​On this day 65 years ago, GM Hank Greenberg (left) resigned from the White Sox. | (Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images) (Set Number: X2689) 1920During a robbery attempt at the Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing Company on August 3, three armed bandits gunned down highly-respected detective sergeant Frank McGurk, a veteran of the Chicago police department. His fellow officers were able to start arresting the individuals who committed the crime, after getting tips from individuals.On August 26 and thanks to another tip, police were able to stop another robbery attempt, one that was going to snatch the $40,000 payroll of the Wilson & Company stockyard meat packers. One of those arrested, James Ryan, confessed to being part of the group that killed McGurk, and then told police that he and his gang were planning on robbing the Comiskey Park box office in mid-September after Babe Ruth and the Yankees came to town. Ryan detailed the plan, where the gang was going to kill everyone in the box office —including Sox owner Charles Comiskey! Ryan said he knew Comiskey would be there because he had been advised by his doctors not to actually watch the games, for health reasons.Thanks to the arrest of Ryan, Comiskey’s life was spared, as well as every other person who would have been in the box office at that time.Meanwhile, the White Sox were embroiled in a fierce battle for the AL pennant, and a 16-4 walloping of the Yankees in New York pushed the club to 3 1/2 games up on the rest of the league — its biggest cushion of the season. Unfortunately from there, the White Sox dropped seven straight and out of first place for good.1933The White Sox honored one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history, when Ted Lyons Day was celebrated at Comiskey Park. However, Lyons didn’t have his best stuff, as he took the loss in a 10-5 decision to the A’s. He gave up eight of Philadelphia’s 10 runs.Lyons and Bill Veeck are the only individuals associated with the franchise to have two testimonial days in their honor. Lyons’ second one would come in 1940.1935As the season came crashing down on the White Sox, who were 14 games over .500 at the end of July and now stood just 59-56, Zeke Bonura provided a ray of sunshine.In the opener of a doubleheader hosting the Yankees, the White Sox lost a late lead, surrendering two in the ninth to force extras. The two clubs traded a pair of runs in the 13th, as well. With Lou Gehrig clouting his second homer of the game to give the Yankees an 8-7 lead in the top of the 15th, the White Sox rallied once more, tying the game after a walk-single-sac bunt-walk loaded the bases and Luke Sewell grounded Luke Appling home on a roller too slow for a game-ending double play.White Sox pitcher Whit Wyatt took three balls to start his at-bat, then was worked to 3-2. After a Wyatt spoiled another couple of pitches foul to stay alive, Bonura stole home to win the game, 9-8. It was Bonura’s fourth steal of 1935, and the four