The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-20

S THE WHOLE
NArNIOlssN rUnLrc HAS FAITH
IN JUDGE lands.
Those are bis words. No higher
tribute was ever paid 10 any ono in
dividual Even a president or a king
might well envy the Chicago jurtst
such bouquet expressed in our
English vocabulary.
APPLIES
HORSE SENSE
His program since 1905 has been
70 apply horse sense 10 human
troubles.
And that's all under the sun that
baseball needs right now.
Spending noon hour with the
Judge would convince anyone % his
bigness Of vision. his interest In
humans. and his LOVE FOR BASE
BALIs--the game which has focused
the ilmelight upon him by giving
him a s5e.oee-ayear job In place Of
the dinky 1880 he now receives.
As soon as baseball L. mentioned
Judge Lands Immediately becomes
your friend
LINES
TO FAN
you baseball men have been very
kind to me- he said. want TO talk
about IT, do you, Let's take walk.
then"
The wind was whipping up Micht
gan ave at about the same rate Of
speed which Walter johnson used
when he was feeling good The raw
Of winter was in Il. too.
The Judge pulled his hat down
over his eyes. turned up his coat
collar. snafched up his knottss cane
and was Off at Weston stride.
GAMES
FASCINATING
I'm not much az winter
Lacquer" he said. The part Of tho
game that fascinates me Is the ons
they play on the diamond.
Il can't think Of anything more
tragic than the gripping o. baseball
can your ! don't know bow 10 ac-
count for the hiEnesz o. baseball.
But do know that you1i find men
and boys arguing over the batting
avesuges Of the stars even In remote
settlements far back from the rail.
reads hundreds Of miles away from
where the game Is actually played
RAsEBALL'S
SCOPE
Thousands OF 1orks never .ssv~
seen big league game Thousands
Of them never viii. perhaps. They've
never been closer To Babe Ruth. Iris
Speaker and Ty Cobb than the
printed newspaper page But they
can tell you exactly how they hold
their bats or how they comb their
hair.
why DO people 20 10 see BABE
Ruth hit homo runs7 Gosh, that's
the answer. They do. don't they,
HE'S MET
SPOKE
1--WE met Iris Speaker. Wen. tina,
IL I shook hands with him during
the world series. Sunny how a fan
likes to imagine he's intimate with
the stars. isn't TT
III
should abolish the world serfes7 I
haven't missed but one in the las,
eleven years. I can think Of no
greater tragedy than the Gripping
Of baseball II means just that
much to the American people
Used
TO PLAY
ibid ever play basebal17 I'll say
did. Right here along Michigan
ave. We fellows used TO get out here
at the noon hour along the water
front. I guess that was about 30
years ago"
During the hct-foot walk up and
down Michigan ave. the judge spoke
TO scores Of friends. He poked shiv-
ering traffic cops in tho back with
his heavy cane and ''hellowed" them.
He stopped in an art shop TO admire
etchings Of Lincoln and Roosevelt.
He particularly liked the drawings
Of Lincoln.
ADMIRES
LINCOLN
"The artist didn't make the mis-
Lthf VI TuubinE cHt iOt VI uUTH
as most OF them do. See that wart
on honest old Abs's face II couldn't
be more natural"
Back at the court chamber IN the
postoffIce building Judge, Lands was
brimming over with pep and fire. He
ate box lunch between telephone
calls.
IL walk five miles every day. he
said. YOU'D be surprised what n
brisk walk will do for fellow. Fills
your lungs fun Of fresh air and
clears the fog out Of your mind
GAME
NEEDS HIM
At . O'Clock the Judge was back
in the courtroom at his business OF
applying some more horse sense TO
Chicago's troubles.
That's what they want him TO do
for baseball.
And the horsehide sport can stand
. lot OF horse sense. The game has
outgrown the BUSINESS instincts OF
the Ban Johnsons and the John
Heydlers. And these men are wise
enough to see H.
Judge Ksnesaw Mountain Lands
Is the doctor and on top Of that he's
q regular fellow.