Joe Jackson was promised twenty-thousand dollars to throw the game, but he only received five-thousand. Eddie Cicotte was charged ten-thousand dollars. Cicotte took the bribe to pay off a farmhouse he had recently bought. One year after the series had ended Cicotte confessed, and this then led to Jackson’s confession as well.
Jackson was one of the most powerful hitters in baseball at the time. He confessed to striking out or “hitting a weak ball” on purpose.