Show JUDGE LANDIS MAY YET KET BECOME HEAD OF OE ALL ORGANIZED H BALL LEAGUES Famous Federal Court Jurist Jurist Jurist Ju Ju- Ju- Ju rist Who Fined Standard Oil 29 Millions May Accept Accept Accept Ac- Ac Job at Year YearN EW YORK TORK Aug Aut 26 OrganIzed Organized N NEW baseball is about to receive a thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough housecleaning The club owners owners of ot both the tha American and National leagues at a re recent recent recent re- re cent meeting decided to make mako a drastic change The change will be the appointment of ot Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of ot ChIcago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago as supreme head of ot organized base base- ball It Is barely possible that Ban Johnson executive of ot the American league and styled self czar of ot that organization and John A. A Heydler president of ot the tho National National National Na Na- league will sit on the national board but but- their power will be curtailed In short they will simply be figureheads At the baseball meetings in New York City last February the National league appointed William F. F Baker Bakel of ot Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia and William of ot Chicago while the American league nominated Colonel Jacob Rupert of ot New ew York and Frank Navin of ot Detroit as asa a committee to select selecta a capable man to succeed Garry Carry Herrman as chairman of ot the national commission The committee has finally decided that Judge Landis Is the man to fill till the tion Within the next few Jew days perhaps be before before before be- be fore the week is out out the position will be offered to Judge Landis Inasmuch as the leagues will most likely offer a salary of ot there is hardly any doubt that his judgeship will accept JOHNSON OBJECTED TO TAFT Last winter rt when e there h was so much I Islon 1 talk about taking kl the national I commission commission commis commis- I sion slon out of ot the reach of ot Garry Carry Herrman and Ban Johnson Harry l Frazee razee owner of ot the Boston Red lIed Sox and Harry N. N Hempstead then president of ot the Giants made a move to place the good old game in safe hands They asked William Howard Taft the former president of ot the United States to accept the position as chairman of ot the national commission Mr Taft agreed to accept the offer ol or Frazee and Hempstead Hempstead Hemp- Hemp r stead I if all the other big league club owners own own- it- it p ers were agreeable to his appointment It was the tho idea of ot Frazee and Hempstead to make the supreme body of ot baseball a one man affair But Ban Johnson objected He absolutelY absolutely absolutely refused to be shorn of ot his powers although every fan tan in the country and the other club owners wanted and almost demanded that Mr MI Taft be put in charge of ot the national pastime Since that time however the club owners owners owners own own- ers have come to realize that the game needs a scouring So they appointed the above named committee to work out the scheme originally originally originally nally fostered by Frazee and Hempstead It was learned that Charles Comiskey the owner of ot the White So Sox now a visItor visitor vis via in New ew York was the man to suggest sug aug gest th the able Judge Landis Certainly there isn't a better man to lead o organized a baseball a out of Its present eo gs oLi state e of chaos than Judge U Landis He lie has been a a. staunch supporter of ot the national national national na na- na- na pastime for years and with him as the supreme chief the game is sure to prosper more snore than ever before Judge Landis who became famous as u a at judge in the federal branch on his r record t breaking I fine et of o against a t Standard Standard Stan Stan- f dard Oil all is a student of baseball The fight between the old Federal league and organized baseball was brought before him and on his recommendation I settled out of ot court |