Lance and Tom...
From the St. Louis Baseball Reader by Richard Peterson
Talking about Joe leaving Houston...
"A glorious way to leave town, a big bouquet for the departing hero? Not exactly. According to Medwick's recollection, there were thorns among the roses. "I was so damn angry," he said. "They used to give you a traveling bag or some damn thing when you leave the city. They didn't give me nothing. And then the fellow who had the candy bars wanted me to leave them there and I said, "Hell no!" And they had to take all the wrappings off the bars. We had an agreement that if I left [Houston], they couldn't sell them.
The comical picture of all those Ducky Wucky bars without wrappings made me want to laugh out loud, but I knew better than to test the Medwick temper."
So, fellas...good luck in your quest...probably not going to find any wrappers...but maybe there is a hoard of them somewhere...who knows?
Joshua
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