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	Chick Gandil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arnold "Chick" Gandil (January 19, 1887 – December 13, 1970) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball.
		Sullivan, after consulting with his gambling acquaintances, assured Gandil that the fix was on, and that $100,000 in total would be paid to the players.
		Gandil further claimed in his story that he never received his share of any of the money paid by the gamblers, and that he had no idea what happened to that money.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chick_Gandil (466 words)

	Chick Gandil \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Sullivan had rich and powerful friends, and his friendships with ballplayers like Gandil were crucial to a World Series fixing scheme he planned to pull off.
		Gandil rejoined the White Sox in 1917 as their regular first baseman, but he was a malcontent, and was later considered to be the ringleader of the 1919 WS fix.
		Gandil refused to play for Charlie Comiskey in 1920, due to a salary dispute with the penurious owner.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gandil_Chick.stm (740 words)

	TheDeadballEra.com :: BAD TO THE BONE: CHICK GANDIL
		By Age 17, Chick Gandil ran away from home to play ball in towns along the badlands of the Arizona-Mexico border.
		Gandil rejoined the White Sox in 1917 as the regular first baseman, but, like many on the team, was a malcontent and was subject to a bad temper and a selfish personality.
		Gandil refused to play for Comiskey in 1920, due to a salary dispute with the cheap owner.
	www.thedeadballera.com /BadBoneGandil.html (221 words)

	Chick Gandil - Birthday, occupation and personality
		Chick Gandil (January 19, 1887 - December 13, 1970) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball.
		Arnold Gandil was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Swiss immigrants Christian and Louise Gandil.
		So, instead they decided to betray the gamblers, keep the Gandil's account suggests that the pressure the players felt, because of what they'd conspired to do combined with the scrutiny they knew there were under from others' suspicions, may have contributed to their making poor plays at times.
	www.mysticgames.com /EditCelebs.cfm?ID=57205 (455 words)

	1919 Black Sox
		It was during this period that Chick also fought in the boxing ring where he earned $150 per fight and worked part time as a boilermaker in the nearby copper mines.
		On Feburary 25,1917, Chick was reacquired by the White Sox for $3,500.
		Chick Gandil suffered from heart disease and emphysema and died of cardiac failure on December 13,1970.
	www.1919blacksox.com /gandil2.htm (675 words)

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		Gandil offered up the series in return for $80,000.00 in cash to be divvied up amongst the players he could get interested in the fix.
		Gandil was successful in recruiting pitching ace Eddie Cicotte, second hurler Claude Williams, shortstop Charles Risberg, third baseman George Weaver, Happy Felsch, Shoeless Joe Jackson and a bench player named Fred McMullin who had to be included after he overheard the plot.
		Gandil was stuck in the middle and did not see this as an option, knowing that Rothstein and his group were not blowing smoke when they had threatened the players earlier, so Gandil pleaded with the gamblers to keep the peace and come through with the promised monies.
	www.bgsports.com /articles.asp?fpartID=3134 (1641 words)

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		Gandil, knowing that Cicotte was nearing the end of his career and was in debt and needing money, decided that he would be a good person to start with.
		Gandil then went after another pitcher as he knew that getting pitchers in on the fix would be the main part of making the fix work.
		When Gandil told him that Cicotte was in and the fix go on with or with out him, Williams decided that he would be a part of the fix too.
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	Eastland Memorial Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gandil had observed Cicotte's outburst and realized for the first time that his punitive idea of fixing the Series might become a reality.
		Gandil met with gambler Joseph 'Sport' Sullivan three weeks before the start of the World Series, since the Sox were way ahead in the standings.
		Gandil had met previously with Sullivan in Boston when playing for Washington, and often gave Sullivan little tips as to game conditions.
	www.eastlandmemorial.org /landis0.shtml (3578 words)

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	An Account of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal and 1921 Trial
		Gandil claims he initially told Sullivan a fix involving seven or eight players was impossible.
		Gandil met with Sport Sullivan the next morning to tell him the fix was on, provided that he could come up with $80,000 for the players before the Series began.
		Gandil and the rest of players in on the fix were angry at so far receiving only a fraction of their promised money.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/blacksoxaccount.html (4744 words)

