**ENDED** 1931 Zeenut PCL Bert Cole (Tigers Indians WSox)

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1931 Zeenut PCL Bert Cole low grade with paper loss on the front as pictured. Cole played for these MLB teams: Tigers 1921-25, Indians 1925, White Sox 1927.

On Friday, June 13, 1924, during a game against the Yankees at Navin Field, Cole was a principal participant in an incident that resulted in a riot that led to Detroit's forfeiture of the game. The hostility began when Babe Ruth stiff armed Cole on a play at first base. In the top of the ninth inning, Cole "dusted" off Ruth and then struck Bob Meusel in the back with a pitched ball. Meusel walked deliberately to the pitcher's mound to confront Cole, who began to retreat. Ruth charged out from the dugout, and Ty Cobb ran in from center field to confront Ruth. Meusel and Cole were ejected and escorted off the field, and as they walked through the Detroit dugout Meusel threw a blow at Cole. The players continued milling and fighting, and Detroit police officers entered the field of play to restore order. Several thousand Detroit fans then "flowed over the railings like some mighty dam that had broken." The fans overpowered the police, and rioting and fist fights followed. When the police were unable to clear the field, umpire Billy Evans declared the game forfeited to the Yankees. A writer in the Detroit Free Press noted: "No such disorder as that which prevented the completion of the game has been recorded in the history of modern baseball."

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