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	Happy Felsch - BR Bullpen
		Happy Felsch, one of the "Black Sox", was "born with a smile", according to his father.
		Felsch was a better defensive outfielder, but Bonilla was the one able to go on to a long, financially-lucrative career.
		Although acquitted in the Black Sox criminal trial, Happy never appeared again in major league baseball, as he and seven other implicated teammates were banned for life by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Happy_Felsch (678 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Happy Felsch
		Happy Felsch was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1891.
		Felsch finished the 1917 campaign with a.308 average (5th in the AL), 102 RBI (2nd in the AL), and 26 stolen bases.
		Happy Felsch, one of the "Black Sox", was "born with a smile", according to his father.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Happy-Felsch (341 words)

	Happy Felsch Information
		Oscar Emil "Happy" Felsch (August 22, 1891 – August 17, 1964) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920.
		Happy Felsch was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and began his baseball career with the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, and was sold to the White Sox, making his major league debut on April 14.
		In 1919, Felsch agreed to join a group of White Sox players that planned to intentionally lose the World Series in exchange for monetary payments from a network of gamblers.
	www.bookrags.com /Happy_Felsch (252 words)

	Black Sox scandal: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The seven were the starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams, outfielders Shoeless Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch, and infielders Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver and Fred McMullin.
		Sullivan and his two associates, Bill Burns and Bill Maharg, somewhat out of their depth, approached the wealthy New York gambler Arnold Rothstein[?] to provide the money for the players, who were promised a total of $100,000.
		Felsch's throw was off line, and the opposing pitcher was safe at third.
	www.encyclopedian.com /bl/Black-Sox-scandal.html (1856 words)

	Oscar "Happy" Felsch
		Felsch finished the 1917 campaign with a.308 average (5th in the AL), 102 RBI (2nd in the AL), and 26 stolen bases.
		Felsch, along with teammates, Gandil, Risberg, Jackson, Weaver, Fred McMullin, Eddie Ciciotte, and Lefty Williams, was indicted for conspiring to defraud the public and ruin Comiskey's business by deliberately losing the 1919 World Series.
		Wherever he played however, Felsch was never able to overcome the stigma of the fix, facing taunts and jeers from fans as well as opposing players.
	z.lee28.tripod.com /therest/id28.html (959 words)

	Happy Felsch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Felsch recieved $5,000 dollars for his role in the fix.
		One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder - Swift
		Happy Valley mom stabs son in the face over popcorn argument
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Happy_Felsch.html (644 words)

	Happy Felsch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Happy Felsch batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each...
		Happy Felsch Oscar Emil Felsch (1891-1964) Felsch wasn't so happy when he was banished from baseball after the 1920 season; he was one of the eight Chicago White Sox...
		Center fielder Happy Felsch won the team's triple crown and his 102 RBIs was just one shy of the league's lead.
	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Happy_Felsch (253 words)

	BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project.
		Felsch, one of twelve children of German immigrants, rose to the pinnacle of the baseball world only to be consigned forever to the sport's hell.
		Felsch, the hometown idol, responded to a rousing ovation from the 5,000 fans with a 2-for-4 day on April 10.(72) The Sox proceeded to stay in the 1920 pennant race until the events of a turbulent September caused them to succumb to the Cleveland Indians.
		Felsch actually wanted the author to stay longer as the conversation appeared to be liberating for him.(140) Pegler and Reutlinger did not experience this advantageous passing of time.
	bioproj.sabr.org /bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=707&pid=4328 (11922 words)

	Happy Felsch information - Search.com
		Oscar Emil "Happy" Felsch (August 22, 1891 – August 17, 1964) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920.
		Happy Felsch was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and began his baseball career with the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, and was sold to the White Sox, making his major league debut on April 14.
		Felsch received $5,000 for his role in the fix.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Happy_Felsch (299 words)

	Superhero Historians
		Now it was up to Happy Felsch to let the ball drop in, he could have done it easily without looking bad… but he didn’t.
		Felsch caught the ball and it was clear to Cicotte that some of the other guys would not lose the game on purpose.
		Happy Felsch went 0 for 3 with a sacrifice bunt to move Shoeless Joe over in the 2nd.
	superherohistorians.com /index.php/site/play_ball_game_one (565 words)

