A Well-Paid Slave (81 page)

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
The 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

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)

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

reactionary time in U.S.