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Show I Baseball War Ends ! With Clubs Intact j I In Major Leagues Judge Kenesaw Landis Accepts Chairmanship of Committee at Salary of $50,000 Per Year; to Hold Office for a Term of Seven Years; Minors Invited to Join Hands With Reorganized Unit CHICAGO, Nov. 13. Peace r.tgned. in baseball circles today following es-l terdnv s nRroonii nt between the op-1 I posing factions In the reorganization I I of the game. The sixteen club owners of the two major leagues were In accord ac-cord on every Issue, which today left the same eight clubs In the National and Uio same eight in the American! league j Judge Kenesaw M Landis of Chica- ' go. accepted the schalrroanshlp of ai committee of one to act as a final court of appeal in all matters if dls- pute between the two major league' and any minor league which may Join the majors in the reorganisation Judge Lendls will remain on thei bench His salary there Is $7,500 a ! year He stipulated that this sum should be subtracted from the $50,000 a year, offered by the baseball men and so his salary as chairman of the national pastime will be H-.500 a year for a term of seVen years. The minor leagues are invited and expected to Join the majors under the Landis regime HEADQUARTERS AT CHICAGO.. Chicago will he headquarters for the I baseball commission and offices Willi be opened up Immediately. should second and third members be chosen for the commission, k Is virtually certain cer-tain according to cluh owners, that Judge Charles A McDonald, of Chicago, Chica-go, will be ono of them Judge Iandls is a national figure for the Important cases he has passed upon, and his wit ami sarcasm some: times humorous and sometimes caustic which he directs at prisoners and , counsel from his bench hae made him ' famous. Baseball always has been one of his, I hobbles. In the llttl" town of l-,ogan-j port. Ind., where ho was reared i the, Judge played on amateur and semi-pro-feaslonal . teams. His brilliant playing brought him many offers to become a professional but ho always declined., I saying he played merely for sport and' 1 love Of the game. In 1914 Judge Landis presided l" the legal battle which resulted from the1 I greatest baseball war In history th'-fight th'-fight of the Federal League ag insl the National and American leagues The Judgf nccr rendered decision ir. this case, however, for It was settled out of court, while he was still forming his official opinion While studying the . rise, the Judge spent many bourn looking look-ing into baseball history, the national agreement and other dot uments giving Information concerning Uaseball Phe knowledge acquired during this period made him a legal authorlt) on the administration ad-ministration of the game's affairs. Judge Iandis attends mnn) major iKue Barnes here t very ear and seldom sel-dom passes a world series. At th annual an-nual classic he generally mav bo found In a box back of third base-, his old black slouch hat pulled down over hi?? ' j and a long blark cape falling from his shoulders. He never talks during a game, but studies every play closely and enjoys analyzing the strategy used by the opposing players ' me of his hobbles at a game Is to try to guess the next play. Judge Landis was born in Millvillc-, ' hlo. November 20, 1S66, and was named for Kenesaw Mountain, near Atlanta, Oa . where his f.ither was wounded in the Civil war He first became be-came nationally prominent when ho fined the Standard "li companj $29,- 240,000 and forte, 1 John 1 Itoekebd- ler to come here to testify The decision decis-ion was reversed by the supreme court, however PRESIDES IT TRIAL. During the world war he presided l' the famous I W. W trial senteni Ing ' Big Hill" Haywood, secretary-trras nrer of the organization and ninety- two other members to prison Shortly Short-ly ufterward, an explosion in the federal fed-eral building killed sev eral persons but I the Judge was uninjured He also sen- tenced Congressman Victor Hcrger to, prison for alleged obstruction of the nation's war preparations. Judge Landis drew congressional attention at-tention shortly lifter the war He found that most of the law vers appear-1 lug before him who were wearing wrl8l watches, had not been In the service, j "Have all these wrist watch lawyer-, i file a statement what branch of the service they were In," he ordered the clerk. Senator Thomas of Colorado, in an! address In the Fenute said Judge Lrn- dls should be impc.-ichced for his order , The Judge's onlv comment was: ' Don't It beat the devil what senators will do: to pass the time away'''' Judge landis. caustic or humorous verbal attacks from the bench directed di-rected at men In all stations in life,, ( ne day he s.r.itchlngly denounces :i corporation and the next-day svmpa-J thlaes With and helps som unfortunate! prisoner brought before him Ills f a-' orite expression is "Take this man up I to Mabel's room" the Jail or 'take' h'm to room Co and give him the easy chair. |