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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on Shoeless Joe ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [& the Black Sox Scandal ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 12/94 # of Words:417 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Shoeless Joe and the Black Sox Scandal
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After winning the 1906 World Series, the Chicago White Sox were not
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able to maintain their position of number one. They remained in the middle
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of the American League until 1915 when a new manager, Clarence Rowland and
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a new star, Joe Jackson, joined the team. Joe Jackson was a star from
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South Carolina who was known as "Shoeless" Joe because of his
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poverty-stricken childhood. Joe Jackson was dubbed "The finest natural
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hitter in the history of the game." In 1917 the White Sox won one hundred
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games in the regular season and went on to defeat the New York Giants in
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the World Series four games to two. Two years later the Sox were in the
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World Series thanks to their two twenty game winners, Eddie Cicotte and
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Clause Williams. The White Sox lost the best-of-nine series five games to
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three. A reporter for the Cincinnati Tribune thought something was wrong
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when he found out that someone had placed a two million dollar bet on the
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underdog Reds. One year later, in September 1920, Jackson, Cicotte and
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Wilson signed confessions to receiving five thousand dollars to throw the
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World Series. Before the trial for Jackson, Cicotte and Wilson, there was
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a turnover in the Illinois State Attorney's Office and all the confessions
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mysteriously disappeared. The three baseball players then said they didn't
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sign the confessions so the case was dropped. The new commissioner for
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Major League Baseball was Kenesaw Mountain Landis and he believed three
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players were guilty. He also believed they weren't the only ones on the
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team that threw the series. Kenesaw Mountain Landis kicked seven players
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from the White Sox team of 1919 out of Major League Baseball for life.
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Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, Clause Williams, Happy Felsch, Swede Risberg,
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Fred McMullin and Joe Jackson were suspended for accepting a bribe to throw
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a series. Eight players were actually suspended for life but only seven
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took bribes. Buck Weaver, the eighth player who was suspended did not take
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money to throw the series. He was suspended because he knew what was going
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on but did not say anything. Even though Joe Jackson was accused of
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throwing the World Series he had the highest batting average in the series
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which was .375. He had no errors, twelve hits and the series only homerun.
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Do those statistics sound like "Shoeless" Joe Jackson threw the series.
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This turned out to be the greatest fix in the history of baseball.
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