10/26 Black Sox Wkst.

Black Sox Wkst.

I. Short Answer (3 pts. Each).  Answer in complete sentences; use formal writing style.

1.         Describe the scene in Chicago during 1919.  Attitudes of people, size of the city, etc.

2.         Why do most of the players dislike playing for Charles Comiskey?

3.             What are some other problems that create cliques on the team?  How do the gamblers take advantage of the Chicago team’s problems?

4.             What was Arnold Rothstein’s role in the Black Sox scandal?

5.             How did Judge Landis take advantage of the Black Sox scandal to create power in the commissioner’s office?

6.             What was the goal of Charles Comiskey and the other owners during the trial of the players?

7.             Do you agree with Judge Landis’ decision?  If not, how would you have handled the situation?

II. Matching (1 pt. each)

a. Arnold Rothstein           b. Sporty Sullivan    c. Dickey Kerr                             d. Buck Weaver

e. Shoeless Joe Jackson   ab. Eddie Cicotte                   ac. Charles Comiskey   ad. Chick Gandil                ae. Kenesaw Mountain Landis

8.             Knuckler pitcher that participated in throwing games; partially because he was not given an earned bonus from the owner.

9.             Young pitcher that pitched the White Sox to two World Series victories.

10.          Played 3^rd Base for the Sox.  Did not participate in the throwing of games, but didn’t expose the plot either.

11.          Illiterate left fielder that was one of the best pure hitters ever in baseball.

12.          The NYC “gangster” who financed the $ to the players.

13.          The Big Man in Boston who first approached the players about throwing games in the Series.

14.          1^st Baseman for the White Sox.  Was one of the leaders of the plot to throw games.

15.          The first commissioner of Major League Baseball who banned the players for life.

16.          The owner of the White Sox.