Assault on Honor: The 1919 "Black Sox" Scandal

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This paper explains in detail the events surrounding the accusations of bribery, game fixing and scandal in the 1919 World Series Championships. It discuss event by event, examining the main players and the people involved. It explains how this was to be executed, the hordes of money people received, how they were found out and how this scandal broke. The paper also looks at how this scandal effected sports fans in America - how they felt that their heroes had abandoned them and their dreams were shattered.

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"Naturally, the highlight of the baseball season in 1919 was the seventeenth annual World Series championships, this season bringing the Cincinnati Reds of the National League together with the Chicago White Sox of the American League. The early betting favorites were the White Sox, and for good reasons: their final regular season record of 88-52 was formidable, the team batting average for the year was a substantial .287, and they boasted two pitchers, Eddie Cicotte and Claude Williams, who had combined to win 52 games in 1919, fully fifty-nine per cent of their victories (THE PEOPLE'S ALMANAC #2, edited by David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace, pages 91-91, Bantam Books, New York, 1978). In present times, a season of fifteen wins is sure to lead to contract renegotiation for a pitcher. The Sox were installed as solid 5-1 favorites to bring the title home to Chicago."

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