A.L.

New York
98-56
13.5
618,330

1943 Champions

Team
W-L Record
Games Ahead
Attendance

N.L.

St. Louis
105-49
18
517,135

JUDGE LANDIS
Hard-nosed Commissioner of Baseball

* 1907: Fines Standard Oil 29 million dollars
* 1915: Fed'l League sues MLB, he gets case  
* 1920: Owners name him commissioner
* His task: Clean up baseball's image
* 1921: Bans 8 accused Black Sox for life
* Rules baseball firmly, at times autocratically
* Enforces baseball barnstorming rules
* Believes "farm" system hinders prospects
* Perpetuates baseball segregation?
* Dies in office in November 1944

Yankees win 7th pennant in 8 years-- and do it
without DiMaggio and Rizzuto
Girls professional baseball gets underway in
Rockford, South Bend, Racine & Kenosha
MSgt Zeke Bonura supervises 150 teams/6 leagues in
North Africa, Gen. Eisenhower awards him Legion of Merit
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