Jim agree was mostly lower class, but then again most folks who really followed baseball were more working class....
Funny if he had a problem with kids smoking he didn't have one with child labor or them making his cigars...
Pictures of those working class or lower class kids making cigars in early 20th cigar factorys in the US.
The Wagner legend may be true but there are just too many of the above examples for me. To me it seems more like a nice spin and article with a tad of fluff...not unlike the puff pieces we see today around our stars.