On September 27, 1865, gambler Kane McLoughlin paid William Wansley $100 to ensure that the Brooklyn Eckfords would beat the Mutuals of New York. Wansley bribed Mutuals shortstop Tom Devyr and third baseman Ed Duffy to join the plot. The result was a 23-11 win by the Eckfords in a game marked by "passed balls and...muffed easy flys." Baseball was faced with its first gambling scandal. This is a comprehensive account of gambling and game fixing scandals that have gripped the nation. Attention is rightly focused on the best known incidents (e.g., the Black Sox scandal and the Pete Rose case), but the lesser known scandals are covered in-depth as well. Included are two chapters on game fixing scandals in the minor leagues.
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"a valuable addition to any sports reference collection" -- Public Library Quarterly
"an interesting and well-grounded history...an important contribution" -- Nine
"an interesting and well-grounded history...an important contribution" -- Nine
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Daniel E. Ginsburg lives in Calistoga, California.
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To understand fully why Pete Rose is not in the Hall of Fame, one should read this book and understand how Gambling nearly destroyed the national past time. This is not a book you can scan you must read this to fully to understand the gambling evil and how the owners and powers of baseball at the turn of the 20th Century ignored the problem which later gave us the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Mr Ginsburg does a great job in researching all the scandals. This book should be a must read for all who express the injustice to Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson.
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