A Well-Paid Slave (80 page)

Feller, David

Ferrell, Rick

Finley, Charlie; opinion of Kuhn ; response to Brosnan's free agent ad

Fire Next Time, The
(Baldwin)

Flood, Barbara (sister)

Flood, Beverly (wife); alimony and child support owed to; lawsuit against Curt

Flood, Carl (brother); childhood legal problems; lack of pride; legal problems; love of drawing; minor league contract offer; representation by Allan H. Zerman; as semi-pro pitcher

Flood, Curt: abandonment of children; ABC
Superstars
competition; absence from Supreme Court oral argument ; absence of active players at funeral of ; address to MLBPA meeting in San Juan (); alcoholism.
See subhead:
drinking by; alcohol treatment; alienation of Cardinal Nation; alimony and child support; allies of; All-Star selections; in Andorra; appearance on
Dick Cavett Show
; arrest of; artistic side; as A's color commentator; association with Bill Erwin American Legion team; attempts to explain lawsuit ; August Busch portrait; as author; awards as Cardinal center fielder ; as “bad boy,”; in Barcelona ; as bartender; Baseball Network president; at
Baseball
premiere; as “Baseball's Best Centerfielder,”; baseball withdrawal; at Baseball Writers' Association annual dinner (); bat speed; batting cage performances ; beanballs; benching of ; besting of Kuhn in media relations ; Beverly (wife); Beverly's lawsuit against; biggest disappointment of trial; birth of; blacklisting of ; at Black Panther meeting ; black players' criticisms of; black wreath incident; breakup with Karen Brecher; brushback pitches; call up by Reds; as Carolina League player of the year; change in demeanor; charges that he was Miller's puppet; childhood of rights groups support for rights movement and ; as co-captain of Cardinals; collaboration with Richard Carter; comeback in life; comeback with Senators; commitment to comeback; Copenhagen as sanctuary ; Cosell interview; Cosell's relationship with; country's loss of interest in; credentials of; criticism oflabor agreement ; criticisms from players; cross-examination of; as Cutty Sark Leader of; death of; decision to go ahead with lawsuit; decision to retire; decision to sue MLB ; in Denmark ; desire to reach $salary; desire to work in baseball; difficulty remembering facts on witness stand; direct examination of; disappearing act; discovery of reserve clause; dislike for Solly Hemus ; divorce settlement; drinking by ; early attraction to baseball;
Ebony
editorial on; economic revolution started by; effect of lawsuit on; effect of racism on; effect of segregation and discrimination on ; emotional breakdown; end of friendship with Marian Jorgensen; error in World Series; escape to Barcelona ; eulogies for; exclusion from Hi-Toms team party; exclusion from Chamber of Commerce breakfast; experience with southern racism ; exploration of options prior to lawsuit ; fan insults; fear of dark; as featured commentator in
Baseball
documentary; fielding problems ; final years in Europe; financial condition ; first batting cage outing ; first major league hit; first trade of ; at Frank Robinson's Hall of Fame induction; fringe player's supporting; game against Jackie Robinson; Gildea interview ; goals forseason; Gold Glove Award; as guest of honor of Cardinals; Hall of Fame votes; hate mail; High Point- Thomasville team; historical place of ; hitting struggles; honors and tributes bestowed upon; housing ordeal (Alamo, CA); ignorance of southern racism; impact of actions of; infidelity; influence of George Powles on; influence of Jackie Robinson on; influence of mother on; influence of Sam Bercovich on; initial meeting with Marvin Miller; inner strength; insertion as starting center fielder; insomnia; integration of white Bay Area neighborhood ; interests of; interview for Cardinals director of player development; interviews granted ; IRS problems ; Jackie Robinson's admiration for; Jacober interview;
Jet
magazine cover; on Judge Cooper's decision; Judy Pace (girlfriend);

