Today In White Sox History - June 13th


June 13, 1957 - In the bottom of the 1st inning at Comiskey Park, an ugly brawl, precipitated by an Art Ditmar pitch behind Larry Doby’s head, breaks out when the White Sox outfielder takes exception to being the target of the bean ball and punches the Yankee hurler. Billy Martin, Walt Dropo, Bill Skowron and Enos Slaughter all actively participate in the melee.  It took 28 minutes to restore order in the game.  Home plate umpire Larry Knapp ejected Doby, Martin, Dropo and Slaughter from the game. Two innings later, Whitey Ford ejected by first base umpire Johnny Stevens for bench-jockeying. When the game finally came to an end, the Yankees were victorious 4 -3.

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