Buck Weaver

Herbert Spencer was thought to be the father of social Darwinism. He initially came up with the term survival of the fittest. Eugenics and social Darwinism were both similar since eugenics originated from social Darwinism of the late nineteenth century. "Eugenics" was thought of in 1883 by the English researcher Francis Galton, who was the cousin of Charles Darwin. Galton characterized the expression "eugenics” as the theory of hereditary improvement of the human race by selective breeding. The…

Why did the Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses become a law? What type of treatments did the people go through? What effects did it have on the patients, the people who performed the sterilizations/ surgeries, and local citizens? The Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses became a law because the Germans wanted a pure race. The treatments were brutal and the effects differed from the person’s view of the German race and what a part they…

Baseball games have a possibility of being fixed anywhere at any time. Players fixed games in the 1900 's for money; it wouldn 't shock me if players fixed games today. The movie "Eight Men Out" opened my eyes on how players fixed games. Viewers will watch an interesting film that shows us why the Chicago White Sox will always be known as the Black Sox. "Eight Men Out" is a film that was written and directed by John Sayles in 1988. The film is based on Eliot Asinof’s 1963 book “Eight Men Out:…

fix was in," as Chicago players had agreed to throw the World Series in exchange for various sums of money. Eddie Cicotte, Claude “Lefty” Williams, Joe “Shoeless”Jackson, Oscar “Happy” Felsh, Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Charles “Swede” Risberg, Oscar “Buck” Weaver, and Fred McMullin were all in on the fix. The question on everybody’s minds: “Why?” The White Sox, formally known as “White Stockings” was divided into two "cliques," one led by second baseman Eddie Collins and the other, led by first…

Movies such as Field of Dreams, Eight Men Out, The Natural, reconstructed the events surrounding the Black Sox. Books published about “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver and Kenesaw Landis illustrate the scandal’s endurance in American culture. Sympathetic fans and former ball players have been part of amnesty movements for Jackson and Weaver, attempting to clear their names and make them eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Black Sox conspiracy shattered the innocence of America’s…

The Scandal That Tarnished Baseball “No player who throws a ballgame, no player that undertakes or promises to throw a ballgame, no player that sits in a conference with a bunch of gamblers where the ways and means of throwing a game are discussed and does not promptly tell his club about it, will ever play professional baseball.” This famous quote stated by the first ever commissioner of baseball, Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis, described his ruling against the eight Chicago White Sox players…

Dying, destruction and devastation are three words to describe death. Edna St. Vincent Millay and William Blake described death similarity. They each talk about their feelings towards dying. In “Conscientious Objector,” Edna St. Vincent Millay and “The Fly,” William Blake, the authors portray the idea of death from different perspectives. “Edna St. Vincent Millay was the oldest of three girls.” (Edna 1) She had a difficult childhood because her mother divorced her father because of his…

The Black Sox Scandal Introduction The White Sox get bribed into throwing The World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. The White Sox were made up of two different groups of players and together they formed the best baseball team to ever play. Black Sox The “Black Sox” nickname originated when Comiskey decided to save money by reducing the number of time the uniforms were washed. Comiskey had been known to convince poor baseball players to sell their soul for money. Making a deal…

Injustice has always been a part of society. But, it is never more prevalent than in sports. Every call is up to debate. When you look at the moral injustices in sports there is one that every baseball fan knows all too well. Joe Jackson, one of the top all-time hitters, was banned for life after accusations that he and seven other White Sox plotted to throw the 1919 World Series. For those who do not know about the 1919 World Series, here is a look at what took place. The World Series was a…

Karen Hesse wrote a poetic story by weaving 11 different characters together to share this tale, based on real events. By having 11 different distinct voices, Hesse is able to represent America in the 1920’s as well as modern-day life. By representing in both time periods, Hesse’s story resonates with the young, modern reader. Every reader can find a character they can relate to. Whether it is Leanora, who is struggling to find her way. Or Reynard Alexander, who speaks his opinion in hopes of a…