Goodness.  Lots of information on this World Series.  So, after meeting with two sets of gamblers, Arnold Rothstein decides to back Joseph “Sport” Sullivan with $80,000.  That is a lot of money.  They decided to give half up front and keep the other $40,000 in a safe at the Hotel Congress in Chicago.  The players would get the last $40,000 when they lost the World Series.  Goodness.  Of course, being a gambler, Sport Sullivan took $30,000 of the $40,000 and bet it on Cincinnati.  Chick Gandil was upset about getting only $10,000, but he took it, sealing the deal.  He knew he had to get Eddie Cicotte first, so he left 10 one thousand dollar bills under Cicotte’s hotel pillow.  Cicotte later sewed the money into the lining of his suit jacket.  Cicotte was in and hit the first batter to prove it.

The other gamblers, Sleepy Bill Burns and Abe Attell weren’t so generous with their money.  Although they promised the players $20,000 after each loss, for a total of $100,000, they gave the players almost nothing.  Goodness.