Jackson, Shoeless Joe scandal. (Journal of Social History). Shoeless joe jackson s batand the invention of baseball history.(Biography) (Nine). MCCAIN http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0825818.html
Extractions: Jackson, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Shoeless Joe (Joseph Jefferson Jackson), , American baseball player, b. Brandon Mills, S.C. Holder of the third highest (.356) career batting average in major league history, Jackson was banned from baseball in 1921 for his part in the 1919 Black Sox scandal The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Shoeless Joe Jackson IS ROSE WORSE THAN OTHER CANDIDATES? (Denver Rocky Mountain News) SUBWAY SERIES / SPORTS FLASH! / Could Be Expensive Lumber (Newsday) Dream spaces resonate in popular culture (The Toronto Star) Kinsella heading into late innings (The Toronto Star) Shoeless Joe Jackson's bat and the invention of baseball history.(Biography) (Nine) MCCAIN URGES PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION HONORING "SHOELESS JOE" JACKSON
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Extractions: Joe Jackson had the talent to be the greatest player in history, but he threw it away when he accepted $5,000 to throw the 1919 World Series. As part of the most infamous scandal in sports history, Jackson was banished from baseball following the 1920 season, along with his seven co-conspirators. The controversy over that decision has kept Jackson's name alive long after his death in 1951, but the facts remain the same: Jackson was guilty of accepting bribe money from gamblers to fix the series. As a player, Jackson was a left-handed hitter with a beautiful swing, which Babe Ruth claimed to have imitated. Jackson had power and speed, was considered the finest left fielder in the game, and possessed a strong arm. He never won a batting title, but finished second to Ty Cobb in his first three full seasons, and ranked third on two other occasions. With his career curtailed because of the "Black Sox" scandal, Jackson's career average remained frozen at .356 - the third highest in history.
Extractions: In this testimony Jackson sounds like a guilty man angry at the gamblers who short-changed him. To his backers, though, Jackson was a naive illiterate who never agreed to participate in the fix and merely repeated the story he was instructed to tell. The real villains in their version of the tale are the White Sox and their attorney, who schemed to deflect blame from the club by pinning it on Jackson.
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Extractions: Fall 1999: Shoeless Joe Jackson: From "Tragedy" to Farce On November 8, the House of Representatives passed a resolution, co-sponsored by six South Carolina representatives, which called upon Major League Baseball to "remove the taint upon the memory of 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson and honor his outstanding baseball accomplishments ." Myth "Whereas in 1919, the infamous 'Black Sox' scandal erupted when an employee of a New York gambler allegedly bribed eight players of the Chicago White Sox, including Joseph Jefferson 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson, to throw the first and second games of the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds." Facts : The bribery was as "alleged" as the 1918 influenza epidemic. Only seven players were involved in the plot; the eighth, Buck Weaver, was charged only with knowing about the scheme but failing to report it. The conspirators agreed to lose the entire World Series, not just the first two games, and at least three players - Chick Gandil, Ed Cicotte and Lefty Williams - unquestionably did try to throw the Series. Myth "Whereas in September 1920, a criminal court acquitted "Shoeless Joe" Jackson of the charge that he conspired to throw the 1919 World Series."
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Extractions: Born in a family of poor textile mill workers, young Joe and his family worked long 12 hour days with little schooling and all remained illiterate. At age 13, Joe began pitching on the company's baseball team. His fastball was so forceful that he once broke a catchers' arm. No one was willing to catch Joe Jackson after that and he was moved to the outfield. His torrid hitting impressed all lookers and in 1907 he was signed for $75.00 a month by the Greenville Spinners - Class D - minor leagues. This salary was well over twice what he was making in the textile mill. Joe Jackson was fitted with a new pair of baseball spiked shoes but these new shoes gave him blisters so he played
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Extractions: Hard pressed for cash money, the Cleveland Ball Club, gets three players and $31,500 from Chuck Comiskey of the Chicago White Sox. Joe Jackson continued his great playing and batted .341 with 40 doubles, 21 triples and three home runs. Jackson's outstanding play won the respect of fans all over the country with his headline making fielding gems, powerful arm and with his great clutch hitting. In 1916 , Shoeless Joe pounded 21 triples which is still a Chicago White Sox Record for the most triples in one season. Sportwriter, Joe Williams once remarked, "Joe Jackson was pure country, a wide eyed and gullible yokel". " It would not have surprised me to learn he had made a down payment on the Brooklyn Bridge. , Joe Jackson helps the Chicago White Sox win the AL pennant; the White Sox ended 100-54, six games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. Jackson's play in the world series helps as the White Sox beat the N.Y. Giants, four games to two. , Jackson accepted draft- exempt employment as our Country enters World War I, he missed most of season as he worked in a ship building plant.
