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Gabriel Paul was born in Rochester, NY. He was an executive in Major League Baseball. Paul's early meetings and impressions of Chandler; Chandler compared to Judge Kennesaw Landis as baseball commissioner; role of the commissioner's office in 1977 compared to the Chandler era; Walter Mulbry; problems faced by baseball after World War II; Chandler's suspension of Leo Durocher; Robert Murphy's attempt to organize the players in Pittsburgh; the effect of organizing attempts by players on team owners; the Mexican League problem; integration of major league baseball and Branch Rickey's role; Jackie Robinson playing in Cincinnati; the decision by team owners not to renew Chandler's contract as baseball commissioner and Chandler's reaction; the owners present at the St. Petersburg-- Florida owners' meeting and their relationship with Chandler; Chandler's legacy as baseball commissioner.

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1977oh028_chan030

Interviewee Name

Gabriel Paul

Interviewer Name

William J. Marshall

Interview Date

1977-05-11

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Paul, Gabriel Interview by William J. Marshall. 11 May. 1977. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Paul, G. (1977, May 11). Interview by W. J. Marshall. A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Desegregation of Major League Baseball Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Paul, Gabriel, interview by William J. Marshall. May 11, 1977, A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Desegregation of Major League Baseball Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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