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The 1919 World Series was played between the Chicago White Sox of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Due to increased enthusiasm in baseball after World War I, Major League Baseball decided on a best-of-nine format for the Series. This particular series, however, was tainted when members of the Chicago franchise conspired with gamblers to throw (intentionally lose) games in a conspiracy referred to as the Black Sox scandal.

This betting conspiracy between a group of players and gamblers led to the lifetime banning of eight White Sox players from organized baseball and the installation of Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the sport's first commissioner.

Managers: Pat Moran (Cincinnati), William "Kid" Gleason (Chicago)

Umpires: Cy Rigler (NL), Billy Evans (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL), Dick Nallin (AL)

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[edit] Summary

NL Cincinnati Reds (5) vs. AL Chicago White Sox (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 White Sox – 1, Reds – 9 October 1Redland Field 30,511
2 White Sox – 2, Reds – 4 October 2Redland Field 29,690
3 Reds – 0, White Sox – 3 October 3Comiskey Park 29,126
4 Reds – 2, White Sox – 0 October 4Comiskey Park 34,363
5 Reds – 5, White Sox – 0 October 6Comiskey Park 34,379
6 White Sox – 5, Reds – 4 (10 innings) October 7Redland Field 32,006
7 White Sox – 4, Reds – 1 October 8Redland Field 13,923
8 Reds – 10, White Sox – 5 October 9Comiskey Park 32,930

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game One

October 1: Redland Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

The first game began at 3pm that day at Cincinnati's Redland Field (later known as Crosley Field) with Cicotte on the mound for Chicago, who failed to score in the top of the first inning. In the bottom of that inning Cicotte (who was paid his $10,000 the night before the series began) hit the lead-off hitter, Maurice Rath in the back with just his second pitch, a prearranged signal to Arnold Rothstein that the game was going to be thrown. Despite this, the game remained close for a while, due in part to some excellent defense from the conspirators, who did not wish to bring suspicion on themselves. In the fourth, however, Cicotte gave up a sequence of hits, including a two-out triple to the opposing pitcher, as the Reds scored five times to break a 1-1 tie. Cicotte was replaced by a relief pitcher but the damage was done, and the Reds finally triumphed 9-1.

By the evening of that day, there were already signs that things were going wrong. Only Cicotte, who had shrewdly demanded his $10,000 in advance, had been paid. Burns and Maharg met with Abe Attell, a former world boxing champion who acted as intermediary for Rothstein, but he did not provide the next installment ($20,000), wanting to place it out on bets for the next game. The next morning Gandil met Attell and again demanded their money. Again, the players went unpaid.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago (A) 010 000 000 161
Cincinnati (N) 100 500 21x 9141
W: Walter "Dutch" Reuther (1-0)   L: Eddie Cicotte (0-1)

[edit] Game Two

October 2: Redland Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

Although they had not received their money, the players were still willing to go through with the fix. "Lefty" Williams, the starting pitcher in Game Two, was not going to be as obvious as Cicotte. After a shaky start he pitched well until the fourth inning, when he walked three and gave up as many runs. After that, Williams went back to looking unhittable, giving up only one more run; but a lack of clutch hitting, with Gandil a particular villain, meant that the White Sox lost 4-2. Attell was still in no mood to pay up. Burns managed to get $10,000 and gave it to Gandil, who distributed it among the conspirators. The teams headed to Comiskey Park in Chicago for the third game.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago (A) 000 000 200 2101
Cincinnati (N) 000 301 00x 443
W: Harry "Slim" Sallee (1-0)   L: Lefty Williams (0-1)

[edit] Game Three

October 3: Comiskey Park I, Chicago, Illinois

Dickie Kerr, who was to start Game Three for the Sox, was not in on the fix. The original plan was for the conspirators, who disliked Kerr, to lose this game; but by now dissent among the players meant that the plan was in disarray. Burns still believed, however, and gathered the last of his resources to bet on Cincinnati. It was a decision that would leave him broke, as Chicago scored early - Gandil himself driving in two runs - and Kerr was masterful, holding the Reds to 3 hits in throwing a complete game shutout and a 3-0 victory.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati (N) 000 000 000 031
Chicago (A) 020 100 00x 370
W: Dickie Kerr (1-0)  L: Ray Fisher (0-1)

[edit] Game Four

October 4: Comiskey Park I, Chicago, Illinois

Cicotte was again Chicago's starter for the fourth game, and he was determined not to look as bad as he had in the first. For the first four innings he and Reds pitcher Jimmy Ring matched zeroes. With one out in the fifth, Cicotte fielded a slow roller, but threw wildly to first for a two-base error. The next man up singled to center and Cicotte first cut off the throw home from Jackson and then fumbled the ball, allowing the run to score. When he gave up a double to the next batter the score was 2-0 - enough of a lead for Ring, who threw a three-hit shutout of his own. The Reds led the Series 3-1.

