by Brad Snyder
Reichler, Joe
reserve clause; arguments for maintaining ; baseball’s use of; trial; Branch Rickey’s opinion of; critics of ; decision to challenge; effect of Toolson decision on. See Toolson . New York Yankees; Gardella’s challenge to. See Gardella . Chandler; George Toolson’s challenge of ; joint study committee; Judge Landis’s view of; lawsuit. See lawsuit, reserve clause; Miller’s explanation of description of; Oscar Robertson’s fight against; owners’ attempts to maintain; player-proposed modifications to (); players in favor of; players’ opinions of; public disclosure of lawsuit challenging; Supreme Court; as violation of “peonage and involuntary servitude” statutes ; as violation of Thirteenth Amendment
restricted list
retirement threats; Curt Flood’s
Revolt of the Black Athlete, The (Edwards)
Richards, Paul
Rickey, Branch (Dodgers GM): Jackie Robinson’s adoration for; opinion of Monte Irvin; opinion of reserve clause ; popularization of farm system; report on Flood; signing of Jackie Robinson
Ricks, Laura. See also Flood, Laura (mother)
Rifkind, Simon
Riley, Rickie
“ring of ‘Tinker to Evers to Chance, the’ ,”
Ritter, Lawrence S.
Rixey, Eppa
Roberts, Robin
Robertson, Oscar
Robeson, Paul
Robinson, Brooks
Robinson, Frank; Baseball Network; as first black manager; Giants manager; Hall of Fame induction ; Indians manager; influence of George Powles on; involvement with rights movement; Jackie Robinson’s criticism of; personality traits; relationship with Flood; support for Flood
Robinson, Jackie; adoration for Branch Rickey; autograph for Judge Cooper; on baseball as big business; Cardinals treatment of; clash with Bob Feller; clash with Monte Irvin; comparison of Flood to; Cosell’s relationship with; criticisms of players ; cross-examination of; death of ; direct examination of ; disciples of; Dodgers
Robinson, Jackie (cont.) sale of; Dodgers signing of; election to Hall of Fame; endorsement of Flood ; experiences with southern racism; first game against Flood; Flood’s attempt to further work of; game against Hank Greenberg; health issues; influence on Flood; initial statements on reserve clause; integration of major leagues; involvement in rights movement; lunch with Smith and Brosnan; modern players’ knowledge of; on name game list; at NAACP Southeast Regional Conference; opinion of segregation; players admired by; playing style; racial revolution sparked by; respect for Hank Greenberg; retirement of; spiking incident; support offered to Flood at trial; testimony at trial ; trade to Giants; treatment in Philadelphia; view of reserve clause
Rockefeller, Nelson
Rodriguez, Alex
Roosevelt, Franklin
Rose, Pete
Rozelle, Pete: adoption of Veeck’s revenue sharing idea; Cooper’s praise for testimony of; testimony at trial
Rule of Four, Supreme Court
Russell, Bill: comparison of Flood to; Howard Cosell’s relationship with; Jackie Robinson’s admiration for
Rustic Inn
Ruth, Babe
salary arbitration
Salerno, Al
Salerno . American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; denial of cert petition for hearing of
Sally League
Scalia, Antonin
Schaap, Dick
Scheinblum, Richie
Science of Hitting, The (Williams)
SCLC: Jackie Robinson’s fundraising for; support for Flood scouts
Second Circuit, Court of Appeals for. See Court of Appeals for Second Circuit
Senior Professional Baseball Association (SPBA)
Sherman Antitrust Act
Short, Bob (Senators owner); attempt to keep Flood; at Baseball Writers’ Association annual dinner (); on Flood’s unfair treatment by Williams; on leave from Senators; reaction to The Way It Is; “tarnished goods” statement about Flood; violations of major league rules
Short, Ed
Simmons, Ted skyrocketing salaries
Slaughter, Enos “Country,”
slavery comparisons
Smith, Red: at trial; on Flood leaving Senators; lunch with Robinson and Brosnan; as racial progressive; reaction to Supreme Court decision; support of Flood; on The Way It Is
Smith, Tommie
Smith, Wendell
SNCC
Snyder, Jimmy “the Greek,”
Soul on Ice (Cleaver)
Southern Manifesto
Spalding, A. G.
