On October 7, 1919, Dickie Kerr of the Chicago White Sox overcomes errors by Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch to win the sixth game of the World Series, 5-4. over the Cincinnati Reds. Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson combine for seven hits, and Chick Gandil, another one of the eight “Black Sox”, singles in the winning run in the 10th…
On October 6, 1919, the Chicago White Sox committed three errors in losing the fifth game of the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. After a Sunday rainout‚ Hod Eller blanks the Sox on 3 hits‚ fanning 6 in a row-Gandil‚ Risberg‚ Ray Schalk‚ Williams‚ Leibold‚ and Eddie Collins-in the 2nd and 3rd. Once again…
1919 – Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Cicotte makes two errors in one inning of Game 4 of the World Series to give the Cincinnati Reds the only runs of the game. He walks none and gives up five hits, including three by Jimmy Ring, and Cincinnati wins, 2 – 0. The Reds lead the Series three games to one.
On October 3, 1919.00 Cuban native Adolfo Luque becomes the first player from Latin America to appear in a World Series. In Game 3 of the Fall Classic, ‘the Pride Of Havana’ pitches a scoreless eighth inning for the Reds in a 3-0 loss to the White Sox at Comiskey Park.
On October 3, 1919 – Rookie pitcher Dickie Kerr throws a three-hit shutout as the Chicago White Sox win 3 – 0 over the Cincinnati Reds. Shoeless Joe Jackson has two hits and Chick Gandil drives in two runs as the White Sox cut Cincinnati’s World Series lead to 2-1. Cuban Dolf Luque becomes the…
1919 – The Chicago White Sox lose the second game of the World Series, 4 – 2, to the Cincinnati Reds. Lefty Williams, one of eight Sox players involved in a Series-fixing scandal, walks three men in the fourth inning. After the game, he is confronted and attacked by Sox catcher Ray Schalk.
1919 – Just before the start of the World Series, the highly favored Chicago White Sox become the betting underdogs in the best-of-nine contest. Eddie Cicotte, a 29-game winner, is driven from the hill in a five-run 4th inning. The Cincinnati Reds’ Dutch Ruether pitches a six-hitter and helps himself with three RBI on two triples and a single for a 9 – 1 victory.
1919 – Arnold Rothstein decides to finance the World Series fix. The plan calls for Nat Evans to give a $40,000 advance to Sport Sullivan to give to the players, with an additional $40,000 to be put in a safe at the Hotel Congress in Chicago, IL. Evans takes $29,000 and bets on the Cincinnati Reds, giving Chick Gandil only $10,000.
In the first game of a twin bill on the last day of the season, the Giants need only 51 minutes to defeat the Phillies, 6-1. The Polo Grounds contest is the shortest nine-inning game ever played in the major leagues.
1919 – Babe Ruth’s 29th home run is his first of the year in Washington; he is the first to hit one in every park in the league in one season.
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