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Gandil enlisted several of his teammates, motivated by a dislike of club owner Charles Comiskey whom they perceived as a tightwad, to implement the fix ; Comiskey had developed a reputation for underpaying his players for years ( under the MLB reserve clause, players either had to take the salary they were offered, or couldn't play Major League Baseball, as they were property of the original team, and no other team was allowed to sign them ).
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Gandil and teammates
Gandil and his seven White Sox teammates were indicted, and he came back to Chicago in July 1921 to stand trial for fixing the series.
Gandil and by
The book Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof and the movie based on the book does record that Cicotte, despite being grossly underpaid for a pitcher of his ability, resisted repeated attempts by Chick Gandil to get him to throw the series until just days before the World Series opened when it became clear that Comiskey would never pay him even part of the promised bonus.
Gandil was ( by all accounts ) a problem child.
After the 1908 season, Gandil was drafted by the St. Louis Browns.
For this offense, Gandil faced blacklisting by organized baseball.
Gandil and the others were permanently banned from organized baseball by new commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
Speed plans for Chaney to take on the city's undefeated street fighter Jim Henry ( Robert Tessier ), an intimidating brawler bankrolled by wealthy businessman Chick Gandil ( Michael McGuire ).
Gandil and club
The Humboldt baseball club experienced financial problems in 1906, and Gandil moved on to a team in Cananea, Mexico, 40 miles from the United States.
Gandil and owner
Despite the season being on the line, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey suspended the seven White Sox still in the majors ( Chick Gandil had conspicuously left the team and was playing semi-pro ball ).
Gandil and Charles
Starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude " Lefty " Williams, outfielder Oscar " Happy " Felsch, and shortstop Charles " Swede " Risberg were all principally involved with Gandil.
Charles Arnold " Chick " Gandil ( January 19, 1888 – December 13, 1970 ) was a professional baseball player.
It was later revealed that Gandil and his teammate, Charles " Swede " Risberg, had allegedly collected $ 45 from each member of the White Sox and paid off the Detroit Tigers in two crucial doubleheaders late in the season.
Gandil, Charles Arnold
In 1917, Chick Gandil and his teammate, Charles ' Swede ' Risberg, allegedly collected $ 45 from each member of the White Sox and paid off the Detroit Tigers in two crucial doubleheaders late in the season.
The players were: Arnold " Chick " Gandil, " Shoeless " Joe Jackson ( questionable involvement at best ), Eddie Cicotte, Claude " Lefty " Williams, Oscar " Happy " Felsch, Charles " Swede " Risberg, Buck Weaver and Fred McMullin.
Gandil and they
According to Gandil, the players ' numerous errors were a result of fear that they were being watched.
" Chick " Gandil was the name of one of the eight Chicago White Sox players banned from baseball after the Black Sox Scandal when they were accused of conspiring with gamblers and deliberately losing the 1919 World Series.
Gandil and fix
Chick Gandil, another leader of the fix, later admitted to yelling at Cicotte to intercept the throw.
Sullivan later become a key figure in conspiring with Gandil to fix the 1919 World Series.
In the fall of 1919, while with the Chicago White Sox, Gandil claims that Sullivan approached him with the idea to fix the 1919 World Series.
Sullivan assured Gandil that the fix was on, and that $ 100, 000 in total would be paid to the players.
In addition to serving as the contact for the gamblers, Gandil was also responsible for recruiting and paying the players involved in the fix.
Gandil and ;
A look at the statistics shows little disparity between Black Sox and Clean Sox ; for example, ringleader Chick Gandil batted. 233 to future Hall of Famer Eddie Collins '. 226.
Gandil and had
The conspiracy was the brainchild of White Sox first baseman Arnold " Chick " Gandil, who had longstanding ties to petty underworld figures.
This was exemplified in an August 1919 incident when Gandil had to serve a five-game suspension for punching out the home plate umpire over a disputed strike call.
Gandil and for
Gandil remained with the Senators through the 1915 season and played the 1916 season for the Cleveland Indians.
It is interesting to note that early on in his major league career, Gandil was considered a top-notch first baseman, both for his play on the field and his solid work ethic.
Gandil received $ 35, 000 for his role in throwing the World Series-nearly nine times his 1919 salary of $ 4, 000.
According to Gandil, " Instead, I played semipro ball twice a week for the Elks Club in Bakersfield, Calif.
Gandil offers money so Chaney will fight for him.
Gandil and players
Gandil in a photograph taken at the trial of the eight Chicago White Sox players who were accused of fixing the 1919 World Series.
Following the players ' acquittal, Gandil said, " I guess that'll learn Ban Johnson he can't frame an honest bunch of ball players.
A number of players, like Chick Gandil, Swede Risberg, and Lefty Williams, go along with the scheme.
Gandil and salary
In the spring of 1920, Gandil demanded that the White Sox raise his salary to $ 6, 500 per year.
Gandil and offered
However, before that year's World Series, he got caught up in the Black Sox scandal when teammate Chick Gandil offered him $ 10, 000 to lose his starts.
Gandil and League
" There was a bad streak in him that ran from his toes to his crown ," military historian, author and Copper League President, Samuel Marshall once said about Gandil.
Gandil and team
It was with the Cananea, Mexico, team that Gandil became a first baseman.
The rules at the time stated that only one player could be drafted from each team, so Gandil returned to Montreal to begin the 1912 season.
For a time, Chase was player-manager of an outlaw team in Douglas, Arizona that included Buck Weaver, Chick Gandil and Lefty Williams.
Gandil and was
He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Swiss immigrants Christian and Louise Bechel Gandil and was their only child.
Gandil in a 1913 Bain News Service photo, while he was with the Minnesota Twins | Washington Senators.
Gandil was successful in Sacramento.
Gandil made his major league debut on April 14, 1910, with the White Sox, which was a disaster.
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