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1919 World Series Program Game Five Program (Chicago White Sox)....
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1919 World Series Program Game Five Program (Chicago White Sox). Though Cicotte, "Shoeless Joe" Jackson and the other half dozen collaborators have now passed the centennial of their excommunication, most baseball historians have long since forgiven their sins, understanding that the truth for these Sox was neither black nor white, but rather a shade of grey. Landis, one of the fiercest defenders of the game's entrenched racism, is honored in Cooperstown. With him is Charles Comiskey, who benched Cicotte rather than allow him the opportunity to earn a deserved thirty-win bonus, and who paid his American League Champions well under the standard salary.The moral complexity of the sport's greatest scandal has been the fuel that propels the rare surviving collectibles from the 1919 Black Sox to the pinnacle of collecting intrigue. We can see evidence of Comiskey's famous frugality in this World Series program, identical in format to regular season models but for the interior scorecard that lists the Cincinnati Reds as the opponent. The scorecards have the starting pitchers and final score written in vintage pencil, those details matching conspirator Lefty Williams' 5-0 loss in Game Five. Some chipping and staining to front cover with scrapbook removal evidence on rear cover. Otherwise program is solid and complete
Auction Info
2024 May 16 - 18 Spring Sports Catalog Auction #50069 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
May, 2024
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
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