Jackie and Campy (31 page)

Niagara movement,
7–8

Nice Guys Finish Last
(Durocher),
112–13

Nicetown Giants,
67–68

Nixon, Richard,
181

Nkrumah, Kwame,
8

Norristown
PA
,
71

Notes of a Baseball Dreamer
(Mayer),
104–5

Notre Dame University,
33

Nugent, Gerry,
75

Ohio Wesleyan University,
33

O’Malley, Walter,
136
,
143–47
,
159
,
170
,
171
,
173
; on trading Robinson,
175–76
,
213n50

Ott, Mel,
115

Owens, Jesse,
147

Owens, Mickey,
28

Paige, Satchel,
35–38
,
113–14

Parker, Dan,
27–28

Parks, Rosa,
172

Parrott, Harold,
95
,
97–98

Pasadena
CA
,
2
,
10
,
58–61

Pasadena Junior College,
2
,
59

Pennock, Herb,
97–99

Peoples’ Voice
,
47
,
91

Pepper Street Gang,
58–59

Petway, Bruce,
22

Pfeffer, Jack,
21

Philadelphia Athletics,
67
,
129–30

Philadelphia Bulletin
,
112

Philadelphia Giants,
22

Philadelphia Industrial League,
68

Philadelphia
PA
,
10
,
65–68
,
73–74
,
117

Philadelphia Phillies,
36
,
68
,
75
,
106
,
110
,
120
,
154–55
,
167
; and harassment of Robinson,
95–101
,
111–12

Philadelphia Stars,
35
,
45
,
71
,
75
,
101

Philadelphia Tribune
,
75

Pinelli, “Babe,”
146

Pittsburgh Courier
,
41
,
44
,
48
,
81
,
85

Pittsburgh Crawfords,
35
,
36
,
38
,
70

Pittsburgh Pirates,
36
,
93–94
,
104
,
106
,
143

Players’ League,
19

Plessy v. Ferguson
(1896),
41

Podres, Johnny,
162
,
166
,
168–70

Ponce de Leon Park,
124–25

Povich, Shirley,
170

Rackley, Marvin,
102

Raffensberger, Ken,
99

Rampersad, Arnold,
9
,
44
,
61

Randolph, A. Philip,
40
,
46

Raschi, Vic,
131–32

Ray, Bernice.
See
Campanella, Bernice Ray

Redding, Dick “Cannonball,”
22

Reddy, Bill,
25–26

Reese, Harold “Pee Wee,”
115
,
116
,
118–19
,
150
,
162
,
168
,
170
; and Campanella,
114
; gallows humor of,
125
; and Robinson,
92
,
102
,
125
,
156–57
,
173–74

Reiser, Pete,
28
,
30
,
95
,
115

Reynolds, Allie,
131

Rickey, Branch III,
31–32
,
53–54

Rickey, Wesley Branch,
3
,
10
,
56–57
,
113
,
124
,
130
,
143
,
149
,
162
; arrives in Brooklyn,
30
; and Campanella,
76–78
,
85–88
,
108–9
,
126
,
134
; and integration of baseball,
31–55
,
81–86
,
108–10
; innovations of,
34
; leaves Dodgers,
136
; and Major League playing career,
34
; and Minor League playing career,
33–34
; religious beliefs of,
31–32
,
51–52
; reputation of,
34–35
; and Robinson,
49–55
,
64
,
81–83
,
92–98
,
113
,
118–20
,
132
,
145

