Chick Gandil
You go back to Boston and turn seventy grand at the drop of a hat? I find that hard to believe.
Sport Sullivan
You say you can find seven men on the best club that ever took the field willin' to throw the World Series? I find that hard to believe.
Chick Gandil
You never played for Charlie Comiskey.
Sport Sullivan
Look at those hands, ladies. You should have been a pug, Chickie.
Chick Gandil
I did some fighting in my time. Once I was fighting a guy, my eyes were all bloody but I landed a lucky punch. The next thing I know I'm steppin' on something and it's the other guy's teeth. The referee raised my hand and someone shoved fifty bucks in my shorts. "What does he get?" I asked. The referee says, "From the looks of this jaw, a liquid diet for six weeks." Now what we should have done is held each other up for thirteen rounds and split the fifty.
It's all out on bets.
Chick Gandil
That's not good enough!
Hey! Don't worry, you'll get your money soon enough.
Chick Gandil
When?
And how much?
A hundred grand, like I said. Twenty after each game.
Wait a minute, that's five games. I thought we were just dumping a few.
No, you lose the first three.
Eddie Cicotte
Kerr's pitching the third. He's not with us.
So, what? We don't hit for him, he'll fold. He's a busher!
After that, we gotta play it by ear. We gotta make this look good, fellas....
Eddie Cicotte
Chick, where's the money I asked for?
Chick Gandil
Look under your pillow.
Eddie Cicotte
What?
Chick Gandil
Compliments of Sport Sullivan.
Sport Sullivan
Look at those hands, ladies. You should have been a pug, Chickie.
Chick Gandil
I did some scrapping. Once, I'm standing there in the ring. My eyes are swollen so bad, I can hardly see. All of a sudden, I bust the guy with an uppercut, he goes down. Somebody stuffs fifty bucks in my hand. Fifty bucks. Now, I'm stepping on something, and it's the other guy's teeth. "What does he get?" I ask. The referee bends over and looks, and says, "From the look of this jaw, he gets the liquid diet for six weeks." Now, what we should've done was waltz around for a few rounds, one of us falls, and we split the fifty dollars even and nobody gets hurt.
Lefty Williams
I thought you were supposed to be in charge of this thing. What happened to Sullivan?
Chick Gandil
He switched hotels, we can't track him down.
Lefty Williams
And what happened to Attell?
Chick Gandil
Shot his wad in the third game when Kerr won; said he's busted.
Well, to hell with them, then.
Chick Gandil
You two made an agreement!
Hey, we lose one more and it's over. I've dumped four games; I've only been paid for one.
Chick Gandil
Hey, you don't know what these guys are like. [Williams and Felsch grin and walk off] Once you're in, you're in! You can't welch on these guys! [throws his glove to the ground] Your funeral! Assholes...
Problems?
Chick Gandil
Nah. We still got Eddie.
