From left to right (front): Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Claude “Lefty” Williams, Charles “Swede” Risberg, George “Buck” Weaver and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson sit in front of their lawyers during their Grand Jury Trial in 1921. All of these players are now eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons
Editor’s Note: There were at least two and a possible third conspiracy to purposely lose the 1919 World Series with each conspiracy including the same players but different gamblers. The “Black Sox Scandal” in this reporting refers to the culmination of these conspiracies.