Riverfront Stadium,
183–84

Roberts, Rick,
41

Roberts, Robin,
111–12
,
166

Robeson, Paul,
46
,
125–28

Robinson, Jackie, Jr. (son),
103
,
183

Robinson, Jack Roosevelt: as advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr.,
181–82
; and Alston,
156
,
159
,
163–64
; approachability of,
59
,
173
; and approach to civil rights,
1–3
,
57
,
123
,
134–35
,
158–59
,
172–73
; barnstorming,
132–34
,
148–149
,
152–53
; bench jockeying and umpire baiting,
115–16
,
120
,
122
,
129
,
131
,
146–47
,
150–51
,
156
; on black managers,
183–84
; books written by,
3
,
184–86
; breaking color line,
81–85
,
91–105
; as candidate to break color line,
44–46
,
48–55
; childhood of,
58–59
; as civil rights pioneer,
1–2
,
17
,
56–58
,
81–85
,
91–105
,
123
,
156–59
; and collegiate athletic career,
59–61
; compared to Campanella,
187
; and competitiveness,
59
,
112
,
129
; and conflict with Campanella,
11–12
,
132–34
,
136
,
141
,
156–59
,
163–64
; criticizing Campanella,
171
,
172–73
,
178–79
; and court-martial,
62–63
; criticizing Negro Leagues,
205n25
; death of,
184
; and different approach to civil rights than Campanella’s,
2–4
,
57
,
128–29
,
142–43
; discrimination against,
3
,
58
,
60–61
,
62
,
64
,
84–85
,
95–101
,
102–3
,
111–12
,
123–25
,
154
,
209n29
; and Dressen,
155
,
164
; and Durocher,
92–93
,
109–13
,
150–51
; and fans,
121–22
,
125
,
175–76
; and friendship with Campanella,
10–11
,
56
,
117
,
119
,
121
; Hall of Fame induction of,
183
,
214n10
; health of,
162–64
,
183
; in high school,
59
; home and family of,
58
,
103
,
103
,
117
,
183
; and Hopper,
82–83
; and jealousy,
3–4
,
113–14
,
142
,
171
; kindness of,
103
,
123
; loyalty of,
52
,
113
; Major League statistics of,
3
,
105
,
115
,
132
,
142
,
166
,
175
; and mentoring Aaron,
153–54
; and mentoring Banks,
152–53
; and mentoring Black,
154–55
; and mentoring Gilliam,
157–58
; and mentoring Mays,
151–52
; and mentoring Newcombe,
120
,
129–30
,
132–34
; military career of,
62–63
; Minor League statistics of,
84–85
; as
MVP
(International League),
85
; as
MVP
(National League),
132
,
134
,
142
; Negro League career of,
49
,
62
,
64–65
; on “no fighting back” ban,
119–20
; and O’Malley,
136
,
144–45
,
173
,
175–76
; post-baseball life of,
181–84
; and pride,
44
,
52
,
61
,
81
,
94
,
118
,
173
,
176
; and reconciliation with Campanella,
184–86
; retirement from baseball,
12
,
175–79
; and Rickey,
49–55
,
81–83
,
92–98
,
118
,
145
; as Rookie of the Year,
3
,
105
; and sportswriters,
148–50
,
179
; and teammates,
119–23
,
129–32
,
148–49
,
155–58
,
164–65
,
173–74
; temper of,
3
,
44
,
49
,
57
,
95–96
,
105
,
110–11
,
120
,
129
,
146
,
146–47
; testifing before
HUAC
,
125–28
; traded to Giants,
175–77
,
213n50

Robinson, Jerry (father),
58

Robinson, Mallie (mother),
58

Robinson, Rachel Isum (wife),
50
,
61
,
85
,
103
,
117
,
118
,
123
,
126
,
143
,
144–45
,
177–78

Robinson, Wilbert “Uncle Robbie,”
21
,
27

Rockefeller, John D.,
6

Rockefeller, Nelson,
181

Rodney, Lester,
34–35
,
47

Roe, Elwin Charles “Preacher,”
114–15
,
155–56

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
40
,
45
,
89–90

Roosevelt, Theodore,
6

Rowan, Carl,
171

Rowe, Billy,
81

Roy, Sam,
68

Rucker, Nap,
16

Ruth, George Herman “Babe,”
27

Salazar, Lazaro,
74

Sanford
FL
,
83

Santop, Louis,
22

Sawyer, Eddie,
112

Schultz, Howie,
99
,
101

Seminick, Andy,
98
,
120

Sheehan, Tom,
173–74

Shibe Park,
67
,
68
,
75
,
98
,
101

Shotton, Burt,
93
,
115
,
124

Shuba, George,
84
,
162

Simon Gratz High School,
68
,
72

Sisler, George,
36
,
48–49

Smith, James “Red,”
16
,
176
,
187

Smith, John L.,
143

Smith, Wendell,
41
,
44–46
,
48–49
,
81
; opposes Communism,
195n53

Snider, Edwin “Duke,”
102
,
115
,
120–21
,
122
,
140
,
143
,
156
,
161
,
162
,
169

Snow, Felton,
77
,
79

Socialist Labor Movement,
24

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (
SCLC
),
172
,
181–82

Sporting News
,
105

Stanky, Eddie,
92
,
97
,
109–10

Stengel, Casey,
16
,
21
,
166–67

Stewart, Bill,
156

St. Louis Browns,
34
,
106

St. Louis Cardinals,
27
,
30
,
34
,
104
,
111
,
116
,
121–22

Stokes, Alvin,
125–26

Stone, Martin,
160

Stoneham, Horace,
175
,
177

Strong, Nat,
22

Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee,
181

Sukeforth, Clyde,
36
,
49–50
,
76
,
93
,
146–47

Summers, Bill,
167

Tabor, Jim,
98

Talmadge, Herman,
124

Thomas, Charles “Tommy,”
33
,
54

Thomas, Dave “Showboat,”
48

Thomas, Rudolph,
123

Thompson, Hank,
139
,
151
,
152

Thompson, Harry,
106

Thomson, Bobby,
166

Time
,
90

Trouppe, Quincy,
77
,
78

Truman, Harry S.,
90–91
,
137

Turley, Bob,
168
,
175

Tuskegee Institute,
5–6

Tygiel, Jules,
9
,
97–98
,
129

Uhlberg, Louis,
121–22

Uhlberg, Myron,
122

United Negro and Allied Veterans of America,
91

United States Justice Department, Civil Rights section,
90

United States Senate Judiciary Committee,
91