Stephanie Puleo
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November 29,2012
Table of Contents
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 Slide 3: Trail Description
 Slide 4: Image
 Slide 5: Map
 Slide 6: Video
 Slide 7: Trail Exam
 Slide 8: Bibliography
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Trail Description
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The scandal all started when eight members of the Chicago White Sox were bribed to throw the
World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. The eight men included the great "Shoeless" Joe Jackson;
pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams; infielders Buck Weaver, Arnold "Chick"
Gandil, Fred McMullin, and Charles "Swede" Risberg; and outfielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch. One of
the players Arnold Gandil persuaded gambler Joseph Sullivan that the fix could work and with the
help from New York gangster Arnold Rothstein, he supplied the money through Abe Attell, a former
featherweight boxing champion. The fix was a result of their club owner Charles Comiskey who all
the team members resented the most. Comiskey had a reputation for under paying his players and
the players were property of the team and no one else was allowed to sign them. On September 21
the team held a meeting in Arnold Gandil’s hotel room. However, things started to get complicated
,when another gambler “Sleepy” Bill Burns heard about a possible fix. Gandil, met with Cicotte and
Burns, and announced that they would work a fix with Burns and Maharg for an upfront $100,000.
Then on December 15 1919 Chicago sportswriter, published in New York World a story headlined
“IS BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL BEING RUN FOR GAMBLERS, WITH BALLPLAYERS IN THE
DEAL?” revealing the fix. On June 27, 1921, the case of State of Illinois vs Eddie Cicotte et al
opened in the Chicago courtroom of Judge Hugo Friend. As the trail went on for days the jury finally
made a decision. And the jury’s verdict was “not guilty.”
Linder, Douglas (2010). The Black Sox Trial: An Account . retrieved
11/27/2012, from Famous American Trial - Black Sox Trial 1921 Web Site:
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/blacksox.html
Image Name
1919Sox.jpg
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Linder, Douglas (2010). The Black Sox Trial: An Account . retrieved
11/27/2012, from Famous American Trial - Black Sox Trial 1921 Web
Site:
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/blacksox.html
Map Name
Chicago Wrigley Field to Polo Grounds NY
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 https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=20751852915340247
5764.0004cfa4cd30401ffaa64&msa=0&ll=43.977005,78.42041&spn=12.710821,19.753418
Video Name
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 Video 1: Wage Setting and the 1919 Black Sox Baseball Scandal
<iframe width="420" height="315"
src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LJWjzpmHTJg" frameborder="0"
allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJWjzpmHTJg
 Video 2:Eight Men Out Official Trailer #1 - Christopher Lloyd Movie (1988)
HD
<iframe width="420" height="315"
src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JSHQw85pvek" frameborder="0"
allowfullscreen></iframe>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHQw85pvek
Trail Exam
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Bibliography
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 Everstine, Eric W (12/01/1999). Black Sox Scandal. retrieved 11/27/2012,
from 1919 World Series Web Site:
http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/hpolscrv/blacksox.htm
 Linder, Douglas (2010). The Black Sox Trial: An Account . retrieved
11/27/2012, from Famous American Trial - Black Sox Trial 1921 Web Site:
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/blacksox.html
 Lowitt, Bruce (12/22/1999). Black Sox scandal: Chicago throws 1919 World
Series. retrieved 11/27/2012, from St. Petersburg Times Online Sports Web
Site:
http://www.sptimes.com/News/122299/Sports/Black_Sox_scandal__Ch.shtml