1919 Black Sox Scandal

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The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.

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Black Sox Scandal 18
1919 Black Sox scandal 11
1919 Black Sox Scandal canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball scandal ⓘ
match fixing scandal ⓘ
sports scandal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1919 World Series fixing scandal ⓘ
1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
surface form: Black Sox Scandal
bannedPlayer Buck Weaver ⓘ
Chick Gandil ⓘ
Eddie Cicotte ⓘ
Fred McMullin ⓘ
Happy Felsch ⓘ
Lefty Williams ⓘ
Shoeless Joe Jackson ⓘ
Swede Risberg ⓘ
city Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
commissionerResponse Creation of the office of the Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ
competition 1919 World Series ⓘ
culturalImpact damaged public trust in the integrity of Major League Baseball ⓘ
description A conspiracy in which several Chicago White Sox players agreed with gamblers to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series. ⓘ
gamblerInvolved Abe Attell ⓘ
Meyer Wolfsheim ⓘ
surface form: Arnold Rothstein

Bill Burns ⓘ
Billy Maharg ⓘ
Joseph "Sport" Sullivan ⓘ
governingBodyDecision players were banned from baseball despite acquittal ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered one of the most famous sports scandals in American history ⓘ
inPopularCulture depicted in the book and film "Eight Men Out" ⓘ
referenced in the novel and film "The Natural" ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
ledTo appointment of Kenesaw Mountain Landis as first Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ
legalOutcome players were acquitted in a 1921 criminal trial ⓘ
location United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
motivation financial gain through gambling payoffs ⓘ
numberOfGamesInSeries 9 ⓘ
opponentTeam Cincinnati Reds ⓘ
playerInvolved Buck Weaver ⓘ
Chick Gandil ⓘ
Eddie Cicotte ⓘ
Fred McMullin ⓘ
Happy Felsch ⓘ
Lefty Williams ⓘ
Shoeless Joe Jackson ⓘ
Swede Risberg ⓘ
punishment lifetime bans from organized baseball for eight Chicago White Sox players ⓘ
result Cincinnati Reds won the 1919 World Series ⓘ
seriesResult Cincinnati Reds 5–3 Chicago White Sox ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
teamInvolved Chicago White Sox ⓘ
typeOfFixing intentionally losing games ⓘ
year 1919 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago White Sox → notableEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
Commissioner of Baseball → createdAfter → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
1919 Black Sox Scandal → alsoKnownAs → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Kenesaw Mountain Landis → significantEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Dead-ball era → notableEventNearEnd → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
Shoeless Joe Jackson → notableEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Shoeless Joe Jackson → allegedInvolvementIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Fred McMullin → involvedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Bill Burns → participatedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Swede Risberg → participatedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Lefty Williams → category → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox players
Abe Attell → notableEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Abe Attell → allegedRoleIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
1919 World Series → nickname → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Series
1919 World Series → associatedScandal → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Joseph "Sport" Sullivan → knownFor → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Joseph "Sport" Sullivan → associatedWith → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox conspirators
Chick Gandil → notableFor → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Chick Gandil → participatedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Buck Weaver → notableEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Happy Felsch → notableEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Happy Felsch → participantIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Billy Maharg → notableEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox scandal
Billy Maharg → associatedWith → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox conspirators
Landis → hasNotableAssociation → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Kenesaw → associatedWith → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Joseph Jefferson Jackson → involvedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Charles August Risberg → participatedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Charles August Risberg → partOf → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox players
Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, California, United States → participantIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
subject surface form: Swede Risberg
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Risberg → participatedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
subject surface form: Swede Risberg
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Lefty → participantIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
subject surface form: Lefty Williams
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Kid Gleason → associatedWithEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Claude Preston Williams → notableEvent → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Claude Preston Williams → participantIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Arnold Rothstein → allegedlyInvolvedIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox Scandal
Abraham Washington Attell → participantIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox scandal
Abraham Washington Attell → participantIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 World Series game-fixing conspiracy
Attell → hasNotableAssociation → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
Joe Jackson → associatedWith → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sox scandal
Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Michigan, United States → participantIn → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
subject surface form: Eddie Cicotte
Chick → notableFor → 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
subject surface form: Chick Gandil
this entity surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal