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Originally Posted by bbcard1
He was a complicated man and it is often easy to judge people too harshly using a 2016 filter to view 1920 events.
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Fortunately there are first-hand accounts available, such as interviews with his peers;e.g-Sam Crawford, in 'The Glory of Their Times'. There are also newspaper accounts of his behavior, so you can compare those with accounts of the behavior of other Southern baseball players to get a better idea as to whether or not his biographers were lying about him.