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  1. Players Confess to Fixing 1919 World Series
    date September 29, 1920map Cook, Illinoistags Eddie Cicotte, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Black Sox Scandal, 1919 World Series, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox

    On September 29, 1920, the New York Times published an article entitled, “Eight White Sox Players are Indicted on Charge of Fixing 1919 World Series; Cicotte Got $10,000 and Jackson $5,000.” The 1919 World Series played between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds will forever be remember was one of the darkest moments in Major League Baseball and American Sports History. Baseball was, and...