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Peace comes to Major League Baseball... Landis is the first Commissioner...
Peace comes to Major League Baseball... Landis is the first Commissioner...
Item # 681357
January 12, 1921
TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Jan. 12, 1921 The top of the sports page has a notable one column headline: "Minor Leagues Vote Approval Of Agreement".
Landis was just named the first commissioner of Major League Baseball a few months prior. The article begins: "Organized baseball in the United States yesterday virtually was brought under the control of Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, for at least seven years when the drafting committee of the National Association of Minor Leagues officially voted approval of the new national agreement...".
The page also features photos of the four: "Leading National League Players".
Category: The 20th Century
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