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HI260 - History of Baseball: 1919 World Series Scandal

General Overviews of the 1919 World Series Scandal

British Candian Pathe News Coverage of 1919 World Series

Primary Sources on the 1919 World Series Scandal

"Comiskey Insists Sox Put Forth Best Effort," The New York Tribune (New York, NY), December 16, 1919, Page 14, Image 14, col. 8.
"Eight White Sox are Indicted," The New York Tribune (New York, NY), September 29, 1920, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Jury Acquits White Sox After 2 Hours," The New York Tribune (New York, NY), August 3, 1921, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Reds Disregarded, Black Sox decided when to win or not," The Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), July 23, 1921, Page 10, Image 10, col. 1.
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson's Statement Before the Grand Jury - September 28, 1920
"This is My Story of the Black Sox Series" by Arnold "Chick" Gandil (Sports Illustrated, Sept. 17, 1956
"This is the Truth!" "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's Account of the 1919 World Series (October 1949, SPORT Magazine)
Black Sox Trial Summations
Black Sox Trial Testimony Excerpts from William "Sleepy" Burns
Indictment and Bill of Particulars in People of Illinois vs. Cicotte (The Black Sox Trial)
Petition Filed by Attorneys for Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver
Statement of Claude "Lefty" Williams (September 1920)
Topics in Chronicling America - The Chicago "Black Sox" Scandal (Library of Congress)

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