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

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

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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).

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

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Austrian, Alfred S.,

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Comiskey, Charles A.

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Jackson, Joe, 1888-1951

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Ruppert, Jacob, 1867-1939

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Maharg, Billy, 1881-1953.

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New York Yankees (Baseball team)

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The club that became the New York Yankees started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. American League President Ban Johnson wanted a club in New York and, after outmaneuvering the politically influential New York Giants, who did not want a competing team, Johnson moved the Orioles to New York. The first ten years of its existence, the team did not do well, contending for the pennant during only one season. In 1914, Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the team. This collection da...

Dubuc, Jean, 1888-1958.

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Gandil, Chick, d. 1970.

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Purcell, Marie

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Keener, Sid

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American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

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The American League began as the Western League in 1894. In 1900, it became the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. From the description of American League Agreements : contracts, 1900-1958. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 65403298 ...

Cannon, Raymond Joseph, 1894-1951.

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World Series (Baseball)

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Frazee, Harry, 1881-1929.

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Major League Baseball Organization

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The Arizona Diamondbacks (National League) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (American League) are two Major League teams that played their inaugural season in 1998. In Phoenix, ArizonaOn November 18, 1997, these two teams held a draft of Major and Minor League players from the other 28 Major League teams. Each team selected 35 players during the draft. From the description of Major League Baseball expansion draft : Selection cards 1997. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 3...

Pallin, John C.

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Jackson, Katherine

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Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt (Law firm : Chicago, Ill.)

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Huston, Tillinghast.

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Lasker, Albert Davis, 1880-1952

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Advertising executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Davis Lasker : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736545 Albert Davis Lasker was born in Freiberg, Germany, on May 1, 1880, but was raised in Galveston, Texas. He was the third child of Morris Lasker, an investor and banker, and Nettie Davis Lasker. Lasker was initially interested in journalism, and worked as a newspaper repor...

McMullin, Fred, d. 1952.

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Williams, Claude, Lefty, d. 1959.

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Grabiner, Harry.

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Harry M. Grabiner became the traveling secretary of the Chicago White Sox in 1908 at the age of 17. He went on to become vice-president and secretary of the club. After his retirement from the White Sox, he teamed up with Bill Veeck and became vice-president of the Cleveland Indians in 1947. C. DeWire was a fan of the Chicago White Sox. From the description of Letter, 1940, June 20. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 47836420 ...

Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)

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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). ...

Mays, Carl, 1891-1971

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Zork, Carl

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Turchin, Hyman.

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Veeck, William L., d. 1933.

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Johnson, Ban

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Burnham, Frederic B.

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Cicotte, Edward, 1884-1969.

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Hudnall, George B.

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Gedeon, Joe.

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Pesch, Joe.

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Redman, Harry G.

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Felsch, Oscar, Happy, d. 1964.

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Risberg, Swede, 1894-1975

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Godehn, Paul M.

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Hunter, John R.

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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...