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The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball
Charles Fountain
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| #156431 in Books | 2015-10-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.40 x1.10 x9.20l,.0 | File type: PDF | 296 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| The Black Sox--a New Look|By Steven Peterson|I am a Chicago White Sox fan. Books on the Black Sox give me heartburn! This volume does a really fine job of outlining the events and the context in which eight members of the team were kicked out of baseball. The names:Chick Gandil (the key culprit), Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Buck Weaver, Lefty Williams, Happy Felsch, Eddie Cicot|||"Someone, or a few someones, conceived of fixing the 1919 World Series. That much we know. Charles Fountain says no one knows for certain just who, or which White Sox players laid down and how often. So this is a larger story, leading to a cover-up, featuring
In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of $20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein. Heavily favored, Chicago lost the Series five games to three. Although rumors of a fix flew while the series was being played, they were largely disregarded by players and the public at l...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball | Charles Fountain. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
