THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: SEPT 28/Black Sox, Diz Dean

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: SEPT 28

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1920: A Chicago grand jury indicted eight White Sox players on charges they conspired to throw the 1919 World Series. Indicted were Ed Cicotte, Claude “Lefty” Williams, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Oscar “Happy” Felsch, George “Buck” Weaver, Swede Risberg, Chick Gandil and Fred McMullin. On Aug. 2, 1921, the eight were found not guilty but were also suspended from baseball for life by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

1932: In an attempt to rebuild the franchise, White Sox owner J. Lou Comiskey, son of Charles Comiskey, purchased stars Al Simmons, Jimmy Dykes and Mule Haas from the Philadephia Athletics for an estimated $150,000.

1947: After getting the great Dizzy Dean out of the game, the White Sox defeated the Browns 5-2 in the season finale in St. Louis. In an effort to boost attendance, the Browns brought the great Dean from the broadcast booth to the mound. Dean was effective, giving up only three hits in four innings but he was forced out of the game after pulling a leg muscle. The Sox scored five in the ninth to win and to make a winner out of Eddie Lopat. As for the attendance, the game drew 15,910. In the season-ender a year ago, the Browns drew a miniscule 350 fans.

1942: Three days after enlisting in the marines, Ted Lyons blanked the Cubs on three hits in a 3-0 win in Game 1 of the City Series before 4,751 at Wrigley Field. Lyons walked one in downing the Cubs in just 78 minutes. The Sox eventually won the best-of-seven series in six games in what turned out to be last of a series which began in 1903.

1958: A couple of big league sons make their marks in the White Sox season finale. New Trier graduate Chuck Lindstrom’s only two Major League plate appearances resulted in a walk and a triple in an 11-4 win over the Kansas City Athletics before 4,174 in the season-finale at Comiskey Park. In his second and final big league appearance, Hal Trosky earned the victory in relief. Chuck Lindstrom was the son of Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom while Hal Trosky was the son of Cleveland slugger Hal Trosky Sr.