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Extractions: 16-Jul-1889 - 5-Dec-1951 The record shows that the 1919 World Series belongs to the Cincinnati Reds, having defeated the Chicago White Sox, five games to three. The record also shows that one of the White Sox, a Greenville, S.C., native named Joe Jackson, hit .375 in the series. Unfortunately, Jackson, a lifetime .356 hitter whose stance was copied by many, including Babe Ruth, does not occupy a place of honor at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. Many are familiar with the saga of "Shoeless Joe" thanks to the book and movie Eight Men Out from the late 1980s. Eight key White Sox players, including several pitchers, were approached by Chicago gamblers and offered money to throw the Series to the Reds. We're talking big money: in several cases, as much as or more than the players made in salary for the season. Jackson wanted no part of the slush fund. His play proved it. Christy Mathewson, the great New York Giants pitcher whose playing career was over thanks to an injury from the World War, commented in the press box that something was amiss with the Series. He knew, though, that Jackson had not taken part. The courts agreed. Jackson was acquitted in mid-1920 of all charges in association with the Series gambling scandal. One would think this might clear the way for Jackson to finish his illustrious career with the grace with which he had played it.
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Extractions: d. Dec. 5, 1951 Career Batting Record Other Resources Because of his alleged involvement in the 1919 "Black Sox Scandal," Jackson is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame, though he belongs there on the basis of his playing skills. A left-handed hitting outfielder who threw right-handed, Jackson had brief appearances with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1908 and 1909, then was traded to the Cleveland Indians and played for them briefly in 1910 before becoming a starter the following season. A graceful outfielder with a strong throwing arm, Jackson was an exceptional hitter who never won a batting title even though he hit over .370 four times. In 1911, his first full season with Cleveland, he batted .408, yet finished second to Ty Cobb, who hit .420. Jackson led the league with 226 hits and 26 triples in 1912, when he batted .395 and was the league leader with 197 hits, 39 doubles, and a .551 slugging percentage in 1913, when he hit .373. After slipping to .338 in 1914, Jackson was traded to the Chicago White Sox during the 1915 season and he again led in triples with 21 in 1916. He hit .301 in the 1917 regular season and .304 in the World Series, scoring 4 runs and driving in 2 in Chicago's six-game victory over the New York Giants.
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Extractions: "This Field,...this Game is part of our past....It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.....Oh, people will come, Ray.....People will most definately come." "It's more than that...It's Perfect!" Field of Dreams Part II Shoeless Joe Jackson Inside Field of Dreams "SHOELESS" JOE JACKSON Philadelphia Athletics - 1908 Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack signed Joe Jackson for $900.00. Left-handed hitter Joe Jackson gets one hit in his major league debut. One writer summed it up briefly: "Thus in all respects Jackson looked extremely good in his first game and as if he didn't possess a single weakness: good at bat, good on fly balls, good on the bases and fast on his feet." Joe Jackson Goes Home - 1908 Rookie wonder, Joe Jackson jumped on a train and headed back to home after his team mates made him the butt of all their yokel tricks. Jackson played only five games and was missing from further play. He played in the minors the rest of the year. More "Shoeless Joe"!
Extractions: "This Field,...this Game is part of our past....It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.....Oh, people will come, Ray.....People will most definately come." "I have just created something totally illogical." Field of Dreams Part II Joe Jackson Statistics Inside Field of Dreams Joe Jackson Career Batting Statistics: 1908 - 1920 Shoeless Joe Jackson was the greatest natural hitter who ever lived. Even Ty Cobb said so, and Babe Ruth had copied his swing because it was the best he had ever seen. Games 1332, At Bats 4981, Hits 1772 Stolen Bases 202 In three different years Joe led the league in triples and twice in hits. Joe Jackson's Career Batting Average of .356 is the third highest in baseball's history. "Say It Ain't So, Joe" According to Joe Jackson, the most famous line to emerge from the 1919 Black Sox Scandal was never actually spoken. A newspaper reported that as Jackson was walking through a crowded parking lot after the grand jury hearings, a small boy walked toward Joe and said, "Say it ain't so, Joe?" Joe was quoted as replying "Yes Kid, I'm afraid it is." Jackson said he left the courtroom, a deputy sheriff asked for a ride, the two got into the car together and left. No one else spoke to him. Black Betsy When Shoeless Joe Jackson was fifteen, Charlie Ferguson, a local bat maker, took a four-by-four timber of hickory and carved a thirty-six-inch, forty-eight-ounce bat. Charlie shaped that bat to fit Jackson's large and growing hands. Upon completion of the bat, it was pale white. Charlie knew Jackson liked black bats, so he coated it with several layers of tobacco juice. Jackson affectionately named his bat "Black Betsy." The grandstand crowds would yell down to Jackson: "Give 'em Black Betsy, Joe! Give 'em Black Betsy!"
