The Black Soc Scandal

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Meaning of the Black Sox Scandal
The Black Sox scandal refers to the scheme to fix the 1919 World Series involving two teams i.e. the Cincinnati and the Chicago White Sox. Several players of the Chicago charter combined with gamblers to deliberately lose or throw games, and this was considered the greatest scandal in the history of the major league of the World Series (Asinof 22). The gambling scheme between gamblers and a team of players resulted in the long-lasting prohibition of eight players from the White Sox baseball, the initiation of the rank of commissioner, and stringent rules barring betting that remain functioning to date (Gutman 17). The origin of the scandal can be traced from the tension between the players and the club owner, Charles Comiskey. The club owner was hated by the players because he was a miser, underpaid the players, and even refused to pay for the laundry service for the uniforms (Asinof 24). Concerning its planning, a meeting was organized among the White Sox baseball players to throw the game.
The Guilty
A court trial was established in Chicago on June 27, 1921. The plaintiff or wronged party in the prosecutions was player Shano Collins, who accused his fraudulent teammates of, due to the scandal, having cost him about $1,784 (Gutman 23). Before the hearing, the key proof got lost from the Cook County law court, including the signed admissions of Jackson and Cicotte, who later retracted their confessions (Asinof 28).

The confessions that were missed were later repossessed by Comiskey’s lawyer after some years. After the court trial, the guiltiest of the scandal involved eight players of the White Sox baseball. The players were banned for life from playing the baseball for any other professional club. The players included Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Happy Felsch, Arnold Chick Gandil, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Charles Swede Risberg, George Buck Weaver, and Claude Lefty Williams (Asinof 30).

Works Cited
Asinof, Eliot. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. Macmillan, 2011.Gutman, Dan. Baseball Babylon: From the Black Sox to Pete Rose, the Real Stories Behind the Scandals that Rocked the Game. Penguin Books, 1992.