In 1919 the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds made their way to the World Series. The 1919 World Series is said to be the most famous scandal in baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the series against the Reds. These players included Eddie Cicotte, Claude Williams, Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, Chick Gandil, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver, and Fred McMullin. All eight players were banned from baseball forever and became known as baseball's Black Sox.

During this time in baseball, a players salary was nothing compared to what players make today. The great players made only a little more than the worst did, and a bribe of money could have an affect on the game easily. For an example, the promised prize for winning the 1917 pennant was a case of cheap Champagne (Reber 45).

With the fix being led by Chick Gandil, he rounded up seven more players to go along with it. The bookmakers and gamblers that the team was dealing with were Joseph Sullivan and Arnold Rothstein. Sullivan did most of the business with the players and Rothstein provided most of the money (Reber 27). Gandil had 100,000 dollars to deal with. He took 10,00

Meanwhile, when Sullivan arrived at Gandil's room, he gave him 40,000 dollars from the safe. Risberg took 10,000 dollars and gave 5,000 to McMullen for Fred's cut of the deal. Of 70,000 received from Sullivan, and 10,000 from Attell, Gandil cleared 35,000 dollars. This was an enormous amount of money compared to the 4,000 dollars he earned that season (Ortiz 45). Joe Jackson went to see Coach Comiskey to see what he should do with the 5,000 dollars and Comiskey refused to see Joe.

While the fix was still in the air to the media and the people, no one was really proving that it happened so it was kept denied. In the meantime, the 1920 season went under way, and despite the rumors, and add ional rumors of several other teams selling games in the 1920 season, the White Sox were had a very good chance of winning the pennant. They also had record profits at the box office.

0 for himself to start and needed to get the other players to go along. Cicotte went along with the deal for 10,000 dollars up front. Williams, Risberg, and McMullions all agreed with the deal. Shoeless Joe Jackson said that he didn't take the 10,000 when Gandil offered it to him and he still refused the offer when he doubled it. Gandil then told him to take it or leave it because the fix was on anyway. Jackson denied that he ever took the money and said he played his best in the series (Reber 46).

In September 1920, a Cook County grand jury looked into allegations of the Cubs throwing a three game series to the Philadelphia Phillies. This caused everyone to take a better look at the 1919 World Series. A pitcher on the Giants told what he saw in someone's room, and it was decided that the grand jury should call Cicotte in. Cicotte was the fist to say that he did throw the series. Joe Jackson did admi

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