Chicago Black Sox Trial by Corinne Feinstein https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js M5L1 en-us 2017-11-24 21:26:49 UTC 2025-05-14 17:06:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, and Eddie Cicotte, became known as the “Black Sox” 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982414 2017-11-24 21:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982414 The major league baseball players were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982460 2017-11-24 21:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982460 The White Sox had been underpaid and mistreated by owner Charles Comiskey so there was a movement to fix the games. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982536 2017-11-24 21:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982536 The players were given small amounts of money to loose the games on purpose. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982853 2017-11-24 21:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982853 The scandal became known because after the players were not paid, the players complained so the story became public and authorities involved. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982975 2017-11-24 21:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209982975 Citation 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983322 Sox accused of throwing World Series

]]> 2017-11-24 21:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983322 The trial was just for show. "After a tacit agreement whereby the players assented not to denigrate major league baseball or Comiskey in return for an acquittal, the signed confessions from some of the players mysteriously disappeared from police custody. "( Sox Accused paragraph 3) 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983447 2017-11-24 21:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983447 The dishonesty started when Shoeless Joe had the sue for salary that was not paid. Then the confessions were suddenly found. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983732 1920's- a time period of loose values shown here toward the players. ]]> 2017-11-24 21:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983732 Other baseball owners got involved, hired Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis to be the new commissioner of baseball. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983971 2017-11-24 21:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209983971 Landis ".. then permanently barred the implicated Black Sox players from baseball." (Sox Accused paragraph 5) 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984033 2017-11-24 21:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984033 His decision was criticized for being too harsh on some of the players. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984138 2017-11-24 21:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984138 Buck Weaver did not take any money from the gamblers. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984166 2017-11-24 21:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984166 Shoeless Joe Jackson took money but his stats showed that he did not participate in throwing the game. 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984407 2017-11-24 21:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984407 Gatsby relation 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984988 Players found it difficult to back out of deal with gangsters. Gatsby's goal of wealth also had him involved with some shady people.]]> 2017-11-24 22:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209984988 Citation 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985552 The Black Sox Baseball Scandal, 95 Years Ago

]]> 2017-11-24 22:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985552 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985650 2017-11-24 22:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985650 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985750 2017-11-24 22:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985750 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985840 2017-11-24 22:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209985840 "Landis’ blanket ban helped cleanse baseball’s damaged image, it also served to sweep the Black Sox scandal under the rug." (Baseball Scandal paragraph 10) 1643339 https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209986100 2017-11-24 22:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1643339/7qr0slw0a0js/wish/209986100