Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-11-13
BIG LEAGUES AGREE
AND FIGHT is AVERTED
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enlarged, when a committee pI
eight club owners called on him.
As the magnates filed into the
court room, hats in their hands,
the Judge sharply banged his gavel
down and ordered them to make
less noise. When informed of their
mission he had them escorted to
his chambers where they were kept
in waiting for forty five mintl'@S
before the Judge would listen to
the offer which increased his an
nual salary from $500 to $4,000.
While the magnates waited the
Judge conducted the bribery trial
in his usnnl vigorous fashion and
gave vent to some scathlng re-
marks about the men who falsely
their income tax returns.
"Thc pcnitentiary is too good for
them" he remarked.
Waiting on the judge were
Charles Comisiley president of the
Chicago American League cIuh,
William Veeck, president of the
Chicago Nationals; Jacob Ruppert,
of the New York Americans; Clark
Griffith, Of the Washington club;
Charles Ebbets, of Brooklyn; Gar
w Hermann, of Cincinnati, Bar
nev Dreyfuss, of Pittsburgh, and
John Breadon Of the st. Louis Ma
tionals.
later they were joined by Connie
Mack Of the Philadelphia Amerl-
cans, Robert quinn and James
Dunn Of Cleveland,
At first the judge refused the
offer on the ground that he Loved
his position as Judge too much to
ouit the bench, Finally, however,
he agreed to hold both positlonS
but specified that his baseball sal
ary should be decreased by $6bOO
Tho amount he received as judge
It was agreed that as chairman ne
wouId receive $42,500 a year in
stead Of the $4,000 originally
offered, ,
After the meeting Judge Lands
took Clark Griffith, a personal
friend, over to a window.
"Grif," he said, I'm going to ten
YOU lust why / took this job sec
those kids down there on the
street? See that alrplane propeller
on the wall? Well, that explains
my acceptance.
''Y0u see, that propeller was on
the plane in which my son, MAJ.
Reed Lands, flew while overseas
Reed and / went to one Of the
world series games at Brooklyn.
outside the gate were a bunch OF
little kids playing around. Reed
turned to me and said: Dad,
wouldn't it be a shame to have the
game Of these little kids broken
lup? wouldn't it be awful to take
baseball away from them| We'll
while you gentlemen We're taking
to me- | looked up at this propeller
and ! thought of Reed. Then
thought of his remark in BROOK
lvn, Grif, we have got to Keep
baseball on a high standard for the
sake of the youngsters-thats why
| took the job; because ! want TO
help"
Judge Lands attends many ma
! ior league games here every year
and seldom misses a world series
At the annual classic he generally
may be found in box back OF
third base, his old black slouch
hat pulled down over his eyes and
a long black cape falling from his
! shoulders. He never talks during q
game but studies every play closely
and enjoys analyzing the strategy
used by the opposing players. one
of his hobbies at game is try tc
| guess the next play.
Judge lands was born in Mill
| Vile, O., November 20, 1856. and
was named for kenesaW mountain
near Atlanta, Ga, where his father
was wounded in the civil war, he
first became nationally prominent
when he fined the Standard On
company $29,240,00O after forcinG
John ID. Rockefeller to come here
to testify The decision was re-
versed by the appellate court, how
ever.
During the world war he presid'
ed at the famous |. W. W. trial
sentencing Big Bill" Haywood
secretary treasurer of the Organi'
zation, and ninety-tWo other mem
bers to prison. Shortly afterwart
an explosion in the federal build
ing killed several persons but th'
Judge was uninjured. He also sen
fenced Congressman Victor Berger
to prison for alleged obstruction oi
the nations war preparations.
I,l I q - 4 30 IrnNu pnnuIpSStOnA
attention shortly after the war. III
found that most of the lawyers ap
pearing before him who were wear
ing wrist watches had not been II
the service.
Have all these wrist watch law
yers file statement as wha
branch of the service they wer'
in," he ordered the clerk.
Senator Thomas of Colorado, II
an address in the senate, sait
Judge Lands should be impeache'
for his order. The judges onl,
comment was; Don't it beat thu
devil what senators will do to pas
the time away?"
Judge lands caustic--or hu
morous-verbal attacks from th'
bench are directed at men in al
stations of life. One day he scath
ingly denounces a corporation ant
the next day symoathizes with ant
helps some unfortunate prisone
brought before him. His favorit
expression is: "Take this man vi
to Mabels Room"--the jail--o
Take him to room 3S and Civ
him the easy chair"