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Andy Slight
Slight was a rather curious case. He was a skilled catcher who was signed up for the White Sox World Tour of 1913-14. While on that tour, in a game in Tokyo, Japan, he was struck in the shoulder by a flung ball. One newspaper report said it broke his shoulder. I'm not sure that's true, but it did do a great deal of damage to his throwing arm. Despite that, he joined the White Sox in their spring training camp in 1914. He was still able to hit quite well, and they were using him in the outfield and at first base. (Beats me how he could peg a ball into the infield with a bad throwing arm). They kept him on their roster until at least mid-June of 1914. He never did get into a big league regular season game. The last report I could find on him said he was entering the navy in 1918 and anticipated playing baseball on a navy team.
Slight had a great singing voice, and one of his roles on the Sox World Tour was giving vocal performances. A fellow named Jean de Reszke was a famous Polish tenor and opera star of the era. Mr. de Reszke suggested that Andy Slight take up opera singing as a career. Andy didn't follow through on that recommendation.
The photo is from RMY Auctions.
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