Arnold Gandil was born in 1887 in Swissimmigrants Christian and Louise Gandil.
In the fall of 1919, Chicago White Soxfirst baseman Chick Gandil approached his friend, Joseph Sullivan (a professional gambler), with the idea to fix the World Series. Sullivan, after consulting with his gambling acquaintances, assured Gandil that the fix was on, and that $100,000 in total would be paid to the players. In addition to serving as the contact for the gamblers, Gandil was also responsible for recruiting and paying the players involved in the fix.
Gandil received $35,000 for his role in throwing the World Series _ nearly nine times his 1919 salary of $4,000.
Arnold "Chick"Gandil (January 19, 1887 – December 13, 1970) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball.
Sullivan, after consulting with his gambling acquaintances, assured Gandil that the fix was on, and that $100,000 in total would be paid to the players.
Gandil further claimed in his story that he never received his share of any of the money paid by the gamblers, and that he had no idea what happened to that money.
Sullivan had rich and powerful friends, and his friendships with ballplayers like Gandil were crucial to a World Series fixing scheme he planned to pull off.
Gandil rejoined the White Sox in 1917 as their regular first baseman, but he was a malcontent, and was later considered to be the ringleader of the 1919 WS fix.
Gandil refused to play for Charlie Comiskey in 1920, due to a salary dispute with the penurious owner.
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