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Eight players from Charles Comiskey's White Sox were indicted for throwing games in the 1919 World Series, which was the so-called Black Sox scandal. The indicted players from the White Sox were Eddie Cicotte, Oscar "Happy" Felsch, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Charles "Swede" Risberg, George "Buck" Weaver, and Claude "Lefty" Williams. The gamblers behind the scandal included Abe Attell, Bill Burns, Arnold Rothstein, Billy Maharg, and Joseph "Sport" Sullivan.

From the description of Black Sox scandal (American League) [microform] Records, 1914-1969. 1914-1969. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 52275163

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associatedWith Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) corporateBody
associatedWith Cicotte, Eddie, 1884-1969. person
associatedWith Felsch, Happy, 1891-1964. person
associatedWith Gandil, Chick, 1887-1970. person
associatedWith Jackson, Joe, 1888-1951. person
associatedWith Johnson, Ban. person
associatedWith McMullin, Fred, 1891-1952. person
associatedWith Risberg, Swede, 1894-1975. person
associatedWith Weaver, Buck, 1890-1956. person
associatedWith Williams, Lefty, 1893-1959. person
associatedWith World Series (Baseball) (1919) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois--Chicago
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Baseball
Gambling
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Active 1914

Active 1969

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