American League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (U.S.)
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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creatorOf | American League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (U.S.). Black Sox scandal (American League) [microform] Records, 1914-1969. | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
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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 |
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Illinois--Chicago |
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Baseball |
Gambling |
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Active 1914
Active 1969