	Sports: Black Sox scandal: Chicago throws 1919 World Series
		Gandil supposedly told Jackson to take it or leave it because the fix was in anyway.
		Gandil may have lied and said Shoeless Joe was part of the scheme, essential since Jackson was the star of the team.
		Gandil split the $20,000 evenly among Risberg, Felsch, Williams and Jackson.
	www.sptimes.com /News/122299/Sports/Black_Sox_scandal__Ch.shtml (892 words)

	Chapter I Outlaw Baseball Players in the Copper League: 1925-1927 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Just before the visit by Landis it was rumored that the Chino team, in addition to keeping Chick Gandil as manager, was going to bring in Hap Felsch and Buck Weaver, free from his Douglas commitment.
		When Chino arrived to begin the series in Fort Bayard they released the news that their manager and star player, Chick Gandil, had resigned just before the playoff was to begin and had left the area.
		After being with the Chino team for almost a year and a half, Gandil had taken the Twins from the cellar of the six team league to the championship of the four team league.
	www.bevillsadvocate.org /histweb/CHAPTER5.html (2611 words)

	Free Essay Black Sox Scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gandil demanded $80,000 in cash for himself and whomever else he could convince to join his devious plan.
		Gandil lied; he told Burns they were going to throw the game, when in fact they hadn't yet decided what to do.
		Gandil and the rest of players in on the fix were angry at so far receiving only a fraction of their promised payoff.
	www.echeat.com /essay.php/essay.php?t=28582 (2454 words)

	Time to Revisit the 1919 "Black Sox?" - Baseball Fever
		Gandil was often cast as a ring leader of the plot to throw the 1919 World Series.
		Gandil seemed to be at peace with himself over his role in the scandal that had rocked baseball to its very foundation.
		Gandil continued: “I truthfully wanted to go to our manager Kid Gleason and tell him the whole story, but I knew it wouldn’t be that simple.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=42900 (6319 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / SAY IT AIN’T SO, JOE!
		After the Series was over, Gandil seemed to be spending freely, and it was argued that if he had bet his shoes on his own team, he would have been in no position to throw his money around.
		Gandil claimed that the plot originated in Boston, in September, 1919, when he and Cicotte were approached by a gambler named “Sport” Sullivan, who suggested that they get together seven or eight players to throw the Series.
		According to Gandil their intention was to double-cross Rothstein by keeping his money and playing to win; in effect, this is what they did.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1960/4/1960_4_24.shtml (5756 words)

	The Major Players
		Gandil had known Sullivan for about 9 years and knew that Sullivan was the kind of a guy who could raise the $80,000.00 Gandil wanted to fix the Series.
		Former Major League pitcher, met with Eddie Cicotte and Chick Gandil at the Ansonia Hotel in New York City.
		Gandil contacts some second rate gambler knowing full well it could expose the fix.
	www.blackbetsy.com /jjmajor.htm (1739 words)

	East Texas and the Black Sox. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When the scandal broke, Gandil was hospitalized in Lufkin -- then a community of a few thousand people in East Texas -- having his appendix removed.
		Just why Gandil had his operation in remote Lufkin is not clear, but from his hospital bed Gandil reacted strongly to the Black Sox scandal and promised he would come to Chicago as soon as possible to clear up his side of the story.
		Gandil contended, however, that the 1919 series was played on the level.
	www.texasescapes.com /AllThingsHistorical/East-Texas-and-the-Black-Sox-BB605.htm (611 words)

	Shoeless Joe Jackson Court Transcripts
		Gandill said that we got double crossed through Abe Attel, he got the money and refused toturn it over to him.
		A What made think it was, Gandil going out on the coast, so I was told, I was surmising what I heard, they came back and told me he had a summer home, big automobile, doesn?t do a lick of work; I know I can?t do that way.
		Those banned from baseball by the Commissioner for their actions during the 1919 World Series were: Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, Chick Gandil, Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Swede Risberg, Lefty Williams and Buck Weaver.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /articles/joejackson.shtml (4749 words)

	The Eight Men (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gandil was the author of the scheme and his connections to bookies and organized gamblers were crucial to fixing the World Series.
		Chick was a plumber and a tinkerer at odd jobs.
		He joined Chick Gandil as one of the ringleaders of the fix.
	www.blackbetsy.com /soxplayr.htm (1154 words)

