The Black Sox Scandal in the 1919 World Series

In 1919, eight of the Chicago White Sox allegedly threw the World Series. Charles Comiskey was the ruthless owner of the White Sox and was the main motive of the sox to throw the series. Chick Gandil was the first player to get involved and then he spread it to the other players on the team. The act by these players would be called the Black Sox Scandal. The Scandal nearly ruined America’s pastime. The baseball commissioner, Judge Landis, banned all eight of the players for life. Based on how Joe Jackson played in the world series and how he was proven innocent in a court of law, he should be reinstated into baseball and be put in the hall of fame.

While the facts surrounding the throwing of the Series are confusing, people familiar with the case agree Gandil was the ringleader. A few weeks before the 1919 World Series, Gandil approached Sullivan about fixing the Series. He told Sullivan that for

Soon word got out to another gambler, Bill Burns. He approached Cicotte and offered him $100,000. Gandil and Cicotte met with Burns and agreed that they would do the fix as long as they got paid before the series began. Burns took off for New York with his boxer friend Billy Maharg to meet with Arnold Rothstein, a big time gambler, to come up with the money for the fix. At first, Rothstein did not go for it but then Sullivan went to Rothstein with his plans for the fix totally laid out. Rothstein decided to get in on the fix. He sent one of his men to Chicago with $ 40,000 to give to Sullivan to give to the players and the rest would be distributed if the series went as planned. However, when Sullivan got the money he quickly gambled $30,000 and then gave $10,000 to Gandil. The players not happy with the amount that they got they decided that they would throw the first two games and then ask for more money. Gandil told Sullivan he needed more money before the fourth game or the fix was off, Sullivan complied and after the game Gandil gave $5,000 to each of the players except Weaver who apparently was not participating in the plan. “The series continued as planned and the White Sox lost the series to the Cincinnati Reds, ”five games to three” (findingdulcinea.com).

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In 1919, eight of the Chicago White Sox allegedly threw the World Series. Charles Comiskey was the ruthless owner of the White Sox and was the main motive of the sox to throw the series. Chick Gandil was the first player to get involved and then he spread it to the other players on the team. The act by these players would be called the Black Sox Scandal. The Scandal nearly ruined America's pastime. The baseball commissioner, Judge Landis, banned all eight of the players for life. Based on how Joe Jackson played in the world series and how he was proven innocent in a court of law, he should be reinstated into baseball and be put in the hall of fame.

1912--The New York Giants and Boston Red sox were tied in the 8th game of the World Series. Both teams won 3 games and this game would decide who would win the ninth World Series.Tied in the 10th inning, Fred Merkle, who had blown a pennant for the Giants four years earlier, got his revenge by hitting a single in a go-ahead run. It was 2-1 for in favor of the Giants going into the bottom of the 10th. Clyde Wood, the first batter to the plate, hit an easy fly ball into right field. However, Fred Snodgrass, the right fielder, missed it, and Wood ended up on second base with nobody out. Snodgrass made a great catch on the next batter, but Wood advanced to third base. Next, Steve Yerkes walked and put players on 1st and third. Tris Speaker lined a base hit to tie the game. Yerkes advanced to third and Speaker was on 1st with only one out. The 17,000 fans erupted with glee.

The 1919 White Sox--the White Sox of Eddie Collins, Eddie Cicotte, Dickie Kerr, Ray Schalk, Buck Weaver and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson--are considered by baseball historians to be one of the greatest teams ever to take the field (Solomon). The “Black” Sox were the major favorites of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Chicago had the better pitching, the better hitting, and the better fielding, but they somehow lost. The “Black” Sox lost in eight games, back in 1919 the only playoff series they was the World series so they played a max of nine games. A few months after the Reds won the World Series, on December fifteenth, 1919, “The New York World published an explosive article by Hugh Fullerton suggesting the the World Series was fixed” (Linder).

Charles Chomsky was the coach for the Black Sox at the time. There were a total of eight players involved in “the scandal.” The real and some of the nicknames of the eight were “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude “Lefty” Williams, infielders Buck Weaver, Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Fred McMullen, Charles “Swede” Risberg, and outfielder Oscar “Happy” Felsch. These players were promised a total of $100,000.00 to throw the game.

The heavily-favored Chicago White Sox had lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. Supposedly eight players on the White Sox including Shoeless Joe Jackson accused of taking $5,000 bribes, which is approximately $70,000 in modern day US dollars. It seems obvious enough that Jackson participating in fixing the world series, especially after Jackson issued the statement, “When a Cincinnati player would bat a ball out in my territory I'd muff it if I could—that is, fail to catch it. But if it would look too much like crooked work to do that I'd be slow and make a throw to the infield that would be short. My work netted the Cincinnati team several runs that they never would have had if we had been playing on the

The Black Sox Scandal is a fix game against the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. This game was fixed by eight players from the Chicago White Sox. Players felt like they were not getting paid enough and their coach was treating them badly. The 1919 World Series was a game that changed baseball forever. There became a point where the line between ball players and gamblers were blurred.

The Black Sox Scandal is a fix game against the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. This game was fixed by eight players from the Chicago White Sox. Players felt like they were not getting paid enough and their coach was treating them badly. The 1919 World Series was a game that changed baseball forever. There became a point where the line between ball players and gamblers were blurred.

The Notorious Scandal The 1919 World Series ended up being one of the most famous scandals in sports history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox, later named the Black Sox, were accused of supposedly “throwing” the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Rumors grew louder and louder when the Reds won it all. That's when a Chicago grand jury charged eight men from the White Sox for “throwing” the series.

The powerhouse1919 Chicago White Sox were considered to be one of the greatest teams ever assembled in Major League Baseball. They were a huge favorite to win the 1919 World Series, but to the shock and disappointment of their loyal fan base, they lost the series 5 games to 3. In what would be referred to as “The Black Sox Scandal”, it was announced to the city of Chicago that numerous Chicago White Sox players were losing the games on purpose in exchange for money from people who had bet against the favored White Sox. The players accused of being a part of The Black Sox Scandal were eventually taken to court, where they were acquitted of all charges. Even though the players were acquitted for their crimes, they

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