The grand old game withstands a wallop. (1919 Black Sox scandal) From: The Sporting News | Date: October 17, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL |REACHED A CRISIS'

The Fix Was On In '19, But Black Sox Scandal Does Not Drown Chant Of |Take Me Out To The Ballgame'

NEW YORK, 1922 -- It is another October, and another World's Series is upon us, an all-Gotham affair, no less, and somehow it seems a little sweeter this year, enough for us to lift our glasses in toast, even if we have to do it with root beer in public these days. We have survived the incident that held our national pastime by the scruff of the neck and threatened to slap it to a merciless death. The Black Sox Scandal is over, and ...