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Chick Gandil. Charles Arnold " Chick " Gandil (January 19, 1888 – December 13, 1970) was an American professional baseball player. He played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox of the American League. He is best known as the ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
Chick Gandil, the mastermind of the scandal. On September 18, 1919, White Sox player Chick Gandil met with Joe "Sport" Sullivan, a Boston bookmaker, at the Hotel Buckminster near Fenway Park. The two men discussed plans to throw their upcoming series with the Cincinnati Reds for $80,000. [6]
Gamblers "Sleepy Bill" Burns and Billy Maharg get wind of the players' discontent, asking shady player Chick Gandil to convince a select group of Sox—including star knuckleball pitcher Eddie Cicotte, who led the Majors with a 29–7 win–loss record and an earned run average of 1.82—that they could earn more money by playing badly and ...
The conspiracy was the brainchild of White Sox first baseman Arnold "Chick" Gandil and Joseph "Sport" Sullivan, who was a professional gambler of Gandil's acquaintance. New York gangster Arnold Rothstein supplied the major connections needed.
Art LaFleur as Chick Gandil (1B) In addition, Anne Seymour , who died four months before the film's release, makes her final film appearance as the kindly Chisholm publisher who helps Ray and Mann. The identity of the actor who provided "The Voice", who speaks to Ray throughout the film, has remained unconfirmed since the film's release.
The 1919 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 1919 season. The 16th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion Chicago White Sox against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. Although most World Series have been of the best-of-seven format, the 1919 World Series was a ...
The White Sox were dealt a severe blow in 1919 by the Black Sox scandal, when Comiskey suspended the seven alleged conspirators still on the roster late in the 1920 season (ringleader Chick Gandil only played semipro ball that year). Conventional wisdom has it that the Sox were headed for another pennant and championship and that the ...
Chicagoans are familiar with disappointment. “There’s always next year,” was the motto for generations of Cubs fans who waited 108 years between the team’s last two championships. Yet ...