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White Sox? More like Black Sox! In America’s recent past there has been a scandal now known as the Black Sox Scandal! Ten years ago the Chicago White Sox were found to be guilty of throwing the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. What Happened? This conspiracy was thought of by White Sox first baseman Arnold "Chick" Gandil. He implemented some of his teammates to fix or “rig” the World Series game. Starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams, outfielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch, and shortstop Charles "Swede" Risberg were all principally involved with Gandil. So because of this “fix” of the game, gamblers put their money on the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series. The players involved in the fix were told they would get money for doing so. Some of the players would get double their salary of one game in this fix. Banned Players Eddie Cicotte: Pitcher Oscar "Happy" Felsch: Center Fielder Arnold "Chick" Gandil: First Baseman "Shoeless" Joe Jackson: Outfielde Fred McMullin: Infielder Charles "Swede" Risberg: Shortstop George "Buck" Weaver: Third Baseman Claude "Lefty" Williams: Pitcher

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Banned Players In America’s recent past there has been a scandal now known as the Black Sox Scandal! Ten years ago the Chicago White Sox were found to be guilty of throwing the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

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White Sox? More 

like Black Sox! 

In America’s recent past there 

has been a scandal now known as the 

Black Sox Scandal! Ten years ago the 

Chicago White Sox were found to be 

guilty of throwing the World Series to 

the Cincinnati Reds.  

What Happened? 

  This conspiracy was thought of by White Sox first baseman Arnold "Chick" 

Gandil. He implemented some of his teammates to fix or “rig” the World Series 

game. Starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" 

Williams, outfielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch, and shortstop Charles "Swede" 

Risberg were all principally involved with Gandil. So because of this “fix” of the 

game, gamblers put their money on the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series. 

The players involved in the fix were told they would get money for doing so. Some 

of the players would get double their salary of one game in this fix. 

  Banned Players 

Eddie Cicotte: Pitcher

Oscar "Happy" Felsch: Center Fielder

Arnold "Chick" Gandil: First Baseman

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson: Outfielde

Fred McMullin: Infielder

Charles "Swede" Risberg: Shortstop

George "Buck" Weaver: Third Baseman

Claude "Lefty" Williams: Pitcher