Flood, Curt (
cont.
) Judy Pace (wife); knockdown pitches ; on lack of blacks in management ; on lawsuit; as leader of Cardinals; leave from Senators; legacy of; legal problems; leisure time during trial; letter to commissioner; life without baseball ; loan request from Goldberg ; as local celebrity; loneliness of; as loner during Senators spring training; on loss of case; love of drawing; in Madrid; in Majorca ; management's attacks on ; marriage difficulties; media attention; media portrayal of; meetings with John Quinn ; meeting with Allan H. Zerman ; meeting with Arthur Goldberg; meeting with Cassius Clay; meeting with Kuhn at Yankee game; meeting with President Clinton; meeting with Short (Senators owner); meeting with Ueberroth and Edwards; minor leagues; Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission file on; modern players' knowledge of; motivation of; move to Alamo, California; move to Pomona, Californiastatistics statistics; onplayers' strike; at Oakland Tech; offer of role in Spanish Western film; offer to play for Senators ; old-timers games; as “one of ten most influential athletes of century,”; Opening Day (); opinion of Joe Garagiola; opinion of John Quinn; opinion of Philadelphia; opinion of testimony at trial; outburst at William Gildea; as pariah in Cardinals organization; as part-time sportscaster in Majorca; in party scene; personality traits; physical decline; physical stature; as pinch hitter and platoon player; player acknowledgment of sacrifice by; player reaction to signing with Senators; players at funeral of; on players benefiting from lawsuit ; players' reaction to; players traded by Cardinals to acquire; playing in Jim Crow South; playing in Venezuela; playing time under Johnny Keane; playing time under Solly Hemus; pledge to repay MLBPA legal fees; portrait painting.
See
portrait painting; portrayal of Hemus; position in Senators' Opening Day lineup ; as president of Aunts and Uncles; press conference on end of career; pressures on ; price paid by; pride of ; private hotel rooms; problems with Ted Williams; promise to fight to the finish; publication of Busch's spring training speech; public disclosure of lawsuit; public profile; question about painting skills; questioning of atMLBPA meeting ; Rayman interview; reaction to denial of appeal by Appellate Court; reaction to Jackie Robinson's endorsement of ; reaction to southern racism; reaction to spring training segregation; reaction to Supreme Court decision ; reaction to trade; reason for signing with Senators; reason for suing baseball ; receipt of Jackie Robinson Sports Award; receipt of pension money; receipt of response to letter by; reception by Cardinals (); reception by striking players in; Reds' minor league High Point team; refusal to be bought; refusal to declare bankruptcy; refusal to discuss Cardinals; refusal to meet with Kuhn ; relationships with children; relationship with Bob Gibson; relationship with Carl (brother); relationship with Frank Robinson; relationship with Johnny Keane; relationship with Karen Brecher; relationship with Marian Jorgensen; relationship with Miller; relationship with Oscar Brown Jr.; as “Rembrandt,”; request for early severance payment; respect for Arthur Goldberg; respect for Martin Luther King Jr.; on restricted list; retirement announcement; retirement threats; return of World Series rings ; return to America (); return to America (); reunion with Moss, ; revelations to Epstein; role in United Baseball League; Rustic Inn ; salaries of; sale of World Series rings;
Salerno
case effect on; Sally League; search for; seizures; self-education; Senators press conference; Senior Professional Baseball Association (SPBA) commissioner; signing with Reds ; signing with Senators; similarities to Jackie Robinson; singles hitter; on skyrocketing salaries; sobriety; soliciting funds for youth baseball; speech to NAACP Southeast Regional Conference; as spokesman for desegregation;
Sport
magazine article ;
Sports Illustrated
excerpt of
The Way It Is
; sportswriters criticisms and support for ; spring training (); spring training (); spring training (); standing ovation; State Department search for; success in Carolina League; as supporter of employee rights; support for ; support for player strikes; support from non-baseball players; Supreme Court brief; as talk of sports world; tax evasion; telegram to Short; testimony missed at trial; testimony of; as third baseman; third baseman experiment; throat cancer; time at Carter's home ; time in Douglas, Georgia; Tim McCarver as guinea pig to; trade to Philadelphia; treatment by Cardinals; underestimations of; understanding of lack of support; unemployment; unfair treatment by Williams; uniform number; uniform number; urge to help future players; as victim of quota system; in Washington social scene; “well-paid slave” comment; well wishes from Mets fans; White interview; Whiteside interview; “Why Am Challenging Baseball” article; womanizing; World Series championships; World Series error; Youth America Baseball program commissioner

Flood, Curtis, Jr. (son)

Flood, Debbie (daughter)

Flood, Herman, Jr.

Flood, Herman (father)

Flood, Laura (mother) Flood, Scott (son)

Flood, Shelly (daughter)

Flood . Bowie K. Kuhn, et al.
: Appellate Court hearing.
See
Court of Appeals for Second Circuit; trial.
See
trial; effect of; exhibits accompanying; fan reaction to; filing of; as lapse in Court's judgment; media reaction to; MLBPA support for; newspaper coverage; predictions of demise of game; support for; Supreme Court decision process; Supreme Court oral argument

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

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

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