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    Kenesaw Mountain Landis

    American judge and baseball commissioner

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  1. Oct 16, 2020 · Landis’ defenders say that he could not possibly have been a bigot because he suspended Yankees outfielder Jake Powell for making a racist comment during a 1938 radio interview. Landis...

  2. In his book, Veeck placed some of the blame on National League President Ford Frick, but later reserved blame exclusively for Landis, whom he accused of racism, stating in a subsequent interview, "[a]fter all, a man who is named Kenesaw Mountain was not born and raised in the state of Maine."

  3. Jul 27, 2008 · Landis punished a racist player, yet Landis and the baseball establishment had long practiced racial discrimination against black players. This was not the story’s only twist. In 1936, the...

  4. Jul 18, 2009 · The question about Landis should not be whether he was racist but whether, as commissioner of baseball, he provided leadership for justice and equality. Notes. David Pietrusza, Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (South Bend, : Diamond Communications, 1998), 419.

  5. Dec 21, 2020 · Baseball’s first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, was inducted in 1944, when the color line he upheld was still in place. He is hailed for “integrity and leadership,” with no mention ...

  6. The list of possible candidates for the chair included Taft, generals, senators, government officials, and other eminent citizens. Heydler’s preferred candidate was Chicago federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Johnson, however, procrastinated.

  7. Apr 9, 2022 · Landis named dictator,” the New York Times blared in a front-page headline on Nov. 13, 1920. After Landis initially expressed reluctance to quit his judgeship, the owners suggested he do both ...

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