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... according to ( Cleveland writer ) Franklin Lewis, manager Lee Fohl had come to rely heavily on ... Speaker for counsel on changing pitchers during a game.

If Speaker thought a change would be made he would signal to Fohl in the dugout and also indicate who the replacement would be.

In one game in mid-season when things were not going so well, Speaker signaled for a certain pitcher to be brought in from the bullpen.

But Fohl misread Speaker's signal and brought in Fritz Coumbe instead of the man Speaker had intended.

At first Speaker tried to correct the mistake, but then realized it would look like he was reversing the manager, so he let it pass.

It so happened that Coumbe lost the game and that night Fohl resigned as manager and Speaker was named to replace him.

Speaker felt bad about the incident because he felt he was the cause of Fohl's departure.