After the game, "Sport" Sullivan came through with $20,000 for the players, which Gandil split equally between Risberg, Felsch, Jackson, and Williams - who was due to start Game Five the next day.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati (N) 000 020 000 252
Chicago (A) 000 000 000 032
W: Jimmy Ring (1-0)  L: Eddie Cicotte (0-2)

[edit] Game Five

October 6: Comiskey Park I, Chicago, Illinois

The next game was delayed by rain for a day, and when it got under way both Williams and Reds pitcher Hod Eller were excellent. By the sixth inning, neither had allowed a runner past first base, before Eller hit a dying quail that fell between Felsch and Jackson. Felsch's throw was off line, and the opposing pitcher was safe at third. Leadoff hitter Morrie Rath hit a single over the drawn-in infield and Eller scored. Heinie Groh walked before Edd Roush hit a double - the beneficiary of some more doubtful defense from Felsch - to score two more runs, and Roush himself scored shortly later. Eller pitched well enough for the four runs to stand up and the Reds were only one game from winning the Series.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati (N) 000 004 001 540
Chicago (A) 000 000 000 033
W: Hod Eller (1-0)  L: Lefty Williams (0-2)

[edit] Game Six

October 7: Redland Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game Six was held back in Cincinnati. Dickie Kerr, starting for the White Sox, was not as dominant as in Game Three. Aided by three errors, the Reds jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Chicago fought back, tying the game at 4-4 in the sixth, which remained the score into extra innings. In the top of the tenth, Gandil drove in Weaver to make it 5-4, and Kerr closed it out to record his - and Chicago's - second win.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Chicago (A) 000 013 000 1 5103
Cincinnati (N) 002 200 000 0 4110
W: Dickie Kerr (2-0)   L: Jimmy Ring (1-1)

[edit] Game Seven

October 8: Redland Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

Despite the rumors that were already circulating over Cicotte's prior performances, Chicago manager Kid Gleason showed faith in his ace for Game Seven. This time, the knuckleballer did not let him down. Chicago scored early and, for once, it was Cincinnati that made errors in the field. The Reds threatened only briefly in the sixth before losing 4-1, and suddenly the Series was close again.

This did not go unnoticed by Sullivan and Rothstein, who were suddenly worried. Prior to the start of the Series, the Sox had been strong favorites and few doubted that they could win two games in a row - presuming they were trying to win. Rothstein had been too smart to bet on individual games but had a considerable sum riding on Cincinnati to win the Series. The night before the eighth game, Williams - who was due to pitch - was visited by an associate of Sullivan's who left him in no doubt that if he failed to blow the game in the first inning, he and his wife would be in serious danger.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago (A) 101 020 000 4101
Cincinnati (N) 000 010 000 174
W: Eddie Cicotte (1-2)   L: Harry "Slim" Sallee (1-1)

[edit] Game Eight

October 9: Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

Whatever Williams had been told had made its impression. In the first, throwing nothing but mediocre fastballs, he gave up four straight one-out hits to yield 3 runs before Gleason replaced him with relief pitcher Big Bill James, who allowed one of Williams' baserunners to score. James continued to be ineffective and, although the Sox rallied in the eighth, the Reds ran out 10-5 victors — clinching the Series by 5 games to 3. Immediately after the end of the Series, rumors were rife throughout the country that the games had been thrown.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati (N) 410 013 010 10162
Chicago (A) 001 000 040 5101
W: Hod Eller (2-0)  L: Lefty Williams (0-3)
HR: CHI – Joe Jackson (1)

[edit] Notable performances

[edit] Cincinnati Reds

  • Alfred "Greasy" Neale (of):10-for-28; .357 batting average; 3 runs; 2 doubles; 1 triple; 4 RBI
  • Hod Eller (p):2 games (started); 2 complete games (1 shutout); 2 wins; 18 innings pitched; 13 hits allowed, 4 earned runs; 2 bases-on-balls; 15 strikeouts; 2.00 ERA

[edit] Chicago White Sox

  • "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (OF):12-for-32; .375 batting average; 5-for-12 w/ men in scoring position; 5 runs; 3 doubles; 1 home run; 6 RBI
  • Ray Schalk (C):7-for-23; .304 batting average; 2-for-3 w/ men in scoring position; 1 run; 2 RBI
  • Buck Weaver (3B):11-for-34; .324 batting average; 1-for-5 w/ men in scoring position; 4 runs; 4 doubles; 1 triple
  • Dickie Kerr (P):2 games (started); 2 complete games (1 shutout); 2 wins; 19 innings pitched; 14 hits allowed; 3 earned runs; 3 bases-on-balls; 6 strikeouts; 1.42 ERA

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