Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players
Baseball in 1919, according to Carney, "was in the stranglehold of 
gamblers, .... At the Ansonia Hotel in New York, Arnold Rothstein strode into the 
lobby just... [DOC] [TLE] The Black Sox Baseball Scandal, 95 Years Ago - History in the ... [PAR] Oct 9, 2014 ... Ninety-five years after players from the Chicago White Sox allegedly threw ... later 
put on trial for conspiracy and banned from baseball for life.