1920 – The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell and baseball players Hal Chase and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the 1919 World Series scandal. Ed Cicotte, Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams and Happy Felsch sign confessions, which they will later recant.

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1920 – The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell and baseball players Hal Chase and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the 1919 World Series scandal. Ed Cicotte, Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams and Happy Felsch sign confessions, which they will later recant.

Hall of Famer Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Indians wins his third game of the World Series, a 3 – 0 shutout of the Brooklyn Robins
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Hall of Famer Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Indians wins his third game of the World Series, a 3 – 0 shutout of the Brooklyn Robins

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1920 – Hall of Famer Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Indians wins his third game of the World Series, a 3 – 0 shutout of the Brooklyn Robins. The victory gives the Indians the World Championship, five games to two.

Brooklyn’s Rube Marquard is arrested when he tries to sell a ticket to an undercover cop

Brooklyn’s Rube Marquard is arrested when he tries to sell a ticket to an undercover cop

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1920 – Several hours before the start of Game 4 of the World Series, Brooklyn’s Rube Marquard, a Cleveland native, is arrested when he tries to sell a ticket to an undercover cop for $350. He will be found guilty and fined a dollar and court costs ($3.80). For their first World Series game on the lakefront, 25,734 Indians fans watch their home team score 2 in the 1st and 2 in the 3rd off Leon Cadore and Al Mamaux. Cleveland wins the game, 5 – 1.

1920 – Two Brooklyn runs in the 1st lead to a quick exit for Cleveland starter Ray Caldwell. John “Duster” Mails and George Uhle shut down the Robins, but southpaw Sherry Smith gives up three hits; the visitors’ only run results from an error by Zack Wheat on Tris Speaker’s double. It’s a 2 – 1 win, and a 2-1 Series lead for Brooklyn.

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1920 – Two Brooklyn runs in the 1st lead to a quick exit for Cleveland starter Ray Caldwell. John “Duster” Mails and George Uhle shut down the Robins, but southpaw Sherry Smith gives up three hits; the visitors’ only run results from an error by Zack Wheat on Tris Speaker’s double. It’s a 2 – 1 win, and a 2-1 Series lead for Brooklyn.

The Indians clinch their first American League pennant when they rout the Tigers at Navin Field, 10-1. Jim Bagby, who will have a 1-1 record in the Fall Classic for the eventual World Champs, notches his 31st victory of the season.

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The Indians clinch their first American League pennant when they rout the Tigers at Navin Field, 10-1. Jim Bagby, who will have a 1-1 record in the Fall Classic for the eventual World Champs, notches his 31st victory of the season.

1920 – Babe Ruth hits his major league record 54th home run on the last day of the season. Only one other team in the American League will hit more than 44 homers.

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1920 – Babe Ruth hits his major league record 54th home run on the last day of the season. Only one other team in the American League will hit more than 44 homers.

At the Polo Grounds, the Braves eliminate the 2nd-place Giants in game two by a 3 – 2 score on Tony Boeckel’s homer in the 9th. The Giants win the opener, 2 – 1. The loss clinches the pennant for Brooklyn.

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At the Polo Grounds, the Braves eliminate the 2nd-place Giants in game two by a 3 – 2 score on Tony Boeckel’s homer in the 9th. The Giants win the opener, 2 – 1. The loss clinches the pennant for Brooklyn.

Carl Mays and the Yankees beat the A’s, 3 – 0, as Mays allows just four hits. It is his 3rd straight shutout over Philadelphia and his 10th straight win against them. Babe Ruth drives in all the runs on a pair of homers over the RF fence off Eddie Rommel, his 52nd and 53rd homers of the campaign. He hits two other liners to left and center that are close to the wall.

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Carl Mays and the Yankees beat the A’s, 3 – 0, as Mays allows just four hits. It is his 3rd straight shutout over Philadelphia and his 10th straight win against them. Babe Ruth drives in all the runs on a pair of homers over the RF fence off Eddie Rommel, his 52nd and 53rd homers of the campaign. He hits two other liners to left and center that are close to the wall.

The Indians continue on their war path by topping the Browns, 8 – 4. Duster Mails wins his 6th straight and Tris Speaker breaks out of a slump by collecting two hits. He had been 1 for 19. Charlie Jamieson adds four hits.

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The Indians continue on their war path by topping the Browns, 8 – 4. Duster Mails wins his 6th straight and Tris Speaker breaks out of a slump by collecting two hits. He had been 1 for 19. Charlie Jamieson adds four hits.

Joe Jackson’s game-winning hit will be his last of his 13-year career to back Dickie Kerr shutout pitching

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At Chicago’s Comiskey Park, 33 year-old Joe Jackson’s sixth inning double off Tiger hurler Hooks Dauss breaks a scoreless tie, putting the White Sox ahead, 2-0. ‘Shoeless’ Joe’s game-winning hit will be his last of his 13-year career when the players on the grand jury list are indefinitely suspended for the rest of the season as the probe of the 1919 World Series fix is investigated.