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"In 1919, the owners cut salaries across the league after World War I had reduced baseball attendance in 1918. Even while extending the 1919 season, the owners feared the same. But attendance went up while salaries remained the same" ("Black Sox Scandal," Eastland Memorial Society, 2000). However, the most egregious example of unfairness was when Comiskey told the widely-respected pitcher Eddie Cicotte that he would get $10,000 if he won thirty games, a supposedly impossible task. When Cicotte won twenty-nine games, Comiskey benched him. As the owner was clearly putting his own financial interest above the good of the team as well as his players, Cicotte cracked and agreed to throw the series for $10,000 in cash.

Class friction and personality conflicts on the team contributed to the scandal. The White Sox star, Columbia-educated Eddie Collins had demanded a $14,500 salary when he was bought from the Athletics in 1915. This was considerably more than most of the other players were making.

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Many members of the team had no education at all, and were far less 'clean-cut' in their lifestyle than Collins. Because of his hatred for Collins, Arnold 'Chick' Gandil was instrumental in making sure Ciotte, Jackson, and the other players that eventually agreed to throw the series 'kept' their part of the bargain.

"On September 28th, the eight ballplayers, Attell, and several other gamblers were indicted for conspiring to defraud the public and injure the business of Charles Comiskey and the American League (Illinois had no law about fixing games). All were acquitted, particularly after Cicotte's and Jackson's transcripts disappeared" ("Black Sox Scandal," Eastland Memorial Society, 2000). But the players were still banned for life, and a new commissioner of baseball was appointed, to create a cleaner image for the game.

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