Early Life
Frick attended DePauw University in Indiana, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He had begun his career as a midwestern sportswriter and had moved to New York City to work with William Randolph Hearst's newspapers. Later he pioneered the daily radio sports report, broadcasting sports scores and news. In 1934, he became the National League's public relations director, and then became president of the league later that year.
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