Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players
When the 1919 Black Sox scandal shattered Ring Lardner's reverence for ... For 
the next five years, Lardner covered major league baseball from spring ..... Arnold 
Rothstein, the famous gambler who financed the deal, put down ... and fans and 
owners have a greater stake in team loyalty than players do.