▁Edd ie ▁Cic otte ▁and ▁Le fty ▁Williams , ▁short stop ▁Sw ede ▁Ris berg , ▁left ▁fiel der ▁Sho eless ▁Joe ▁Jackson , ▁center ▁fiel der ▁Happy ▁Fel sch , ▁and ▁utility ▁inf iel der ▁Fred ▁Mc M ull in . ▁Third ▁bas eman ▁Buck ▁We aver ▁knew ▁of ▁the ▁fix ▁but ▁decl ined ▁to ▁particip ate , ▁hitting ▁. 3 2 4 ▁for ▁the ▁series ▁from ▁ 1 1 ▁hits ▁and ▁comm itting ▁no ▁errors ▁in ▁the ▁field . ▁The ▁So x , ▁who ▁were ▁promised ▁$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁co oper ating , ▁proceeded ▁to ▁lose ▁the ▁Series ▁in ▁eight ▁games , ▁pitch ing ▁poor ly , ▁hitting ▁poor ly ▁and ▁making ▁many ▁errors . ▁Though ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁money , ▁Jackson ▁ins isted ▁to ▁his ▁death ▁that ▁he ▁played ▁to ▁the ▁best ▁of ▁his ▁ability ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁( he ▁was ▁the ▁best ▁h itter ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁including ▁having ▁hit ▁the ▁series ' ▁only ▁home ▁run , ▁but ▁had ▁marked ly ▁worse ▁numbers ▁in ▁the ▁games ▁the ▁White ▁So x ▁lost ). ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Series , ▁writer ▁and ▁humor ist ▁Ring ▁L ard ner ▁had ▁fac et iously ▁called ▁the ▁event ▁the ▁" World ' s ▁Ser ious ". ▁The ▁Series ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁indeed ▁have ▁serious ▁consequences ▁for ▁the ▁sport . ▁After ▁rum ors ▁circul ated ▁for ▁nearly ▁a ▁year , ▁the ▁players ▁were ▁susp ended ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁" Black ▁So x