page_title: Hugo Friend
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Hugo Friend / References
caption_attribution_description: English: The competitors in the finals of the 110 metre hurdles, 1906 Athens games. Future judge Hugo Friend at left.
context_page_description: Hugo Morris Friend was an American jurist who, in his youth, competed as an athlete in the long jump and hurdles. He is best remembered as the judge who presided over the criminal trial of the Chicago Black Sox, which ended in an acquittal. Eight players were ultimately banned from professional baseball for life.
  Friend was born in Prague but came to the United States at an early age. He attended the University of Chicago beginning in 1901, where he became a track star. He was selected for the United States team for the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece and won a bronze medal.
  He became a lawyer in 1908 and a judge twelve years later. He presided over the Black Sox trial in 1921, and when the defendants were acquitted, he responded to the jubilation in the courtroom with a smile. At the time of his 1966 death, he was the oldest active member of the Cook County Circuit Court bench.
context_section_description: Taylor, P. (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 229. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  "Prominent Alumni". University of Chicago Magazine, March 1921, p. 177. Retrieved on June 23, 2011.
  University of Chicago Athletics Hall of Fame Archived June 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. University of Chicago Athletics. Retrieved on June 23, 2011.
  "New Setback Halts Ball Players' Trial". The New York Times. June 28, 1921. p. 7. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  "Hugo Friend dies—Chicago judge, 83". The New York Times, May 1, 1966. Retrieved on December 11, 2018.
  Carney, p. 147.
  Cottrell, p. 260.
  Leinwand, Gerald (August 17, 2004). Mackerels in the Moonlight: Four Corrupt American Mayors. McFarland. p. 40. Retrieved April 2, 2018. hugo friend william hale thompson.
caption: The 1906 Athens games 110 metres hurdles final; Friend at left
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