Today in White Sox History: October 15
(Appleton Evening Crescent)
1917 — The White Sox won their second World Series title, beating the New York Giants four games to two. The score in the series clincher was also 4-2. Future Hall-of-Famer Eddie Collins hit .409, with pitcher Red Faber, another future Hall-of-Famer, winning three games (and losing one!)
Afterwards a young federal judge and White Sox fan, one Kenesaw Mountain Landis, sent a telegram congratulating the White Sox for a job well done. The telegram read, “We did a fine job today ... we disposed of the Giants.” Landis would go on to become the first baseball commissioner in the wake of the Black Sox scandal.
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Mark Liptak is originally from Chicago and has been a White Sox fan since 1960. He and his wife Zoe reside in Pocatello, Idaho where he is the radio voice as part of Idaho State athletics in volleyball, football, women's basketball and softball.
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