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1919 Chicago White Sox Autographed Manuscript Page

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1919 Chicago White Sox Autographed Manuscript Page
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Team signed autograph. 1919 Chicago White Sox. Black Sox Scandal. Framed. Accompanied with Global Sports Authentication certificate. 27.5 x 15.5 cm (11 x 6 inches), Frame: 40.5 x 33 cm (16 x 13 inches). Photograph not included.

The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball match fixing incident in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein. The fallout from the scandal resulted in the appointment of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first Commissioner of Baseball, granting him absolute control over the sport in order to restore its integrity.