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

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

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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.

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Cicotte, Eddie, 1884-1969.

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Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)

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In 1919, some Chicago White Sox players intentionally lost the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. As compensation, some of the players received cash payments from gamblers. Rumors of a conspiracy circulated immediately following Cincinnati's victory, but the scandal broke publicly in September 1920. This series of events and later developments became known as the Black Sox Scandal. The group of players banned from major league baseball because of the scandal were Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, C...

Williams, Lefty, 1893-1959.

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American League of Professional Base Ball Clubs (U.S.)

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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. ...

Jackson, Joe, 1888-1951

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Risberg, Swede, 1894-1975

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World Series (Baseball) (1919)

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Johnson, Ban

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Gandil, Chick, 1887-1970.

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Weaver, Buck, 1890-1956

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George Daniel "Buck" Weaver (1890-1956) played third base for the Chicago White Sox during the 1919 World Series. He was one of eight players banned indefinitely from baseball for alledgedly conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series. From the description of Weaver, Buck, 1890-1956 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575410 George "Buck" Weaver played for the Chicago White Sox (1912-1920). Ford Frick was the Commissioner of Baseball (1951-1965). ...

Felsch, Happy, 1891-1964.

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McMullin, Fred, 1891-1952.

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