	The grand old game withstands a wallop - 1919 Black Sox scandal Sporting News, The - Find Articles
		Shortstop Swede Risberg and first baseman Chick Gandil refused to talk to Collins, who had to depend on catcher Ray Schalk if he wanted to be thrown the ball during infield practice.
		Gandil saw a golden opportunity to make good money with the World's Series -- money that Sox Owner Charles A. Comiskey, The Noblest Roman of Them All in name only, was not about to provide.
		Gandil apparently did the talking to the gamblers, and they worked out the deal to throw the Series.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n16_v218/ai_15820503 (1064 words)

	Notes from the Shadows of Cooperstown
		Chick had gone on record in the past about standing firm, and this time he followed through.
		I have found no hard evidence that Chick made enough money on the Fix to retire; there were reports that he had made some by betting on the Reds.
		Gandil said the Series was a genuine upset victory earned by the Reds, and he compared it to the 1954 Cleveland Indians team, which had won 111 games, being swept in the October classic by the New York Giants.
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	This Great Game 1919: Say it Ain’t So
		Buck Weaver, Chick Gandil, outfielder Nemo Liebold and utility infielder Fred McMullin all batted at or near.300.
		Gandil immediately set out to ring in as many players as he could to go in on the fix.
		Jackson reportedly begged manager Gleason not to play him; Gandil was hesitant at the lack of promised money; and Buck Weaver decided to back out entirely, though he kept his knowledge of the fix a secret—a move that would haunt him until his dying days.
	www.thisgreatgame.com /1919.html (2019 words)

	History Files - Chicago Black Sox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During court testimony, Jackson relates his suspicion that "Chick" Gandil had cheated the other players out of money from the gamblers.
		Gandil said that we got double crossed through Abe Attel, he got the money and refused to turn it over to him.
		I don't think Gandil was crossed as much as he crossed us.
	www.chicagohs.org /history/blacksox/jackso02.html (191 words)

	1919 Black Sox
		Gandil had not only initiated and organized the fix with gamblers two weeks before the start of the World Series, he was also responsible for recruiting and paying the players involved in the fix.
		During the regular season of 1919, Chick's salary was $4,000.
		In a 1956 Sports Illustrated interview, Chick Gandil admitted that the 1919 World Series had been fixed, but claimed that the White Sox loss to the Reds was "pure baseball fortune."
	www.1919blacksox.com /gandil.htm (195 words)

	Legends of the Game
		CHICK GANDIL Gandil, Arnold b: 1/19/1887, St.Paul, Minn. d: 12/13/70, Calistoga, Cal. BR/TR, 6'1.5", 190 lbs.
		Chick will forever be connected with the infamous 'Black Sox' scandal of 1919.
		It was charged by other players implicated in the scandal that Gandhil was the initial go-between with the gamblers.
	www.deadball.com /gandhil.htm (72 words)

	1919 World Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The conspiracy was the brainchild of White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil and Joseph "Sport" Sullivan, a professional gambler of his acquaintance.
		During the 1919 baseball season the Chicago White Sox had shown themselves to be the best team in the leagues and, having clinched the American League pennant, were installed as the bookmaker's favorites to defeat the Cincinnati Reds in the Series.
		It was a decision that would leave him broke, as Chicago scored early - Gandil himself driving in two runs - and Kerr was masterful, holding the Reds to 3 hits in throwing a complete game shutout and a 3-0 victory.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/1919_world_series (1773 words)

	Timelines - This Day in Alternate History
		White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil is ejected in the sixth inning and suspended for the next five games after he decks the home plate umpire in frustration over a disputed strike call.
		Event Description: Chick Gandil is arrested on assault and battery charges after slugging a Chicago steakhouse patron who he overheard calling him "a dirty thief".
		Event Description: Chick Gandil is killed in a plane crash 15 miles south of Los Angeles.
	www.othertimelines.com /testing/viewtimeline.php?timelineID=773 (2484 words)

	The Business of Baseball :: Commentary :: Shoeless Joe Jackson: From "Tragedy" to Farce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Only seven players were involved in the plot; the eighth, Buck Weaver, was charged only with knowing about the scheme but failing to report it.
		Gandil said that we got double crossed through Abe Attell, he got the money and refused to turn it over to him.
		So did ringleader Chick Gandil, when he told his story for the first time thirty years later.
	www.businessofbaseball.com /shoelessjoe.htm (714 words)

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