Walter P McCarthy Collection : papers 1930.

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Walter P McCarthy Collection : papers 1930.

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Walter McCarthy was a pitcher who was asked to report to spring training in February 1930 by Charles Comiskey. He never played in a major league game but was sent back down to the minor leagues in May and released in August of 1930. This collection is arranged in one folder. It contains an American League of Professional Baseball Clubs player contract, dated 1930, with a salary of $3000.00. There is a typed letter inviting McCarthy to the Chicago White Sox spring training camp in Texas, signed by Charles Comiskey. There is a spring training schedule, roster, a couple of newspaper clippings and a copy of his minor league contract card.

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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...

McCarthy, Walter P.

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Comiskey, Charles, 1859-1931.

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American League (Baseball league)

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