Judge Landis Twenty-Five Years Baseball

by J.G. Taylor Spink

Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball, first published in 1947, is a look at the career of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a federal judge and professional baseball's first commissioner, who served in that position for 25 years until his death in 1944. The book, authored by J. G. Taylor Spink, editor of the influential The Sporting News, also serves as a history of major league baseball at that time – the team owners, the players, the legal battles, and the scandals (including the infamous “Black Sox” scandal). Judge Landis's decisive actions and iron rule over the game were largely responsible for restoring public confidence in the sport. Included are 5 pages of photographs.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1947

About the author

John George Taylor Spink (November 6, 1888 – December 7, 1962), or Taylor Spink, was the publisher of The Sporting News from 1914 until his death in 1962. He inherited the weekly American baseball newspaper from his father Charles Spink, younger brother of its founder Alfred H. Spink. Upon Taylor Spink's death in 1962, the Baseball Writers' Association of America established the annual J. G. Taylor Spink Award, given to writers "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing", and made him its first recipient.

Reviews

[Charles G. Mocsiran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for baseball lovers

Didn't know a lot about Landis before reading this book. He was a formidable commissioner who ruled for a quarter of a century. It's hard to imagine what baseball would be like without him. He righted the ship after the Blacksox. And protected the game from any similar scandal i n the future.