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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis...
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis...
Item # 629910
January 12, 1921
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, January 12, 1921
* Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
* Becomes 1st MLB Baseball commissioner
Page 7 has a two column heading: "Baseball Finally Put On Reconstructive Basis" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10 pages, a little light staining, a few small margin tears, generally nice.
wikipedia notes: While serving as a Federal judge, Landis, an ardent baseball fan, was selected as chairman of a new National Commission of baseball. The owners decided to appoint a commission made up entirely of non-baseball men to restore confidence in the sport following the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, perhaps the worst of a number of incidents that jeopardized the integrity of the game.[5]
However, Landis declared that he would only accept an appointment as sole commissioner, with unlimited authority over all aspects of organized baseball. The owners, still reeling from the perception that the sport was crooked, readily agreed. Some historians believe he extorted and intimidated them into that agreement; however, that accusation has not been proven.
Category: The 20th Century
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