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Shoeless Joe And The Black Sox Scandal
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After winning the 1906 World Series, the Chicago White Sox were not
able to maintain their position of number one. They remained in the middle
of the American League until 1915 when a new manager, Clarence Rowland and
a new star, Joe Jackson, joined the team. J .... Middle of Essay
.... to receiving five thousand dollars to throw the World Series.
Before the trial for Jackson, Cicotte and Wilson, there was a turnover in
the Illinois State Attorney's Office and all the confessions mysteriously
disappeared. The three baseball players then said they didn't sign the
confessions so the case was dropped. The new commissioner for Major League
Baseball was Kenesaw Mountain Landis and he believed three players were
guilty. He also believed they weren't the only ones on the team that threw
the series. Kenesaw Mountain Landis kicked seven players from the White
Sox team of 1919 out of Major League Baseball for life. Eddie Cicotte,
Chic ....
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