Warren G. Harding, who will serve as the next president of the United States, throws three pitches for the Kerrigan Tailors, a semi-pro team, in an exhibition game played against the Cubs. The contest, in which the Giants, Reds, and Indians declined to be participants, was arranged in the presidential candidateā€™s hometown to make him more appealing to the masses.

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Warren G. Harding, who will serve as the next president of the United States, throws three pitches for the Kerrigan Tailors, a semi-pro team, in an exhibition game played against the Cubs. The contest, in which the Giants, Reds, and Indians declined to be participants, was arranged in the presidential candidateā€™s hometown to make him more appealing to the masses.

1920Ā ā€“ Shaken by the possible effects of theĀ scandalĀ surrounding baseball, club owners begin a series of meetings to reform the game.Ā Albert D. Lasker, a Chicago advertising man and minority stockholder, of theĀ Cubs, proposes a 3-man board of non-baseball men, with the chairman to be paid $25,000 year. Among the names mentioned: JudgeĀ Kenesaw Mountain Landis, former presidentĀ William Howard Taft, General George Pershing, Senator Hiram Johnson, General Leonard Wood, and ex-treasury secretary William McAdoo.

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1920Ā ā€“ Shaken by the possible effects of theĀ scandalĀ surrounding baseball, club owners begin a series of meetings to reform the game.Ā Albert D. Lasker, a Chicago advertising man and minority stockholder, of theĀ Cubs, proposes a 3-man board of non-baseball men, with the chairman to be paid $25,000 year. Among the names mentioned: JudgeĀ Kenesaw Mountain Landis, former presidentĀ William Howard Taft, General George Pershing, Senator Hiram Johnson, General Leonard Wood, and ex-treasury secretary William McAdoo.