Best CHICAGO BLACK SOX World Series of Baseball Plot SCANDAL 1921 Trib Newspaper. Offered is an original, collectible newspaper (NOT a copy/reproduction): CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. Chicago White (Black) Sox scandal Baseball World Series fix trial Best title to be had? The top of page 18 begins with column heads: " BASEBALL GATES FOREVER CLOSED TO INDICTED SOX ". Included is a small photo of Judge K.
Landis, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. This concerns the infamous Black Sox scandal of the 1919 Major League Baseball World Series. The article notes in part. It is the opinion of many baseball fans that the indicted White Sox players may be back in the game this season should the state fail to convict them of the crime charged against them...Those confessions are on record... When the trial is over, no matter what the verdict may be, the players will not get back into baseball until they have faced Judge Landis, supreme power in the national game... Terrific to have this report in this famous Chicago newspaper! Complete in 28 pages, a few minor tears at the spine, nice condition.
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