It's 1919, the baseball season has come to an end, and the lives of many people are about to change. To some, greed and the lust for money becomes the American pastime, and baseball takes a back seat. .
Three weeks prior to the 1919 Baseball World Series, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Chicago White Sox first basemen, decided that he wanted to make some extra cash. He felt that despite the money he was making in baseball, it was not enough. Arnold Gandil decided that he was going to fix the 1919 World Series. In doing this he contacted Joseph Sullivan, a well-known gambler. After listening to Gandil's idea, Sullivan gave Arnold Rothstein a call. Arnold Rothstein was "The Big Bankroll." He was considered the most professional gambler by most newspapers. Rothstein was excited to when he found out about these plans for the scandal. He quickly notified his partner Nat Evans. Rothstein gladly gave Joseph Sullivan forty-thousand dollars to distribute among the players who would become involved in the scandal. (Facts)(Major Players).
A day before the first game of the 1919 World Series, the Chicago White Sox vs. the Cincinnati Reds, (Black Sox Fix) Rothstein orders everyone that is involved to meet at the Sinton Hotel. They would meet in the room of pitcher of Eddie Cicotte. The players that are involved are pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude Williams, first baseman Arnold Gandil, shortstop Charles Risberg, third baseman George Weaver, left fielder "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, center fielder Oscar Felsch and a substitute player, Fred McMullen. (Asinof) Everyone attended the meeting except "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Arnold Rothstein. Before the meeting Rothstein told Abe Attell that Abe would be in charge. At this meeting the players and everyone else that was involved decided what games would be thrown. The players discussed for awhile, and they came up with a plan. They would lose the first two because Cicotte and Williams were both pitching.
In 1915 the Red Sox won the World Series, but Babe only batted once and did not pitch in the whole five game series. ... The eight players known as the "Black Sox" had thrown the 1919 World Series. ... In the World Series the Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates. ... Louis Cardinals in the World Series. ... The Yankees won the pennant and went on to win the World Series. ...
The 1919 World Series resulted in the most famous scandal in baseball history. ... In 1917, the Sox won the World Series and, managed by William "Kid" Gleason, the 1919 Chicago White Sox had the best record in the American League. ... The 1919 World Series was the first national championship after the war, and baseball and the nation as a whole were back to business as usual. ... A few weeks before the 1919 World Series, Gandil approached Sullivan about fixing the Series. ... Matched against the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago White Sox were favored to win the World Series. ...
The labor movement more than doubled in size between 1916 to 1919 (Bumstead, 1994). ... Businesses in labor-intensive industries charged that the Industrial Workers of the World and socialist organizations were undermining the economy. ... In September of 1918 a series of coercive measures were implemented; the foreign language press was suppressed and a number of socialist and anarchist organizations were outlawed. ... The misunderstanding of the immigrant community was highlighted in the General Strike of 1919. ... Such was the social conscience of the Canadian social elite in 1919. ...
The World Series had finally gotten big among spectators and was drawing a big crowd. ... The 1919 World Series was the Chicago White Sox against the Cincinnati Red Stockings. ... In 1919 the World Series was to be held in October. ... Now it was set, the Chicago White sox would throw the 1919 World Series. The World Series was played over nine games at the time. ...
Jackie Robinson (1919-72) Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia., on January 31, 1919 to Jerry and Mallie Robinson. ... He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year for Army service during World War II. ... On October 6, 1949, Jackie Robinson scored the only run in the Dodgers 1-0 win over the New York Yankees in game two of the World Series. This was the only game that the Dodgers won in the 1949 World Series. ... Ten days earlier, Robinson had thrown out the first pitch at the beginning of the second game in the 1972 World Series. ...
It began in 1919 and ended in 1921. ... Mitchell Palmer did in the years 1919-1920. ... These strikes were part of a series of events which took place in 1919. ... This panic traveling trough the United States, made a series of bombs occur. ... The Red Scare was a product of World War I and anti-liberalism. ...
From Golden Decade to Ice Age: Sino-Japanese Relations from 1898-1919 I. ... On the contrary, China failed to modernize and fell into a semi-colony after signing a series of unequal treaties with Western powers. ... Three stages of deteriorating Sino-Japanese relations during 1898-1919. 1898-1906: the Golden Decade. ... After the Opium War, the Western powers used gunpowder to force China sign a series of unequal treaties. ... In 1914, the First World War broke out. ...
With World War I just ending, people needed something to turn to. ... This scandal occurred in 1919. It was called the Black Sox Scandal, because many players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox World Series team accepted bribes to lose their games. ... Though there were some negative aspects in the sporting world, there were more positives to cancel the bad out. ...
In 1919, a wave of anticommunist hysteria swept through the United States. ... The year 1919 saw a great deal of social conflict. ... A series of bombings by suspected radicals began in the summer of 1919 and as a result, increased panic and hysteria amongst the American people. ... As a result, this began a series of showy and well-publicised raids against radicals. ... (Reynolds 1919-1997). ...
