Double plays and double crosses : the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 /
Zminda, Don,
Double plays and double crosses : the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 / Black Sox and baseball in 1920. Don Zminda. - xviii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-305) and index.
Foreword / by Rob Neyer -- Introduction -- Prelude: 1917 -- A cold (and dry) New Year -- Detective stories -- Insurrectionists -- Waco -- A good start -- The absent brother -- Trials and triumphs -- Abe tells -- Scandal, tragedy -- and first place -- The suspicious slump -- The Grand Jury -- Busted -- A bitter month -- Here comes the Judge -- Epilogue: Trials, tribulations, and thoughts.
"This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history--the Black Sox scandal--continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks; a story of teammates betraying one another; a story of investigations and cover-ups"--
1538142325 9781538142325
2020036349
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)--History.
World Series (Baseball) (1919)
World Series (Baseball)
1900-1999
Baseball--Corrupt practices--History--United States--20th century.
GV875 .C58 / Z65 2021
796.357/640977311
Double plays and double crosses : the Black Sox and baseball in 1920 / Black Sox and baseball in 1920. Don Zminda. - xviii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-305) and index.
Foreword / by Rob Neyer -- Introduction -- Prelude: 1917 -- A cold (and dry) New Year -- Detective stories -- Insurrectionists -- Waco -- A good start -- The absent brother -- Trials and triumphs -- Abe tells -- Scandal, tragedy -- and first place -- The suspicious slump -- The Grand Jury -- Busted -- A bitter month -- Here comes the Judge -- Epilogue: Trials, tribulations, and thoughts.
"This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history--the Black Sox scandal--continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks; a story of teammates betraying one another; a story of investigations and cover-ups"--
1538142325 9781538142325
2020036349
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)--History.
World Series (Baseball) (1919)
World Series (Baseball)
1900-1999
Baseball--Corrupt practices--History--United States--20th century.
GV875 .C58 / Z65 2021
796.357/640977311