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September 4 Rain
September 5 Boston Red Sox 1, at Chicago Cubs 0
September 6 at Chicago Cubs 3, Boston Red Sox 1
September 7 Boston Red Sox 2, at Chicago Cubs 1
September 9 at Boston Red Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 2
September 10 Chicago Cubs 3, at Boston Red Sox 0
September 11 at Boston Red Sox 2, Chicago Cubs 1
On Sept. 1, 1918, the MLB regular season was cut short, and the World Series between the Red Sox and Chicago Cubs began. But the rushed timing of things was due to World War I, and the obligation of players drafted into the military to leave their teams and go to war.
There is speculation that a few Cubs players were paid to throw games, especially based on the play of outfielder Max Flack. The players had incentive. Both the Cubs and the Red Sox were upset that the teams’ owners were not paying their fair share of the World Series receipts. Before one Series game in Boston, the two squads refused to come on the field until the owners paid them what they were promised.
Sept. 5, Game 1 of the World Series, marked the first time that “Star Spangled Banner” was played at a sporting event — it was later named the national anthem in 1931.
Chicago Tribune September 23, 1920
Chicago Tribune September 4, 1918
CUBS FIT FOR OPENING DRIVE TODAY ON RD SOX SALENT
TYLER OR VAUGHN SLATED TO HURL IN FIRST COMBAT
Mitchell’s Men Tale Final Practice at Comiskey Park
BY I. E. SANBORN
Eddie Cicotte deposition, 1920
Chicago Tribune
September 4, 1918
Chicago Tribune September 4, 1918
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