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June 29, 1905: Moonlight Graham’s only major-league game

October 6, 1912: Chief Wilson, Shoeless Joe Jackson set triples records in NL, AL

April 14, 1917: White Sox ace Eddie Cicotte hurls no-hitter at Sportsman’s Park

The Chicago White Sox are pictured on April 12, 1918, before an exhibition game against a US Army team at Camp Funston, outside of Junction City, Kansas. Just weeks ear- lier, the first major outbreak of a global influenza pandemic killed 38 soldiers at the base. An estimated 50 million people around the world died from the flu by the time the pandemic subsided in 1920. (BlackBetsy.com)

April 12, 1918: Red Faber, White Sox win exhibition game in epicenter of influenza pandemic

April 23, 1919: Lefty Williams, White Sox win in Kid Gleason’s managerial debut

May 11, 1919: Hod Eller tosses first no-hitter at Crosley Field

May 14, 1919: Chicago’s Eddie Cicotte begins scoreless streak by shutting out Red Sox, 1-0

May 31, 1919: Gandil, Speaker drop gloves for ‘old time fistfight’ as White Sox top Indians

July 21, 1919: Horrified White Sox fans witness Wingfoot Express blimp disaster in Chicago

August 14, 1919: Babe Ruth hits 17th home run to set new American League single-season record

Eddie Cicotte (SABR-Rucker Archive)

September 19, 1919: Cicotte, White Sox turn back Boston as Black Sox Scandal brews

Shoeless Joe Jackson (BLACKBETSY.COM)

September 24, 1919: White Sox clinch AL pennant on Shoeless Joe Jackson walk-off single

October 1, 1919: Favored White Sox, Cicotte pummeled by Reds in World Series opener

October 2, 1919: Reds take advantage of Lefty Williams’s wildness in Game 2

October 3, 1919: White Sox rookie Dickey Kerr turns tables on Reds, gamblers in Game 3

October 4, 1919: Ring’s pitching, Cicotte’s errors lead Reds over White Sox in Game 4

October 6, 1919: Hod Eller scatters three hits, fans nine to lead Reds in Game 5

October 7, 1919: Rookie Dickey Kerr keeps White Sox alive in Game 6

October 8, 1919: Eddie Cicotte returns to form in Game 7

October 9, 1919: Cincinnati Reds beat the Black Sox to win first World Series championship

Grover Cleveland Alexander with the Chicago Cubs (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM, CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, SDN-064431)

August 31, 1920: Cubs-Phillies game leads to grand jury investigation, Black Sox confessions, and a stabbing

Duster Mails

September 24, 1920: Duster Mails outduels Red Faber as Cleveland increases lead amid fix rumors

September 27, 1920: ‘The end of some inevitable chain’: Chicago’s final Black Sox game

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