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| | 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. |
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