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Baseball of the 1920s
1. The “Black Box Scandal”, as it came to be known, was when the eight members of the Chicago White Sox accepted money to throw the 1919 World Series. Joe Jackson, one of the eight members, accepted $5,000 to throw the World Series game. He was, in status, one of the greatest players to play the game of baseball, and as a hitter Jackson was only, if possible, surpassed by Babe Ruth.
Joe Jackson
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1. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, usually recognized as Ty Cobb, was born on December 18, 1886 in Narrows. Georgia. He was, throughout his childhood, infatuated by baseball. By his teen years, he was already on a local team, and he was a star player.
2. Cobb throughout his life won three American League pennants, and 12 American League batting titles. He also has a record of 96 stolen bases in one season. In 1915, he became the highest paid baseball player, at the time.
The "Black Sox" The “Black Sox” Scandel (1919- come to light in 1920), was where 8 members of the Chicago White Sox including; Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, Charles Risberg, George Weaver, Arnold Gandil, Claude Williams, and Fred McMullin, were accused of fixing the 1919 World Series. They planned to lose the World Series on purpose for money. Most of the players confessed to being apart of the scandel infront of a judge, after people started to find out about what they did in 1920. In 1921, the eight players were banned from Major League baseball.
3. He was the manager and player for the Detroit Tigers in 1921. He resigned from both positions in 1926. In the same year (1926) he was accused of fixing the games and betting on the games. At first he and Tris Speaker (manager of the Indians) were asked, by Ban Johnson – President of the American League, to leave baseball. However, the Commissioner of baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, opened an investigation. In the end, Landis announced that both, Cobb and Speaker were cleared of the charges and would be put back on to the rosters of their former teams.
"Baseball star Ty Cobb called Joe Jackson (shown above) the greatest pure hitter he had ever seen; Jackson's glove was called "the place triples go to die."" (Pellowski 7)
Ty Cobb 1886-1961
2. Jackson was born in Pickens County, South Carolina, before moving to Brandon Mill. In Brandon Mill the entire Jackson family worked in the mill. The mill that Jackson worked at and many others organized baseball teams to play against one another. Joe joined the team in 1901, when he was thirteen years old. During that time, he started as a catcher before being moved to pitcher, where he promply broke the catcher’s arm. After that he was moved to the outfield. By 1907 he had joined a semipro team that was in Greenville, South Carolina.
1. In Baltimore, Maryland, George Herman Ruth, better known to others as Babe Ruth, was born on February 6, 1895. Ruth was signed to the Orioles on February 14, 1914 at the age of nineteen. In July 1914, Ruth was sold to the Boston Red Sox, winning a total of eighteen games, only losing a total of eight. Playing for the same team, Ruth, in 1917, won twenty- four games and losing thirteen.
2. In 1918, Ruth set a record at the World Series (it wasn’t broken until 1961 by Whitney Ford). He extended his scoreless innings streak. It extended to twenty-nine and two- thirds. In 1920, Ruth joined the New York Yankees. His batting average went up! He hit 55 home runs, along with nine triples, and 36 doubles. He scored 158 runs, batting in 137 runs and he had stolen 14 bases. In 1921, he hit 59 home runs, played in 152 games, had 177 runs hit in, 204 single hits, 44 doubles, 16 triples and his batting average was .378.
Babe Ruth 1895- 1948
3. Former major league second baseman, Tim Stouch, hired Jackson to play for the Greenville team. He was then bought by Connie Mack to play for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League, but he didn’t do to well. He was realeased and moved back to the South, where he not only played for Savannah, but also got married to Katherine Wynn. In 1915 he was sold to the Chicgo White Sox. With Jackson’s help, along wit Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams, they were able to lead their team to victory in the American League, with their 100 victories.
4. Two years after that (1928), Cobb left baseball. Eight years later (1936), Ty Cobb, becomes the first player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Twenty- Five years later, after his health rapidly declined since January, Tyrus Raymond Cobb died in Atlanta, on July 17.
4. From 1926 to 1931, Ruth led the American League in home runs. For the 1935 season, Ruth signed with the Boston Braves as a player-assistant manager. On the twenty- fifth anniversary of Yankee Stadium, held on Sunday, June 13, 1948, Ruth, along with other Yankee veterans of the 1923 season attended a ceremony. Ruth was the last former player to go on to the field and he was greeted with excitement and wild applause. When he passed on, on August 16, 1948, fans in the thousands paid tribute to him at Yankee Stadium.
3. The Yankee Stadium, opened in 1923, was located in the Bronx across from the Harlem River. The Stadium had 62 thousand seats, and all were filled when it opened in 1923. Ruth hit the first home run ever. The Yankee Stadium is dubbed “The House That Ruth Built.” (UXL Biographies)
Chicago White Sox line up: 1.“Shano Collins- right field 2.Eddie Collins- second base 3.Buck Weaver- third base 4.Joe Jackson- left field 5.Happy Felsch- center field 6.Chick Gandil- first base 7.Swede Risberg- shortstop 8.Ray Schalk- catcher 9.Eddie Cicotte- pitcher” (Pellowski 52-53)
