Why I love this game IV...
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:55 pmGuy Harris "Doc" White
Was a graduate of a dental school in Georgetown. White also gained some recognition as a composer, publishing at least four songs (such as bestseller "Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night" in 1910) with his co-writer Ring Lardner, who was a sportswriter in Chicago during that period.
Claude Hendrix
"Hendrix’s link to one of baseball’s most notorious gambling scandals tainted his legacy in baseball.
"The 1919 World Series, it was discovered in grand jury hearings held in 1920, was thrown by several Chicago White Sox players. Eight players were indicted and then banned from baseball for throwing the series.
"Hendrix, the pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, had been linked to the scandal because it was events surrounding the Aug. 31, 1920, game he was scheduled to pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies that led to the hearings. Cubs president Bill Veeck received telephone calls and telegrams saying Detroit gamblers were betting heavily that the Phillies, ranked at the bottom of the league, would beat the Cubs, a top team. The Cubs switched their rotation and went with their better pitcher, Grover Cleveland Alexander, instead but still ended up losing the game.
"A grand jury was convened in Chicago to investigate this particular incident, and during the course of the investigation the Black Sox scandal emerged. It never ruled on whether the Cubs/Phillies game was linked to gambling.
Jean Dubuc
After playing with Toledo in 1920, Dubuc was implicated in the Black Sox scandal during grand jury testimony in September 1920. Pitcher Rube Benton testified that he had seen a telegram addressed to Dubuc, believed to be from Dubuc's former teammate Sleepy Bill Burns advising Dubuc: "Bet on the Cincinnati team today."
After being linked to the scandal, Dubuc went to Canada. Though reported in some articles to have been banned from baseball for his "guilty knowledge", more reliable sources indicate that he was not banned. ndeed, he continued to play minor league baseball for Syracuse in 1922 and 1923.
Was a graduate of a dental school in Georgetown. White also gained some recognition as a composer, publishing at least four songs (such as bestseller "Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night" in 1910) with his co-writer Ring Lardner, who was a sportswriter in Chicago during that period.
Claude Hendrix
"Hendrix’s link to one of baseball’s most notorious gambling scandals tainted his legacy in baseball.
"The 1919 World Series, it was discovered in grand jury hearings held in 1920, was thrown by several Chicago White Sox players. Eight players were indicted and then banned from baseball for throwing the series.
"Hendrix, the pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, had been linked to the scandal because it was events surrounding the Aug. 31, 1920, game he was scheduled to pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies that led to the hearings. Cubs president Bill Veeck received telephone calls and telegrams saying Detroit gamblers were betting heavily that the Phillies, ranked at the bottom of the league, would beat the Cubs, a top team. The Cubs switched their rotation and went with their better pitcher, Grover Cleveland Alexander, instead but still ended up losing the game.
"A grand jury was convened in Chicago to investigate this particular incident, and during the course of the investigation the Black Sox scandal emerged. It never ruled on whether the Cubs/Phillies game was linked to gambling.
Jean Dubuc
After playing with Toledo in 1920, Dubuc was implicated in the Black Sox scandal during grand jury testimony in September 1920. Pitcher Rube Benton testified that he had seen a telegram addressed to Dubuc, believed to be from Dubuc's former teammate Sleepy Bill Burns advising Dubuc: "Bet on the Cincinnati team today."
After being linked to the scandal, Dubuc went to Canada. Though reported in some articles to have been banned from baseball for his "guilty knowledge", more reliable sources indicate that he was not banned. ndeed, he continued to play minor league baseball for Syracuse in 1922 and 1923.