In 1956 columnist Westbrook Pegler wrote a series of articles on the Black Sox scandal and interviewed several 1919 Sox players including Eddie Cicotte. Cicotte said he was paid well ($10,000) but others werent (citing Lefty Williams and Ed Walsh) Here it is, sorry for the large upload image hope that is ok (leon)
In his first article of this series Pegler has a great line
"Jackson, Fred McMullin, a substitute infielder, and Weaver, are gone. American public opinion buried them in a quick-lime of moralistic scorn..."
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