Sports Illustrated: Brosnan’s free agent ad in ; excerpt of The Way It Is (Flood); “stormy petrel” statement about Flood
sportswriters: black; chief masquerade at NY dinner; criticisms of Flood ; derogatory comments on comeback; endorsements of Flood ; reaction to The Way It Is
spring training:
St. Louis Cardinals: acquisition of Flood ; dispute with Phillies spring training atmosphere; racism of; reception of Flood (); Chamber of Commerce breakfast; social integration of ; treatment of Flood; World Series victory ()
stare decisis
Stargell, Willie: Baseball Network; honors bestowed upon
Staub, Rusty
Stewart, Potter; agreement to join Blackmun’s opinion; as baseball fan; cert petition vote; as former Goldberg associate; opinion assignment ; position on bench; as possible baseball commissioner; questioning of Goldberg; reaction to Blackmun’s draft opinion; selection of Blackmun to write opinion ; as source for The Brethren; view of Flood case; Washington cocktail party circuit
Supreme Court; announcement of decision to hear Flood case; Arthur Goldberg as justice; Brown ; Brown . Board of Education. See Brown . Board of Education; cert petition vote; conference process ; decisions on cases to be heard ; Federal Baseball case. See Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. . National League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Flood oral argument; “Jewish seat,” ; MLB antitrust exemption. See antitrust exemption, MLB; post-oral argument conference process; pre-oral argument conference process; Radovich . NFL ; reasons offered to maintain baseball’s legal monopoly; religious makeup of; reserve clause case; Rule of Four; as “scorpions in a bottle,”; stare decisis; Toolson case. See Toolson . New York Yankees; Warren Court
Susce, George
Taylor, George
Tebbetts, Birdie (Reds manager)
-and-rule
Terpko, Jeff
“the Underminers Club,”
Thirteenth Amendment, reserve clause as violation of
Thompson, Mike
“Threat to Baseball, A,” editorial
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
Toolson, George Earl
Toolson . New York Yankees ; basis of; Judge Friendly’s opinion; Justice Blackmun’s interpretation of; lower courts’ struggles to interpret; Salerno case as challenge to; stare decisis; vote to overturn; William Douglas’s admission of error in
Toomey, Jim; derogatory comment about Flood; response to criticism for exclusion of black players from Chamber of Commerce breakfast
Topkis, Jay: absence from Supreme Court oral argument; admiration for Miller; as asset at trial; at trial; cross-examination of Kuhn; destruction of reserve clause argument; direct examination of Veeck; examinations at trial; fee collection ; Hoynes’s opinion of; Judge Cooper’s praise for; as leader of legal team; opinion of Veeck; preparation for trial ; qualifications of; role after trial; on selection of Judge Cooper; Vida Blue example
Torre, Joe: dispute with Braves management; hiring of Bob Gibson; at labor negotiation session; as Mets manager ; preaching of Flood’s sacrifices; support for Flood lawsuit; support for reserve clause lawsuit; time in New York during trial
trial; defendant’s case; lack of testimony by active players; plaintiff’s case
Ueberroth, Peter
Uniform Player Contract: Goldberg’s memo listing modifications to; reserve clause. See reserve clause
United Baseball League
unsign
ed contracts, players playing with
Valentine, Bill
Veeck, Bill
Veeck As in Wreck (Veeck & Linn)
Vincent, Fay
Warren, Earl
Warren Court
Washington Senators: Flood’s time with ; McLain’s trade to ; move to Texas; Ted Williams as manager
Waterman, Sterry R.
Way It Is, The (Flood)
Westen, Peter: on Goldberg’s Supreme Court performance; opinion of Goldberg’s oral argument; role in Supreme Court case
White, Bill; with Danville team; criticism about Chamber of Commerce breakfast; Jackie Robinson’s admiration for; as National League president; as pallbearer at Flood’s funeral; presentation of Gold Glove Award to Flood; purchase of computer for Flood; as Yankee broadcaster
White, Byron; cert petition votes ; as conservative; football career; as former Goldberg associate; political activities; position on bench; as possible baseball commissioner; questioning of Goldberg; questioning of Hoynes ; siding with Blackmun’s opinion; suggestion to Blackmun ; as swing vote; view of Flood case
Whiteside, Larry
Whitfield, Shelby: radio show; Williams’s comments about Flood to
Whole Different Ball Game, A (Miller)
“Why Am Challenging Baseball” article (Flood)
Williams, Lawrence
Williams, Ted; criticism of Flood; on Flood’s leaving; humiliation of Flood; lobbying for Negro league legends; as manager of Senators ; as Manager of the Year; opinion of Short; problems with Flood ; racial understanding; reaction to Supreme Court decision; view of Flood signing
Willkie, Wendell
Willkie Farr
Wills, Maury
Winter, Ralph
Woodward, Bob
“World Serious” (Lardner)
Yastrzemski, Carl
Yawkey, Tom (Red Sox owner)
Young, Dick: criticisms of Flood; on Flood leaving Senators; at New York baseball writers’ dinner; reaction to Supreme Court decision; report of increased offer to Flood
Zerman, Allan H.; bankruptcy protection suggestion to Flood; damages estimate; decision to go ahead with lawsuit; meeting with Arthur Goldberg ; press release on denial of request for preliminary injunction; qualifications of ; refusal to appear on Dick Cavett Show ; at Supreme Court oral argument
Zimmer, Don
