Did the Cubs throw the 1918 World Series to Babe Ruth's Red Sox and incite the Black Sox Scandal?
By: Sean Deveney.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780071629973
Subjects: Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) -- History; World Series (Baseball); Baseball -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Ken Rosenthal; title: Author's note; title: Fixes and curses : aboard a train with the White Sox; title: Luck : Charley Weeghman; title: Preparedness : Harry Frazee and Ed Barrow; title: Discipline : five days in spring training with Ed Barrow; title: Sacrifice : Grover Cleveland Alexander; title: Morality : Max Flack; title: Cheating : Hubert "Dutch" Leonard; title: Usefulness : Newton D. Baker; title: Loyalty : The Texel; title: Strategy : Harry Hooper; title: Money : Recollection of Boston gambler James Costello; title: Labor : Charley Hollocher; title: Death: Carl Mays; title: World Series, Game 1,Chicago; title: World Series, Games 2 and 3, Chicago; title: World Series, Games 4 and 5, Boston; title: World Series, Game 6, Boston; title: History : throwing the World Series