1919 Black Sox Scandal
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The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black Sox Scandal | 18 |
| 1919 Black Sox scandal | 11 |
| 1919 Black Sox Scandal canonical | 4 |
| Black Sox scandal | 3 |
| Black Sox conspirators | 2 |
| Black Sox players | 2 |
| 1919 World Series game-fixing conspiracy | 1 |
| Black Sox Series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T144899 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1919 Black Sox Scandal Context triple: [Chicago White Sox, notableEvent, 1919 Black Sox Scandal]
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A.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
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1918 World Series
The 1918 World Series was the championship series in which the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs, marking the Red Sox’s last title before an 86-year championship drought often associated with the "Curse of the Bambino."
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1905 World Series
The 1905 World Series was Major League Baseball’s second modern championship, in which the New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Athletics in a best-of-seven series dominated by pitching, especially that of Christy Mathewson.
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1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season
The 1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season was a dramatic, unexpected pennant-winning campaign that revitalized the franchise and city, highlighted by Carl Yastrzemski’s MVP and Triple Crown performance.
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E.
1912 World Series
The 1912 World Series was the championship series in which the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants in a dramatic eight-game matchup, highlighted by multiple extra-inning contests and a famous Game 8 comeback.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1919 Black Sox Scandal Target entity description: The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
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A.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
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B.
1918 World Series
The 1918 World Series was the championship series in which the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs, marking the Red Sox’s last title before an 86-year championship drought often associated with the "Curse of the Bambino."
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C.
1905 World Series
The 1905 World Series was Major League Baseball’s second modern championship, in which the New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Athletics in a best-of-seven series dominated by pitching, especially that of Christy Mathewson.
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D.
1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season
The 1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season was a dramatic, unexpected pennant-winning campaign that revitalized the franchise and city, highlighted by Carl Yastrzemski’s MVP and Triple Crown performance.
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E.
1912 World Series
The 1912 World Series was the championship series in which the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants in a dramatic eight-game matchup, highlighted by multiple extra-inning contests and a famous Game 8 comeback.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball scandal
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match fixing scandal ⓘ sports scandal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1919 World Series fixing scandal
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1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sox Scandal
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| bannedPlayer |
Buck Weaver
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Chick Gandil ⓘ Eddie Cicotte ⓘ Fred McMullin ⓘ Happy Felsch ⓘ Lefty Williams ⓘ Shoeless Joe Jackson ⓘ Swede Risberg ⓘ |
| city |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
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| commissioner | Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ |
| commissionerResponse | Creation of the office of the Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ |
| competition | 1919 World Series ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | damaged public trust in the integrity of Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| description | A conspiracy in which several Chicago White Sox players agreed with gamblers to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series. ⓘ |
| gamblerInvolved |
Abe Attell
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Meyer Wolfsheim ⓘ
surface form:
Arnold Rothstein
Bill Burns ⓘ Billy Maharg ⓘ Joseph "Sport" Sullivan ⓘ |
| governingBodyDecision | players were banned from baseball despite acquittal ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | considered one of the most famous sports scandals in American history ⓘ |
| inPopularCulture |
depicted in the book and film "Eight Men Out"
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referenced in the novel and film "The Natural" ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| ledTo | appointment of Kenesaw Mountain Landis as first Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | players were acquitted in a 1921 criminal trial ⓘ |
| location |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| motivation | financial gain through gambling payoffs ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesInSeries | 9 ⓘ |
| opponentTeam | Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| playerInvolved |
Buck Weaver
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Chick Gandil ⓘ Eddie Cicotte ⓘ Fred McMullin ⓘ Happy Felsch ⓘ Lefty Williams ⓘ Shoeless Joe Jackson ⓘ Swede Risberg ⓘ |
| punishment | lifetime bans from organized baseball for eight Chicago White Sox players ⓘ |
| result | Cincinnati Reds won the 1919 World Series ⓘ |
| seriesResult | Cincinnati Reds 5–3 Chicago White Sox ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| teamInvolved | Chicago White Sox ⓘ |
| typeOfFixing | intentionally losing games ⓘ |
| year | 1919 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1919 Black Sox Scandal Description of subject: The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was a notorious Major League Baseball game-fixing scheme in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
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Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Michigan, United States
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Chick Gandil
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