"That's the whelp of a beaten cur."

Ban Johnson
American League Commissioner, 1919
upon hearing Comiskey's fears about the Series

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  • Comiskey is crying for help!
  • He suspects his players are laying down!
  • Johnson blows off the whole problem!
  • Does nothing to investigate the fix until too late!
  • He'd rather see Comiskey humiliated...
  • ...than determine the truth of the matter!

    • The Black Sox scandal shocked the public and led to demands that baseball police itself:

    The baseball men responded by appointing Judge Landis to rule the game as
    Commissioner of Baseball, and     Ban Johnson faded into irrelevance

     Comiskey quote
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