X-RAY INTO THE PAST
"Now that old teammates Tris Speaker and Steve O'Neill are deskmates in the Cleveland Indians' front office, they have an opportunity for reminiscing. Said Speaker recently, 'Steve, you certainly knew how to block the plate. One reason I was glad to come to Cleveland from the Red Sox was to have you on my side.''That reminds me,' grinned Steve. 'Do you remember trying to slide home on a close play when you were with the Red Sox? I tagged you out. But I was out, too. You cut my hand and I had to get stitched up.'Speaker said he remembered the incident. 'Happened in 1914,' recalled Spoke.'Well, I never told you before,' said Steve, 'but my hand still hurts. I had an X-ray recently and they found you knocked a bone out of place.' "
-Hal Lebovitz, Cleveland News (Baseball Digest, April 1955)
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