The Gardella case : typescript, 1949, April 22 : organized baseball and the anti-trust laws / Fred W. Trezise. 1949.

Trezise, Fred W.

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Fred Trezise was a student at Harvard University. Danny Gardella played for the New York Giants (1944-1945) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1950). He was supended for playing in the Mexican League while reserved by the New York Giants in 1946. Gardella sued baseball for impinging on his right to earn a living as a baseball player. In 1949, Commissioner of Baseball Happy Chandler gave amnesty to all players who had violated their reserve clause agreements; the owners of baseball quietly settled with...

Gardella, Danny.

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Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991

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Happy Chandler was Major League Baseball Commissioner (1945-1951). Jim Gallagher, a sports wirter, had a long career in baseball. He served on the Playing rules Committee and as the Director of Amateur and College Baseball for the Commissioner's office during the tenures of Chandler, Frick, Eckert and Kuhn. prior to his time with the Commissioner's office, he was the General Manager of the Chicago Cubs and Scouting Director for the Phillies. From the description of Letter, 1965, Febr...