Sports Criminals

Chalmers Award Pt. 1

06.18.2020 - By Spotify StudiosPlay

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In April of 1910, the baseball season began, with even more on the line than usual. Whoever had the highest batting average across the American and National Leagues would be awarded a brand-new Chalmers 30 automobile—a baseball promotion that would become a full-blown embarrassment after officials tried to fix the results.

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