Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 World Series and All-Star Game; other innovations Landis took full...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 Landis's documented actions on race are inconsistent. In 1938, Yankee Jake Powell was...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 Soon after Landis's appointment, he surprised the major league owners by requiring that...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 Ruth had asked Yankees general manager Ed Barrow for permission to barnstorm. Barrow...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 Two other player gambling affairs marked Landis's early years as commissioner. In 1922,...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 The criminal trial of the Black Sox indictees began in early July 1921....
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 Another proposal, known as the "Lasker Plan" after Albert Lasker, a shareholder in...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 Commissioner (1920–1944) Appointment Black Sox scandal By...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 In 1886, Landis first ventured into Republican Party politics, supporting a friend, Charles...
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis : biography November 20, 1866 - November 25, 1944 Criticism of Landis having both the judicial and baseball positions began almost as...