	MAJOR BASEBALL \| FAVORITE NAMES
		Felsch wasn't so happy when he was banished from baseball after the 1920 season; he was one of the eight Chicago White Sox players suspected of throwing the 1919 World Series.
		Felsch, a lifetime.293 hitter, batted.192 in the Series and made two outfield errors.
		According to www.baseballlibrary.com, Felsch told author Eliot Asinof, "There was so much crookedness around, you sort of fell into it." Felsch said gamblers forced him to throw more games during the 1920 season.
	major-smolinski.com /fnF.html (1338 words)

	Happy Felsch Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Happy Felsch was born on Saturday, August 22, 1891, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
		Felsch was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1915, with the Chicago White Sox.
		Did you know that you can compare Happy Felsch to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1915 American League season?
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=felscha01 (296 words)

	Black Sox Blog » 1917 White Sox
		Happy Felsch was the only Sox hitter who really got it going. He had three of the five hits in the game and he had a single, a double a triple and he scored the only White Sox run the game.
		Happy Felsch had a solid game at the plate. He went two for three with a walk and a run.
		Happy Felsch and Chick Gandil each had two singles in the loss. Swede Risberg and Ray Schalk both doubled and scored a run.
	www.blacksoxblog.com /category/1917-white-sox (1713 words)

	Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
		Happy Felsch then grounded back to Benton, who saw Collins break from third and threw to Zimmerman in an attempt to get Collins hung up.
		Jackson moved to third and Felsch to second during rundown, and they scored Chick Gandil's single.
		The Giants cut the deficit to one with a two-run fifth, but the White Sox salted away the victory and their second World Series crown with an insurance run in the ninth, winning, 4-2.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/worldseries/1917.html (578 words)

	Happy Felsch \| BaseballLibrary.com
		A superb centerfielder with exceptional range and a rifle arm, Felsch still shares the records for double plays by an outfielder in a season (15) and assists in a game (4).
		Years later, Felsch told author Eliot Asinof, "There was so much crookedness around, you sort of fell into it.
		Sox C Schalk is the 2nd man to be thrown out of a WS game when he disagrees with the call on Heinie Groh's slide at home.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/F/Felsch_Happy.stm (954 words)

	1917 White Sox
		Center fielder Happy Felsch won the team's triple crown and his 102 RBIs was just one shy of the league's lead.
		Meanwhile the Sox boasted a stellar mound threesome of Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, and Red Faber.
		Eight Chicago players, including Jackson, Cicotte, Felsch, and Williams, conspired in various degrees to throw the series.
	pages.prodigy.net /macknife13/17chi.htm (411 words)

	On This Day in Wisconsin History
		On this date Oscar Emil (Happy) Felsch was born in Milwaukee.
		In 1920, the world of baseball was stunned to learn that members of the Chicago White Sox colluded with professional gamblers and agreed to throw the previous World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
		Eight players, including Felsch, were indicted for participating in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /thisday/?action=search&month=8&day=22 (177 words)

	Happy Felsch Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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		Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..
	www.baseball-reference.com /f/felscha01.shtml (391 words)

	Amazon.com: "Happy Felsch": Key Phrase page
		See all pages with references to "Happy Felsch".
		Happy Felsch lapped it up: he recalled-aptly-that when he was a kid,...
		It would mean a lot to Happy Felsch." "Consider it done," I say, hardly thinking of the time, the money, the backbreaking labor it would entail.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Happy-Felsch (375 words)

	Historic Baseball : After having 8 players banned, the 1921 White Sox were terrible
		Gone were Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Happy Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, Swede Risberg, Lefty Williams and Fred McMullin.
		Manager Kid Gleason entered the 1921 season with a mix of aging veterans and newcomers.
		After losing the combined 26 home runs and 236 runs batted in from the banning of Happy Felsch and Joe Jackson, and losing Nemo Liebold to a broken hand, the White Sox found outfield replacements in Harry Hooper, Amos Strunk and Bibb Falk.
	www.historicbaseball.com /teams/1921whitesox.html (592 words)

	Confession of claude Lefty Williams
		Gandil called me to one side, out in front of the Hotel Ansonia, and put this thing to me....
		After coming back to Chicago, I was called down to the Warner Hotel where the eight members that are named -not eight, I will take that back: I will name them for you: Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, Buck Weaver, and Happy Felsch, and two fellows introduced as Brown and Sullivan.
		We just dropped in one at a time; there was Buck Weaver, Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, and myself.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/williamsconfession.html (621 words)

