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Black Sox scandal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Black Sox scandal episode in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, the American League champions, were banned from baseball in 1921 for having conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The best-known of the "Black Sox" was Shoeless Joe Jackson . Because of the scandal, baseball club owners appointed Judge Kenesaw M. Landis as commissioner of baseball to clean up the sport. The immense, rising popularity of Babe Ruth is thought to have counteracted the damage done to professional baseball by the Black Sox. Author not availa... Read more
Baseball: The Black Sox Scandal
BASEBALL: THE BLACK SOX SCANDAL The Conspiracy On 28...eight Chicago White Sox baseball players for...fielding errors. The White Sox's Dickie Kerr won both...three-run homer to bring the Sox back from a 10-1 deficit. Immediate Doubts White Sox manager William "Kid...his concerns ... Read more
Black Sox scandal
...thrown the series, but their signed confessions later disappeared. Although all eight players were acquitted in 1921, commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned them from playing for life. Black Sox scandal Black Sox scandal Black Sox scandal Read more

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