2007-02-22 05:50:35 · 21 answers · asked by Kermit 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Mastermind was Arnold Rothstein
2007-02-22 06:11:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key person was a small time gambler named Joseph Sullivan. He initiated the plan. He then got bankrolled by Bill Burns, Hall Chase and a couple others. But the big money came from Arnold Rothstein. Please do yourself a favor and rent "Eight Men Out", one of the best baseball movies ever.
Joe Jackson did not fix the series. He was just one of the players on the team at the time. He actually played very well, hitting a robust .375.
2007-02-22 06:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People, get your facts right...Shoeless Joe Jackson did not fix the WS in 1919. How does someone throwing a series bat .375 (highest on the team, besides a DH), while having his team's only home run and having the most RBI's and runs on his team?
Go to the site below for all the information you need - http://www.blackbetsy.com/joefacts.htm
After reading this, send an e-mail to Selig, stating that Shoeless Joe's ban should be removed.
2007-02-22 08:52:43 · answer #3 · answered by Dan S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, Arnold Gandil, Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Charles Risberg, George Weaver, and Lefty Williams were the players involved.
2007-02-22 10:18:32 · answer #4 · answered by Smitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read the awnsers and they are right about Burns and Rothchild , and the players who were banned. One thing that has been left out is that the White sox owner, Charlie Cominsky, also had a big part in it because he was a misery penny pincher of a owner. Dickie Kerr, which was one of the innocent White Sox actually left the major leagues a couple of years later to pitch for an industrial team because he made more money. If he had been a little more reasonable in his buisness dealings, it might have never happened
2007-02-23 21:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by allenmontana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fascinating story about 8 team members charged in the conspiracy. One teammate was not in on the fix because the other players didn't like him. Read the details in Sporting News: http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1919.html
2007-02-22 06:11:08 · answer #6 · answered by fridaybob2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first basemen of the team fixed the whole thing up together. The people that funed the event was the two biggest and richest gmablers at the time. but it was not joe jackson... The reason for the fix was becuase they general manger did not pay them very well
2007-02-23 17:53:25 · answer #7 · answered by themonkeyguy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guy that did nothing but still was banned because of the Black Sox scandal was Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Say it aint so joe
2007-02-22 08:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, two nobodies put the wheels in motion. I forget their names but one was a has been fighter and one was a down on his luck gambler. They didn't have the "dough" to back the betting or pay off the players,so they turned to a big time fixer and gambler named Arnold Rothstien.
2007-02-22 06:13:48 · answer #9 · answered by dinging53 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe Jackson one of the greatest players of all time in baseball
2007-02-22 07:38:56 · answer #10 · answered by dirbe22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