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[Player File. Weaver, George Daniel, 1912- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

Title: [Player File. Weaver, George Daniel, 1912- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

Player file includes material documenting his baseball career and personal life. These items may include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents, and other sundry items. Some player files may not contain any material due to the brevity of his career and/or the time period which he played. File contents: folder 1 (1912- ).

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51255901 View

Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008. Eliot Asinof papers, 1954-2006 (bulk 1963-1977).

Title: Eliot Asinof papers, 1954-2006 (bulk 1963-1977).

Handwritten and typed manuscripts by Eliot Asinof and legal affidavits, letters, scripts, articles, notes, and newsclippings that belonged to Asinof, the author of Eight Men Out, a book about the 1919 World Series and baseball gambling scandal (published 1963). The collection includes the transcript of an interview with Abe Attell, a former boxer and associate of underworld gamblers, and notes on Asinof's interviews with Chicago White Sox center-fielder Happy Felsch and Judge Hugo Friend, who presided over the trial. In addition, Asinof's notes on the creation of the book manuscript provide details from innumerable sources about events and motivations of the players. Other items in the collection include production schedules (but not the script), articles, and reviews of the 1988 movie Eight Men Out, co-written by Eliot Asinof and its director, John Sayles. Asinof's handwritten notes contain first-hand information from several people, such as novelist James T. Farrell and Baseball Hall of Fame member Red Faber. Correspondents in the collection include baseball players and other figures of the scandal era, such as banned Chicago White Sox pitcher Edward V. Cicotte; Cincinnati Reds player Walter H. Ruether (Dutch Ruether), who later sued Asinof for libel; and Reds player Edd J. Rousch (Eddie Rousch), as well as baseball historians Fred Lieb, Lee Allen, and Jerome Holtzman. The collection also contains many magazine articles and newspaper clippings pertaining to the World Series scandal (ca. 1919-1956) that Asinof collected. These articles included some interviews with players and photographs used in Eight Men Out. Other materials include legal filings, affidavits, and correspondence relating to the lawsuit by David Susskind against Asinof over Susskind's attempt to produce a made-for-television movie about the World Series scandal. Asinof's manuscript for his book Bleeding Between the Lines describes Asinof's research and writing methods that created Eight Men Out and recounts the legal battles following its publication. Correspondence with Hank Greenberg followed publication of this book.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft. (6 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/718738162 View

George "Hooks" Wiltse 1913-1914 world tour photograph album : photograph album, 1913-1914.

Title: George "Hooks" Wiltse 1913-1914 world tour photograph album : photograph album, 1913-1914.

Photograph album created by Mrs. Wiltse, wife of George "Hooks" Wiltse, containing photographs primarily of the 1913-1914 world tour involving the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants. There are also two loose undated photographs (10.0" x 8.0") taken after the tour, a mimeographed schedule of the George "Hooks" Wiltse Baseball League (1959), and a May 8, 1917 cartoon (10.5" x 12.5") of Wiltse advertising for his all-star team. Items of note include action photo of Wiltse pitching in his New York Giants uniform, photos of Charles Comiskey, Sam Crawford, Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Tris Speaker, Jim Thorpe, photo of John McGraw with captain of Japanese University baseball team, photos of Bobby Calihan, the White Sox' mascot, photos of Sir Thomas Lipton, photos of Sphinx, photos of Pompeii, and a photo of the tourists on Vatican steps.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph album (.13 cu. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55872385 View

American League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (U.S.). Black Sox scandal (American League) [microform] Records, 1914-1969.

Title: Black Sox scandal (American League) [microform] Records, 1914-1969. 1914-1969.

Records and photographs from American League President Ban Johnson's office relating to the Black Sox World Series Scandal in 1919, when eight players were indicted for throwing games for financial gain. Other baseball gambling incidents discussed in the collection include the relationship between New York pitcher Carl Mays and Boston gambler "Pete the Greek," and a 1917 incident in which the White Sox players took up a collection to pay pitchers from the Detroit club, who beat Boston at a crucial point in the pennant race, $200 each. The records consist primarily of Johnson's correspondence, but also includes trial documents and exhibits, player interviews and depositions, the reports of private investigators hired by the League, and photocopies of period newspaper accounts of the scandal. Collection highlights include letters documenting the efforts of attorney James R. Price to have Abe Attell extradited to Illinois, and a transcript of his interview with former player Joe Gedeon; letters and telegrams showing Johnson's extraordinary efforts to find and extradite Bill Burns; correspondence showing how closely certain members of the press, including J.G. Spink of The Sporting News and newspaperman Joe Vilas, worked with the League in investigating the scandal; and pages from the register of the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, Ohio showing the names of the White Sox players as well as Abe Attell and other gamblers.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ; 0.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52275163 View

Tunis, Elizabeth C. Flaws in the diamond : typescript, 1975 : major leaguers expelled from organized baseball 1919-1922 / Elizabeth C. Tunis.

