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United States 7/5/1921 White Sox Trial Begins for Throwing the 1919 World Series Judge Hugo Friend denied a motion to quash the indictments against MLB players that were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series. The trial began with jury selection for the Chicago White Sox players. The players included Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver and Eddie Cicotte who later became known as the "Black Sox". American President Woodrow Wilson (3/4/1913-3/4/1921) Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen (10/12/1916-10/12/1922) Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes (2/17/1917-2/9/1923) Austrian President Michael Hainisch (12/9/1920-12/10/1928) Belgian Prime Minister Henry Carton de Wiart (11/20/1920-12/16/1921) Brazilian President Epitácio Pessoa (7/28/1919-11/14/1922) British Prime Minister George David Lloyd (12/6/1916-10/19/1922) British Prime Minister David Lloyd George (12/6/1916-10/22/1922) Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen (7/10/1920-12/29/1921) German President Friedrich Ebert (2/11/1919-2/28/1925) Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi (9/29/1918-11/4/1921)