The betrayal : the 1919 World Series and the birth of modern baseball /

In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for the promise of 20,000 each from gamblers reportedly working for New York mobster Arnold Rothstein. Heavily favor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fountain, Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) > History.
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
World Series (Baseball) > (1919)
World Series (Baseball)
Baseball > Corrupt practices > United States > History.
Baseball > United States > History.
Base-ball > Pratiques déloyales > États-Unis > Histoire.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Baseball
Baseball > Corrupt practices
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Black Sox were only a part of it
  • "Honorable Joes"
  • The Prince of Fixers
  • Baseball at war
  • Brothers and enemies
  • The conversations
  • Losing the Series
  • The end of the Series
  • The cover-up begins
  • The newspapers try to figure it out
  • "It Ain't True, Is It Joe?"
  • The Judge
  • Judgment
  • Timeless Joe
  • Epilogue.

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