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A Source Analysis Of The 1919 Chicago Black Sox, Jordan P. Fields
A Source Analysis Of The 1919 Chicago Black Sox, Jordan P. Fields
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects
In this thesis, I discuss the relation between Chicago Tribune articles and secondary sources covering the Chicago White Sox and the 1919 World Series. The Chicago Black Sox, as they became known, fixed the World Series in an attempt to receive money from gamblers. This was reported on by the Chicago Tribune and later summarized, analyzed, and explained by various historians and authors. I start by analyzing the Chicago Tribune’s account of the events from the 1919 World Series to see if the writers noticed anything suspicious about the series. Next, I look at the Tribune’s account of …