My brush with the Deadball Era, Kinda

When I was a kid of about 10-12 growing up and playing Little league Baseball in Houston Texas, My stepfather was a clerk for the Lykes Bros. steamship lines on the Houston Ship Channel. For some reason some retired Ballplayers worked on the docks as steveadors. Well we would go to barbeques and get togethers where former ballplayers would be around. I remember Bob Cerv, Jim Golden and other current and retired players being around these get togethers.
A couple of times we went over to a Ballplayers House that was kind of an older man , this is where the story gets better. This old man had alot of neat memoralbilia hanging around his house and I remember seeing Panarama Pictures hanging on the wall an such.
The Old man was Glenn Myatt, Glenn came to the Majors in 1920 with Connie Mack's A's and by 1922 he was a steady catcher for the Indians, where he played the bulk of his 16yr carreer.
Here I was a 10-12 yr old boy around a man that was spiked by Ty Cobb, Batted against Walter Johnson and played for Tris Speaker. I wish I could go back and ask a million questions.
Glen died in 1969, but sometime in the 80's I went over to visit his wife who was in her late 80's at the time. She had given most of the memoralbilia to her kids but she did show me some pictures of Glenn and Speaker Deer hunting in Texas, and gave me a picture of Glenn in uniform. For many years Luke Sewell and Glenn almost exclusively split the season down the middle in games caught. He did Catch Stanley Coveleski 33 times.
His best year was 1924 where he batted .342 and Matty picked him as American League catcher on his 1924 All-Star picks for the year.
While Glenn just missed the Deadball era, he did play with and against many of the deadball stars. Just my little long ago brush with the Era we all love so much.
Here's Glenn Stats
http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/myattgl01.shtml

Very cool story Jerry. Would have been great to hear some of Myatt's stories, and I'm sure he had plenty considering how long a career he had. Thanks for sharing that!

Jerry, that is fantastic.
Thank you for telling us about it.
What a memory to have.
And yes, who knew what the questions were when we were pre-teens.

A couple more tidbits I remember, it's been almost 50 yrs ago. I remember distinctly that he hated Cobb. I doubt many American League Catchers liked Cobb. Also, I read on the Internet that when Walter Johnson took over as skipper of the Indians in the middle 30's for a yr or 2 that Johnson & Glenn had a falling out about something and Glenn was traded to the Tigers where he finished his career.
One more thing, there was a 1926ish Indians Panarama on Glenn's wall with Speaker in the Middle. I think I saw that panarama being bought by Josh Evans at the National in Houston about 1990. He saw it first. I hope one of Glenn's Kids didn't sell that Panarama. Some people don't relish history or sentiment.
If I had that Panarama, I would be one happy Boy.
Anybody got a middle 20's Indians Panarama to share?
Thats all I remember right now, Just thought I would share some childhood memories.