The 1919 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox was fixed, the outcome arranged to benefit gamblers who hovered over the sport like vultures.

Associated Press This 1919 file photo shows Boston Red Sox player Babe Ruth. Ruth, who played in the 1918 World Series against the Chicago Cubs that the Red Sox won 4-2. In a 1920 court deposition ...

The World Series was rigged. Hugh Fullerton's revolutionary analysis backed it up. But in 1919 his calls were ignored by a game now transformed by data.

Before the 1919 World Series, gaining fame with his spitball. Faber was born in a house about 5 miles outside Cascade, a Dubuque County town of about 2,100 (1,200 when Faber was growing up).

On Oct. 9, 1919 — 105 years ago Wednesday — the heavily favored Chicago White Sox lost Game Eight of a best-of-nine World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

Recent scrutiny leads some historians to suspect that the 1918 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs was fixed a year before baseball's famous Black Sox scandal.

Each October, the baseball season concludes with the sport's most prestigious event - the World Series. There was one Series, however, that is etched in history, not for the glory of the game but.

On the night before the opening game of baseball's 1919 World Series, 46-year-old sportswriter Hugh Fullerton was worried. He suspected the series was going to be rigged.

Each October, the baseball season concludes with the sport's most prestigious event - the World Series. There was one Series, however, that is etched in history, not for the glory of the game but ...