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Gindil Gets the Fix Started
CicotteArnold “Chick” Gandil, first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, meets with Joseph “Sport” Sullivan, a gambler, and tells him that the World Series can be bought. -
The Eight Players Involved
George “Buck” Weaver, third baseman, Claude “Lefty” Williams, pitcher, Oscar “Happy” Felsch, center fielder, meet with Gandil, Risberg, McMullin and Cicotte to devise a plan. By some accounts, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, left fielder, was also present. -
Rothstein Gets Involved
Rothstein InvolvedRothstein sends $40,000 to be given to the players. Sullivan gives Gandil $10,000 and bets the rest on the series. Another $40,000 is placed in a safe at the Hotel Congress in Chicago to be paid out after the series. -
Comiskey's Decision
In the first inning of the eighth game, Williams gives up four consecutive hits and three runs. He is removed from the game. Cincinnati wins the game 10 to 5 and takes the championship. The next day, sports reporter Hugh Fullerton writes that Comiskey had decided that seven players would not return next year. -
Eight Players Are Banned
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis announces that he will banish the eight players from baseball for life.
