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Judge Landis surrounded by baseball team owners, Chicago, 1920. Pittsburgh Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss is #3 in the photo.
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Judge Landis surrounded by baseball team owners, Chicago, 1920.

Credit: SDN-062284, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

During the 1910s, Barney Dreyfuss was one of baseball's most respected and influential owners. Relied upon by other owners to work out scheduling problems, Dreyfuss also led the effort to have Judge Kinesaw Landis installed as professional baseball's commissioner after the Black Sox scandal of 1919.

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