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Extractions: All of your petitioners further say that they are not informed in and by said indictment who offered the bribe, present and reward, mentioned in said fifth count and are not informed as to the person or persons by whom said bribe, present and reward was to be taken, accepted and received, except that said indictment charges that they , themselves, your petitioners, together with said ball players offered and gave a bribe, present and reward to themselves. Your petitioners further say that they are not informed by said fifth count of said indictment in what particulars they and each of them and the other of their co-defendant baseball players intended to play unskillfully and not in accordance with their best skill and ability and they are not informed by said count in said indictment that said series of games was ever played, but that they know of their own knowledge that said series of games was played, but that they are uninformed as to what overt acts were done committed by them in the playing of the games of said series in pursuance of said alleged conspiracy; that they are uninformed as to that particular games and what particular plays of each game were purposely and willfully erroneously and improperly executed by them or any of them and that they are not informed by said indictment that the outcome of said games could or might have been any different in result than they actually were.
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Extractions: Text of Bennethum's letter to Joe Jackson: "Dear Mr. Jackson: I am in the 8th grade and am thirteen years old. My father talks about you very much. He considers you the greatest ballplayer who ever lived, second only to the great Ty Cobb. I play leftfield on my high school team. My hobby is baseball. I read about you in books. Will you send me your autograph? I have sent you an envelope with my name and address on it and a piece of paper for you to sign on. Thank you very much. William Bennethum Reading, Pennsylvania" In 1949, a boy named William Bennethum wrote to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson asking him for his autograph. Because Joe was illiterate, he was unable to honor the boy's request. A year later, after Joe's death, the letter from Bennethum was found among Joe's belongings in its original envelope. Joe had signed his name on the back of the envelope twice, and was attempting a third signature. (see below) These are some of the only known Joe Jackson signatures that exist. Years later, in 1998, I contacted then 62-year-old William Bennethum, who said that he remembered writing the letter to "Shoeless" Joe, and that he had received an autograph not Joe's, but his wife, Katy's. She had always signed for him.
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Extractions: The Eight The local media covered the scandal closely. The 1919 World Series resulted in the most famous scandal in baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (later nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal and the extent to which each man was involved have always been unclear. It was, however, front-page news across the country and, despite being acquitted of criminal charges, the players were banned from professional baseball for life. The eight men included the great "Shoeless" Joe Jackson ; pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams; infielders Buck Weaver, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Fred McMullin, and Charles "Swede" Risberg; and outfielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch. Infielder Fred McMullin. (CHS ICHi-20727)
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Extractions: Shoeless Joe Jackson The controversy surrounding the 1919 World Series is most confusing in regards to Shoeless Joe Jackson. The facts (the conspirators' recollections and Jackson's World Series statistics) indicate that Jackson had no involvement with the fix other than being aware that it was going on. "Shoeless Joe" Jackson was on his way to banned from the league. (CHS SDN 58463-A) Joe Jackson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, a town where the men, women, and children worked in cotton mills. Mill life was rough and turnover in the work force was a constant problem for mill owners. The owners discovered that forming baseball teams helped hold their workers. Baseball helped stimulate a sense of community spirit. People of all ages showed up to cheer their favorite mill team and soon the Textile League was established. In 1902, at the age of thirteen, Jackson went to work sweeping floors in the same cotton mill where his father and brother worked. Before long the managers of the Brandon Mill team asked him to play ball. By the time he was sixteen, Jackson was the best-known player in the Textile League and a local hero. He was a natural ball player. He hit home runs, caught seemingly impossible high flies, and could throw the ball more than four hundred feet on the fly. The fans came to watch Jackson play and he never let them down.
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