Kenesaw Mountain Landis

As a US federal judge, he presided over the Standard Oil antitrust trial (get year), which led to the breakup of the Standard Oil company.

He was also the first Commissioner of Major League baseball, serving from his election in November 1920 to his death in 1944. He was credited with restoring public confidence in the integrity of baseball following the 1919 Black Sox scandal. His detractors claim he perpetuated the color line and prolonged the segregation of organized baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1944.

Landis was named after Kennesaw Mountain[?] (the spelling of the name is a variant).

External link

• Landis' page at the Baseball Hall of Fame website (http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers%5Fand%5Fhonorees/hofer%5Fbios/landis%5Fkenesaw.htm)