Shoeless Joe And The Black Sox Scandal
After winning the 1906 World Series, the Chicago White Sox were not
able to maintain their position of number one. They remained in the middle
of the American League until 1915 when a new manager, Clarence Rowland and
a new star, Joe Jackson, joined the team. Joe Jackson was a star from
South Carolina who was known as "Shoeless" Joe because of his poverty-
stricken childhood. Joe Jackson was dubbed "The finest natural hitter in
the history of the game." In 1917 the White Sox won one hundred games in
the regular season and went on to defeat the New York Giants in the W ....
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