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Fitzgerald included the 1919 World Series Fix becuase baseball became very popular in the early 1900's and was "America's Pastime." Fitzgerald also is able to show the type of people Gatsby hanged out with. Mr. Wolfshein, a friend of Gatsby, fixed the World Series in 1919 which shows that Gatsby does not have morally good friends which can mean that Gatsby is not morally good himself. Fitzgerald also gives insight about the people during this time period. People who gambled, cheated, and did other crime was common during this time period.

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Baseball Almanac, Inc. “1919 World Series by Baseball Almanac.” Polo Grounds Historical Analysis by Baseball Almanac, www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1919ws.shtml.

“World Series History.” Major League Baseball, mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1919.

Mitchell, Fred. “Flashback: Story of 1919 Black Sox Scandal Still Resonates.” Chicagotribune.com, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2015, www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-flashback-buck-weaver-black-sox-spt-0705-20150703-story.html.

https://prezi.com/xwaofvckwmmt/the-great-gatsby-and-the-fixing-of-the-the-1919-world-series/

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Unfortunately, backing away from the mafia and gangsters was proven difficult. Players were said to have had their families threatened. Either intimidation or just a hard game, the White Sox lost game 8 to the Reds giving Cincinnati their first ever World Series win.

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The White Sox continued losing the games, and by October 6, the series stood at 4-1 in favor the Reds. Everything was proceeding as planned, yet according to later accounts, many of the Sox players had begun to grow restless. They had arranged to receive their bribes in five $20,000 installments—one after each loss—but the gamblers had failed to deliver the full amount. After game five, the furious ballplayers supposedly called it all off and resolved to play to win for the rest of the series. Over the next two games, the Sox sprang to life, winning 5-4 and 4-1 and putting themselves back in the race for the championship.

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As Gandil recruited his conspirators, Sullivan and a tangled web of crooks including Bill Burns, Bill Maharg and Abe Attell began raising the bribe money. New York mob leader Arnold Rothstein may have been a major player, but his involvement has never been proven.

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Gandil later claimed he was initially skeptical that it could work, but he eventually agreed that he and a few co-conspirators would throw the series in exchange for a hefty payout of around $100,000. He soon enlisted White Sox pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude Williams, shortstop Charles Risberg and outfielder Oscar Felsch into the scheme. Third baseman Buck Weaver was in on the early stages of the plot before pulling out, and utility infielder Fred McMullin was cut in after he overheard the players talking about the deal. Joe Jackson was also approached.

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The scheme first materialized a few weeks before the World Series, when White Sox first baseman C. Arnold Gandil and a gambler named Joseph Sullivan met to discuss the possibility of Sox players throwing the championship.

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The 1919 World Series is know for its scandal. It was rumored that the White Soxs had purposely lost against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein.

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The World Series is a baseball championship game played every year. The first one was in 1903, and the team that has on the most is the New York Yankees.