1919 World Series GAME 2 Cincinnati Reds v Chicago White Sox Ticket Stub PSA

Description

This is a sale for
a VERY VERY SPECIAL
100%
authentic & original ticket STUB in POOR (MK) condition
for the
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
at the CINCINNATI REDS
f
or
GAME 2 of the 1919 WORLD SERIES at Redland Field in Cincinnati, OH.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT TICKET, for a host of reasons.
1) T
his is a
Shoeless Joe Jackson and other all-time greats played World Series game and involved in the infamous 1919 BLACK SOX scandal!!!
2) The Series featured many Hall of Famer's including: the White Sox's Eddie Collins, Ray Schalk, & Red Faber (DNP) and the Reds' Edd Roush.
3) This is a legit actual ticket, not a proof!!!
4) The ticket has been graded and encapsulated by PSA with a Grade of Poor(MK) 1 and code # 63374393.
CONDITION:
the two most notable flaws is the clipped top right corner (near the Row #) and the small tear just above "CLUB." The little piece is actually still attached that would complete the 'hole' but given this is nearly a 110 year old piece of paper, I'm going to leave it alone and the next owner of this piece of iconic history can venture down trying to bend it back to place. Otherwise, normal surface, edge, corner rounding wear can be seen. The back is awesome, clearly not attached to a scrapbook which was so common in the day.
Game/Series Highlights include:
In the 1919 World Series, the Cincinnati Red's beat the Chicago White Sox five games to three.
The 1919 World Series matched the American League champion Chicago White Sox against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. Although most World Series have been of the best-of-seven format, the 1919 World Series was a best-of-nine series. Baseball decided to try the best-of-nine format partly to increase popularity of the sport and partly to generate more revenue.
The events of the series are often associated with the Black Sox Scandal, when several members of the Chicago franchise conspired with gamblers, allegedly led by Arnold Rothstein, to throw the World Series games. The 1919 World Series was the last World Series to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball in place. In August 1920, despite being acquitted from criminal charges, eight players from the White Sox were banned from organized baseball for fixing the series (or having knowledge about the fix).
All was not well in the White Sox camp. Tension between many of the players and owner Comiskey was quite high, given his penny-pinching ways memorialized in two urban legends: (1) that he told Gleason to shut down Cicotte in the last days of the regular season to prevent him from winning 30 games, a milestone which would have earned him a sizeable ,000 bonus; (2) that many derided the White Sox as the Black Sox because Comiskey wouldn't pay to have their uniforms laundered regularly, and they became blacker and blacker due to accumulated sweat, grime, and dirt.
The conspirators got an unexpected assist when flu-stricken Faber was left off the World Series roster. Indeed, years later catcher Schalk said that had Faber been healthy, there never would have been a fix (since he almost certainly would have gotten starts that went to Cicotte and/or Williams). Despite their many wins on the field, the White Sox were an unhappy team. No club played better in 1919, but few were paid so poorly. Many knowledgeable observers believe that it was Comiskey's stinginess that is largely to blame for the Black Sox scandal.
Stories of the "Black Sox" scandal have usually included Comiskey in its gallery of subsidiary villains, focusing in particular on his intentions regarding a clause in Cicotte's contract that would have paid Cicotte an additional ,000 bonus for winning 30 games. According to Eliot Asinof's account of the events, Eight Men Out, Cicotte was "rested" for the season's final two weeks after reaching his 29th win presumably to deny him the bonus, but the truth may be more complex. Cicotte won his 29th game on September 19, had an ineffective start on September 24 and was pulled after a few innings in a tuneup on the season's final day, September 28 (three days before the Series opener). In addition, Cicotte reportedly agreed to the fix the same day he won his 29th game before he could have known of any efforts to deny him a chance to win his 30th. The story was probably true with regard to the 1917 season, however, when Cicotte won 28 games and hurled the White Sox to the world championship.
GAME 2 SUMMARY:
Although they had not received their money, the players were still willing to go through with the fix. "Lefty" Williams, the starting pitcher in Game 2, was not going to be as obvious as Cicotte. After a shaky start, he pitched well until the fourth inning, when he walked three and gave up as many runs. After that he became virtually unhittable again, giving up only one more run; but lack of clutch-hitting, with Gandil a particularly guilty party, led to a 4–2 White Sox loss. Attell was still in no mood to pay up afterwards, but Burns managed to get hold of ,000 and gave it to Gandil, who distributed it among the conspirators. The teams headed northwest to Comiskey Park in Chicago for Game 3 the next day, with no days off for travel in this Series.
This is a MUST HAVE piece for the biggest of Sox, Reds, & MLB fans.
NOTE - Tickets do shift inside PSA cases.
If you like them centered, just lightly tap them on a hard object (I use my wedding ring) till you like the presentation.
RETURNS & TERMS:
Payment due no later than 3-days after auction closes. Will ship to continental U.S. (48-states) via Priority for the listed price which includes Tracking, Insurance & Sig Confirm.  

Returns are welcome, but Bidder pays return shipping and return postage will need to have Tracking, Sig Confirmation - original shipping not refundable. Item MUST BE RETURNED in EXACT SAME CONDITION. Given the inherent value condition drives, any degradation of the item will be subject to a damage fee determined at sole discretion of Seller.
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