El Paso Herald, January 22, 1913:
Setting aside the rumors that he was to be traded to the New York American league team, Napoleon Lajoie, the Cleveland American league second baseman, has signed a contract with the local team.
It’s a good thing too. Would have been really awkward if Lajoie had been playing against the Naps.
Washington Times, January 2, 1913:
When Larry Lajoie leaves the game baseball will lose the greatest batsman that ever lived. There is no room for argument about Larry’s honor.
(I’ll let the omission of Babe Ruth slide. This was written in 1913, Ruth didn’t make his professional debut until 1914, and Lajoie retired after the 1916 season.)
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