Title: Flaws in the diamond : typescript, 1975 : major leaguers expelled from organized baseball 1919-1922 / Elizabeth C. Tunis. 1975.

Discusses the expulsion of 17 players from organized baseball from 1919 to 1922.

ArchivalResource: 59 leaves 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44541463 View

American League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (U.S.). Black Sox scandal (American League) : Records, 1914-1969.

Title: Black Sox scandal (American League) : Records, 1914-1969. 1914-1969.

Records and photographs from American League President Ban Johnson's office relating to the Black Sox World Series Scandal in 1919, when eight players were indicted for throwing games for financial gain. Other baseball gambling incidents discussed in the collection include the relationship between New York pitcher Carl Mays and Boston gambler "Pete the Greek," and a 1917 incident in which the White Sox players took up a collection to pay pitchers from the Detroit club, who beat Boston at a crucial point in the pennant race, $200 each. The records consist primarily of Johnson's correspondence, but also includes trial documents and exhibits, player interviews and depositions, the reports of private investigators hired by the League, and photocopies of period newspaper accounts of the scandal. Collection highlights include letters documenting the efforts of attorney James R. Price to have Abe Attell extradited to Illinois, and a transcript of his interview with former player Joe Gedeon; letters and telegrams showing Johnson's extraordinary efforts to find and extradite Bill Burns; correspondence showing how closely certain members of the press, including J.G. Spink of The Sporting News and newspaperman Joe Vilas, worked with the League in investigating the scandal; and pages from the register of the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, Ohio showing the names of the White Sox players as well as Abe Attell and other gamblers.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ; 0.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52275162 View

HOF Correspondence Collection : letters.

Title: HOF Correspondence Collection : letters.

The correspondence in this collection have been donated over the years to the Hall of Fame Library by numerous donors. Topics vary from player contracts, scheduling of games, thank you and personal notes. Letters have been authored by Ty Cobb, Pee Wee Reece, Harry Wright, Landis, Connie Mack, Ronald Reagan, and many more. Recipients include Eleanor Gehrig, Landis, Mrs. Babe Ruth, Joe Cronin, etc.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes : (1.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180074658 View

Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago

Title: Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1695755 View

Weaver, Buck, 1890-1956. Letter, 1953, January 29.

Title: Letter, 1953, January 29.

Letter, January 29, 1953, from George "Buck" Weaver to Ford Frick requesting to be reinstated into organized baseball.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47294761 View

Chicago White Sox (Baseball team). Chicago White Sox and 1919 World Series baseball scandal collection, 1917-1929 (bulk 1920-1924).

Title: Chicago White Sox and 1919 World Series baseball scandal collection, 1917-1929 (bulk 1920-1924).

Primarily legal documents and correspondence between lawyers, Chicago White Sox representatives, other baseball club owners, American League officials, various baseball players, and other people; reports by private detectives; press releases; player paychecks; and handwritten notes related to various trials. Legal files include partial trial transcripts, affidavits, and depositions. Many items relate directly to the Black Sox Baseball Scandal, but some materials deal with other disputes. The private detective reports (1919-1920, 1924) include surveillance of players Frederick McMullin (known as Fred McMullin), Arnold Gandil (known as Chick Gandil), Charles Risberg (known as Swede Risberg), Oscar Felsch (known as Happy Felsch); gamblers Carl Zork and Joe Pesch; and Marie Purcell among others. Grand jury material (1920) includes copies of waivers of immunity, correspondence, and transcripts. These files include affidavits by gambler Carl Zork and St. Louis sportswriter Sid Keener regarding Saint Louis Browns' player Elmer Joseph Gedeon's knowledge of the scandal. (He is called Joe Gedeon in some documents). Files related to the case in Cook County Criminal Court, People v. Cicotte, et al., contain a partial trial transcript, including testimony by Joe Jackson. Other topics in the collection include the legal strategies, filings, affidavits, depositions, correspondence, and testimony related to Jackson's (1922-1924) and Weaver's (1921-1923) back pay cases. Materials include White Sox paychecks (1919) signed by Comiskey and endorsed by players Cicotte and Williams and a travel expense report (no date) written by Jackson's wife Katie, who signed her husband's name to it. Other files (1918-1920) include the minutes, proclamations, press releases, and correspondence of the American League board of directors while Charles Comiskey, Henry Frazee, and Jacob Ruppert controlled it; and affidavits and depositions related to the Yankees' case against Ban Johnson (Baseball Club of New York, Inc. v. Byron B. Johnson, et al., 1919-1920).

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes) (Photocopies for research use).1 linear ft. (2 boxes) (Originals).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713915761 View

Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago. 1921 - 1925. Affidavit of Merits

Title: Records of District Courts of the United States. 1685 - 2009. Law Case Files. 1912 - 1938. George D. Weaver v. The American League Baseball Club of Chicago. 1921 - 1925. Affidavit of Merits

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1695792 View