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A Return to Normalcy

Rothstein is about to leave for Scotland to escape an indictment for fixing the 1919 World Series when Luciano and Lansky suggest setting up a meeting with Nucky to end their war.

Anderson Joes

Shoeless Joe Jackson is not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame due to the Black Sox Scandal, when he and seven other players were accused of "throwing" the 1919 World Series.

Charles Becker

Pietrusza, David (2003) Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series.

Chicago: City on the Make

Unrivaled in its depiction of Chicago's downtrodden, the essay recounts the repeated ways Chicago sells out its dreams and disappoints its dreamers, including the 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which eight Chicago White Sox players were accused of accepting bribes to throw the world series.

Hyman Roth

When Vito asks him who he admired, Suchowsky says Arnold Rothstein for fixing the 1919 World Series; accordingly, he changes his last name to Roth.

Lawrence Duhé

His band was popular in Chicago clubs and dance halls, and played in the stands at the notorious 1919 World Series.

Willie Humphrey

After establishing himself with such New Orleans bands as the Excelsior and George McCullum's band, Humphrey traveled up north, playing with such other New Orleans musicians as Lawrence Duhé, and King Oliver in Chicago (Photos show Humphrey with Duhé's band playing in the stands for the infamous 1919 World Series).

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