	1919 Black Sox
		He purchased several minor leaguers including Happy Felsch, Lefty Williams, Swede Risberg and Fred McMullin.
		By 1917 the White Sox were a solid ballclub.
		Happy Felsch tied two Major League records June 23 (twelve chances in a nine-inning game) and August 14th (four assists in the outfield).
	www.1919blacksox.com /whitesox2.htm (285 words)

	The Eight Men
		Happy still shares records for the most double plays (15) by an outfielder during a season and number of assists in a single game (4).
		Happy ran a tavern in Milwaukee and was constantly embroiled in fights with argumentative drinkers about 1919.
		Felsch finally got tired of arguing and gave it up.
	www.blackbetsy.com /soxplayr.htm (1154 words)

	McFarland Baseball - Publisher of Pop Culture, Scholarly Books - The 1917 White Sox Their World Championship ...
		Though they could not be listed among the 25, or 50, or even 75 of the best teams in the game's history, given what happened in 1919 and after, they were good enough to win it all in 1917 and on their way at that point to a greatness of an even more enduring nature.
		The nucleus of this championship aggregation, with Joe Jackson, 27, Hap Felsch, 25, Eddie Collins, 30, Buck Weaver, 26, Ray Schalk, 24, and pitchers Red Faber, 28, Lefty Williams, 24 and Eddie Cicotte, at 33 the elder statesman among them, could be expected to roll along at top speed another several seasons, and did.
		With the advent of Eddie Collins, a foundation piece dating to 1915, and Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch and Lefty Williams in 1916, the Comiskeymen gave the Red Sox and other contenders fits in the race for the 1916 pennant.
	www.mcfarlandbaseball.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14 (1423 words)

	BallparkGuys.com
		The local nine finally pushed their first run across in the bottom of the seventh, when Felsch doubled down the right field stripe and first baseman Chick Gandil swatted a clean single to left.
		Felsch was barely plated before Gandil was gunned down at second base while trying to advance.
		Felsch wasn't at first base long, though, as he gave Cincinnati a taste of its own medicine and stole second.
	www.ballparkguys.com /features/1919_replay/1919_World_Series_game_3.htm (1298 words)

	What Every Baseball Fan Should Know: The Black Sox Scandal part 1
		That same inning he deflected a throw from the outfield, supposedly in an attempt to cut it off, when it most certainly was in time to catch the runner and prevent him from scoring.
		Happy Felsch (CF): Happy hit.275 during the regular season with 7 home runs and 86 RBI’s in 1919.
		Happy admitted to taking $5000 but also said that he never had a chance to throw the game and didn’t know if he would have “had the nerve” to do it, if given the chance.
	www.athomeplate.com /blacksox1.shtml (1410 words)

	Happy Felsch (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Hap_Felsch (1454 words)

	1917 Sox no longer live in obscurity
		Oscar "Happy" Felsch: He's best remembered for his involvement in the Black Sox scandal of 1919, but two seasons earlier, Felsch ranked as the most productive White Sox outfielder.
		Unfortunately, Felsch's Major League career lasted only six seasons and ended in the midst of his prime years -- a direct result of his banishment by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
		The underrated Happy Felsch provided the strongest defensive presence, with a quick first step and a strong throwing arm in center field.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/content/printer_friendly/cws/y2005/m10/d17/c1253474.jsp (1270 words)

	1919 World Series Game 6
		Felsch could manage only a weak popup to shortstop Larry Kopf, but first baseman Chick Gandil delivered in his turn at the plate, lashing another single to right.
		Duncan’s bid for a sixth extra-base hit nestled snugly in Felsch’s glove, however, and it appeared as if the White Sox’ young southpaw would escape the inning with nothing more than a scare.
		Felsch greeted the new Cincinnati pitcher with a high-hopper that eluded Reds infielders long enough to allow him to safely advance with an infield single and the White Sox had runners on first and second with nobody out.
	www.ballparkguys.com /features/1919_replay/1919_World_Series_game_6.htm (1364 words)

	East Texas and the Black Sox.
		It was, however, front-page news across America and, despite being acquitted of criminal charges, the eight players were banned from professional baseball for life.
		The eight were the great “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude (Lefty) Williams, outfielder Oscar (Happy) Felsch, and infielders Buck Weaver, Fred McMullin, Charles (Swede) Risberg and Arnold (Chick) Gandil.
		When Gandil’s story was published, Happy Felsch and Eddie Cicotte said Chick told “the real story.” Felsch denied getting any money or doing anything to throw a game.
	www.texasescapes.com /AllThingsHistorical/East-Texas-and-the-Black-Sox-BB605.htm (603 words)

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