Arnold Rothstein, a gambling-oriented Chicago Gangster.
The 1919 World Series.
The World Series was a best 5 of 9 format in 1903 and 1919-1921. None of those four Series went the full 9 games ... in 1903, 1919, and 1921 the Series was won in 8 games and in 1920 the Series was won in 7 games.
Lefty Williams and George Frazier with 3 each. Williams, of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, was one of the players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The 1919 World Series was a best 5 of 9 instead of a best 4 of 7 like is played today. Frazier, of the 1981 New York Yankees, is the only pitcher to lose 3 games in a best 4 of 7 World Series.
The Cincinnati Reds won 5 World Series titles. 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, and 1990
the white sox and the reds! best of 9 format!
In 1919, Meyer Wolfsheim was involved in fixing the World Series in a scandal known as the Black Sox scandal. He was rumored to have rigged the series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds.
Arnold Rothstein, a gambling-oriented Chicago Gangster.
The Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series 5 games to 3.
Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. This was the game where multiple players on the White Sox took money to purposely loose the world series. Also known as the "Black Sox Scandal"
Mr. Wolfsheim is a fictional character in "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald. In the story he is a shady character involved in scandals and gambles, and he fixed the 1919 World Series. He's basically the fictional mirror of Arnold Rothstein, the man who really did rig the World Series.
The Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago "Black Sox" in the 1919 World Series
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Brooklyn Robins (now Dodgers), 5 games to 2, to win the 1920 World Series.
The 1919 World Series.
Gatsby describes Meyer Wolfsheim as a swindler involved in fixing the 1919 World Series and a connection to the underworld. Nick is shocked and feels uneasy about Gatsby's association with such a shady character.
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