Black Sox Scandal
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Popular Culture, Economics, Crime, Sports
- Subcategories: Scandals, Athletes, Corruption, Fraud
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Ohio, Chicago
- Date: October 1, 1919
Article abstract: Fraud besets a beloved institution at the beginning of the era of national spectator sports.
Summary of Event
The expectancy that grips the American nation with the beginning of baseball’s World Series each year was even more apparent on October 1, 1919, when the great Chicago White Sox, winners of the American League pennant, were to meet the National League winners, the Cincinnati Reds, in the first World Series since World War I had ended. It was to be baseball’s longest and darkest moment. So heavily favored were the Chicago...
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