A mysterious box of letters, memos and legal documents pertaining to the White Sox team accused of throwing the 1919 World Series -- some of the papers thought to be lost since the middle of the last century -- is bound for the auction block this week after being uncovered by two Chicago-area collectors.

 

The identity of the sellers is not being disclosed and the story of how the papers came to emerge is incomplete. The auction house, Mastro Auctions in Burr Ridge, says the owners probably bought the box at a file sale without knowing what was inside. The auction house would not go into detail about its origins.

 

Nevertheless, the sudden emergence of an archive of previously unknown documents pertaining to the 1919 Black Sox case has seized the imagination of archivists and historians.

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Edited November 25, 200718 yr by RME JICO

It's a shame they didn't find anything that proved Shoeless Joe Jackson innocent.

It's a shame they didn't find anything that proved Shoeless Joe Jackson innocent.

 

Hard to find that which does not exist...

Jackson wasn't innocent or guilty. I don't think he deserves a lifetime ban but he wasn't "innocent" either.

Jackson wasn't innocent or guilty. I don't think he deserves a lifetime ban but he wasn't "innocent" either.

 

Slightly OT, but shouldn't his lifetime ban end since his life is in fact over and has been over for approximately 50 years? Otherwise, they should just call it an "eternal ban".

Slightly OT, but shouldn't his lifetime ban end since his life is in fact over and has been over for approximately 50 years? Otherwise, they should just call it an "eternal ban".

 

 

LOL...good point.

It's a shame they didn't find anything that proved Shoeless Joe Jackson innocent.

 

Guilty of agreeing, not guilty of doing.

 

yes it is a eternal ban.

Guilty of agreeing, not guilty of doing.

 

 

I could argue otherwise. It really is probably impossible to prove either way. At this point (and even then), it was mostly speculation and testimony from people who were either a) looking to save their own ass B) from non-credible witnesses and c) people looking to gain from the situation. The whole truth of this event and the extent of the roles of those involved will probably never be truly known.

Jackson got f***ed by Comiskey, the other players, his lawyer and Landis. Maybe more than anything, he was done in by his own lack of intelligence. He was a very dumb, very gullible man.

Jackson got f***ed by Comiskey, the other players, his lawyer and Landis. Maybe more than anything, he was done in by his own lack of intelligence. He was a very dumb, very gullible man.

 

 

Add to that illiterate. When he signed his confession, in all likelihood he had been lied to about what it said and didnt know what he was confessing to.