On March 12, 1921 Buck Weaver Claims Title
1921: While the eight Chicago White Sox accused of throwing the 1919 World Series await trial, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, just two months on the job, suspends the players. Landis’ ruling follows a report that the trial in Chicago will be delayed.
“I deeply regret the postponement of these cases.” Landis says. “However, baseball is not powerless to protect itself. All of the indicted players have today been placed on the ineligible list.”
The eight players are Shoeless Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver, Claude “Lefty” Williams, “Happy” Felsch and Fred McMullen. They will be acquitted by a jury in August, but Landis will ban the Black Sox for life.
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