1950 MLB Rules Committee Featuring Happy Chandler and Branch Rickey
The page from the 1950 Sporting News Baseball Ball Guide features the Rules Committee responsible for overhauling old Major League Baseball regulations. Prominent figures depicted include Branch Rickey, known for his role in integrating baseball, and Happy Chandler, the baseball commissioner at the time, who served as an ex-officio chairman. Other notable members are Joseph E. Cronin, Walter W. Mulbry (noted as an ex-officio member), and James T. Gallagher. The committee is led by George M. Trautman, serving as chairman, alongside members Thomas H. Connolly, William J. Stewart, and William R. Summers. Below them, the sub-committee includes Warren C. Giles and Robert L. Finch, emphasizing the collaborative effort in revising the rules of the game.