What is the central idea of “Eight White Sox Are Indicted“? need a little help on this

The central theme of the text is that the illegal acts of the sportsmen in fixing the game led to the end of their careers and their reputations and beloved and respected players. It also shows how the owner of the team Charles Comiskey cleansed his team of the faulty players.

Explanation:

The New York Tribunes' article on "Eight White Sox are Indicted" reveals the indictments and confessions of the White Sox players for fixing a game. Fixing a game is a term used in sports-world when players and gamblers agree to a certain pattern of playing a game according to what the gamblers tell them, mostly losing a game.

The article deals with the Grand Jury's indictment of the players involved in the loss of the 1919 World Series against Cincinnati Reds. Commonly known as "The Black Box Scandal", this gaming scandal shows how gamblers play a huge influence on the careers and greatly influence the players, even at the cost of losing their own reputations. The central idea of the text seems to be that the sporting world is not devoid of gambling issues and how illegal actions can affect a sportsperson's career. The acts of the players also led to their dismissal and ban from ever playing the game again.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,