Black Sox scandal, episode in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, the American League champions, were banned from baseball in 1921 for having conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The best-known of the "Black Sox" was Shoeless Joe Jackson Jackson, Shoeless Joe (Joseph Jefferson Jackson), 1887–1951, American baseball player, b. Brandon Mills, S.C. Holder of the third highest (.356) career batting average in major league history, Jackson was banned from baseball in 1921 for his part in the 1919
..... Click the link for more information. . Because of the scandal, baseball club owners appointed Judge Kenesaw M. Landis Landis, Kenesaw Mountain , 1866–1944, American jurist and commissioner of baseball (1921–44), b. Millville, Butler co., Ohio, grad. Union College of Law (now Northwestern Univ. law school), 1891.
..... Click the link for more information. as commissioner of baseball to clean up the sport. The immense, rising popularity of Babe Ruth Ruth, Babe (George Herman Ruth), 1895–1948, American baseball player, considered by many the greatest of all baseball players, b. Baltimore. Early Life

When he was seven years old his parents placed him in St.
..... Click the link for more information. is thought to have counteracted the damage done to professional baseball by the Black Sox.

Black Sox scandal

U.S. baseball scandal, centring on the charge that eight members of the Chicago White Sox had been bribed to lose the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. Five of those accused admitted to a grand jury that they had thrown the series, but their signed confessions later disappeared. Although all eight players were acquitted in 1921, commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned them from playing for life.

Black Sox Scandal

star white Sox players sold out to gamblers (1919). [Am. Sports: Turkin, 478]

See : Bribery

Black Sox Scandal

Chicago White Sox baseball players accused of taking bribes to lose the 1919 World Series. [Sports: EB, II: 66]

See : Scandal

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There's a reason professional and collegiate leagues oppose overturning the ban: The fear of betting-fueled corruption -- think the Black Sox scandal in baseball or the point-shaving scandals in college basketball -- is quite real.

LEGALIZING SPORTS WAGERING A SUCKER BET by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

What is the Black Sox Scandal Black Sox was a name given to the eight White Sox players who were allegedly involved in throwing the World Series In 1919, the scandal that almost cost baseball its integrity took place What is the Black Sox Scandal Black Sox was a name given to the eight White Sox players who were allegedly involved in throwing the World Series.

Reminiscing the Black Sox Scandal by Rick Grantham / Sports and fitness community

It has survived the Black Sox scandal, the 1962 New York Mets, Astroturf, the strikes of 1981 and 1994, Roger Clemens' ego, and the Age of Steroids.

Reality check for fantasy baseball meddlers by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

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