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Markovich Markovich 1 December 8, 2003 Ms. Matavulj, Period 3 Mr. Denardo, Period 6 The 1919 Sox Scandal Essential Question: What was the Black Sox Scandal, and what did it say about what was happening in the U.S. at the time? The greatest team that could ever be created (Black Sox Scandal: Chicago throws). Great players covered the field for the Chicago White Sox in the early 20th century. However, baseball will never recognize these players as great players. These players will never even get honors of any kind from baseball. The Chicago White Sox seemed to be a happy team. They were a successful team that had many wins, and the team had been World Series Champions. Nevertheless, the White Sox was a team full of unhappy players (The Eight). The team had not been treated fairly, and this was one reason why they threw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. It all started when Arnold Gandil, a player for the White Sox, approached a gambler about the possibility of fixing the World Series games. At the time the White Sox were way ahead in the standings, so Gandil knew they would be in the World Series. This provoked Gandil to get Joseph “Sport” Sullivan in on the deal (The Black Sox Scandal of 1919). Gandil first asked for $80,000 to purposely lose the World Series; however, this figure was changed to $100,000. Gandil could not come up with this money right away so he got another gambler into the fix. His name was Arnold Markovich 2 Rothstein, and he provided most of the money that the players would get. Rothstein was a gambler known for betting on games that could be fixed. Gandil also got more players into the fix. First, he got Eddie Cicotte in the deal, and the night before the first game Cicotte found $10,000 under his pillow. There were more gamblers that got involved in the fix also (Black Sox Scandal: Chicago throws). This was the gamblers way of showing their seriousness in the fix. This scandal also included six other players. The players included: “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, called this because of a game he played without shoes, Claude Williams, Buck Weaver, Fred McMullin, Charles Risberg, and Oscar Felsch (The Eight).