggyesy)

  owners: caveat emptor rule; legal team. See legal team, owners’; reaction to lawsuit ; refusal to modify reserve clause

  Pace, Judy; activism of ; marriage to Don Mitchell; marriage to Flood; work for black causes

  Paige, Satchel: on name game list; pitching accomplishments; Veeck’s signing of ; Williams’s lobbying for

  Pappas, Milt

  Parks, Rosa

  Paul, Gabe (Reds GM)

  Pena, Orlando

  Pennant Race (Brosnan)

  Pennock, Herb (Phillies GM)

  pensions: early severance payment; Jim Bunning
as player’s representative; Yastrzemski’s stance on

  “peonage and involuntary servitude” statutes

  Philadelphia Phillies: dispute with Cardinals ; Flood acquisition; integration of; Tim McCarver acquisition; trade of Flood; treatment of players

  Pinson, Vida; death of; influence of George Powles on; support for Flood lawsuit

  Players Relations Committee (PRC)

  Plessy . Ferguson

  Porter, Paul; advice to Kuhn; Appeals Court argument; attempt to delay trial; friendship with Abe Fortas; oral argument at Supreme Court; settlement talks with Goldberg

  Portnoy’s Complaint (Roth)

  Portrait Arts, Inc.

  portrait painting: attempt at reviving; August Busch; counterfeit; Joe Morgan; Martin Luther King Jr. ; Sam Bercovich

  Powell, Lewis; Anheuser-Busch stock ownership; position on bench ; reaction to Blackmun’s draft opinion ; role in decision; view of Flood case

  Powles, George; association with Bobby Mattick; coaching of future major leaguers; death of; on Miller’s power over Flood

  preliminary injunction: delay ordered; denial of request for; filing of ; hearing

  Quinn, John (Phillies GM): attempts to contact Flood; contract offer to Flood; final offer to Flood; on Flood’s letter to commissioner; on Judge Cooper’s decision; meetings with Flood ; meeting with Bob Short; on Miller’s power over Flood; negotiations to sell Flood; receipt of response to Flood’s letter; sales pitch to Flood ; violations of major league rules

  quota system

  racism: Alamo, California; experiences with; ignorance of; as malady of baseball

  Radovich, William

  Radovich . NFL

  reactionary time in U.S.

  Reed, Kenneth R.

  Reeves, Richard

  Rehnquist, William; conflict of interest; on importance of oral arguments; position on bench; questioning of Goldberg; states’ rights ; view of Flood case

 

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