New York businessman and gambler Arnold Rothstein was believed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox Scandal, in which the 1919 World Series was fixed, giving the series to which team?
1919 Chicago White Sox season Buck Weaver Lefty Williams NL Cincinnati Reds (5) vs. AL Chicago White Sox (3) The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The name "Black Sox" also refers to the Chicago White Sox team from that era. Eight members of the Chicago franchise were banned from baseball for throwing (intentionally losing) games. The conspiracy was the brainchild of White Sox first baseman Arnold "Chick" Gandil and Joseph "Sport" Sullivan, who was a professional gambler of Gandil's acquaintance. New York gangster Arnold Rothstein supplied the major
Arnold Rothstein Guardia rose in prominence and was elected Mayor of New York City in 1933. Ten years after his death, Harry Rothstein, Arnold's brother, declared Rothstein's estate bankrupt and Arnold's wealth disappeared. Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 6, 1928) nicknamed "the Brain", was an American racketeer, businessman and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish mob in New York City. Rothstein was widely reputed to have organized corruption in professional athletics, including conspiring to fix the 1919 World Series. According to crime writer Leo Katcher, Rothstein "transformed organized crime from a thuggish activity by hoodlums into