children|occupation death_date death_place birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer spouse image article_title term_end birth_name alma_mater
judge 29 april 1966 chicago , illinois , u.s. prague , bohemia judge illinois of the circuit court for cook county , 21 july 1882 september 18 , 1920 frank o. lowden sadie widow -rrb- cohn -lrb- 1920 -- 1966 , survived as hugo friend.png hugo friend
 april 29 , 1966 hugo morris friend university of chicago -lrb- undergraduate and law -rrb-
hugo friend

hugo morris friend -lrb- july 21 , 1882april 29 , 1966 -rrb- 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 , but did not affect their ban from baseball .
friend was born in prague but came to the united states as 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 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 they 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 .
