dude was an absolute character
In between those events, he won 22 games for the Philadelphia Athletics; […] toured the nation in a melodrama called The Stain of Guilt; courted, married, and became separated from May Wynne Skinner of Lynn, Massachusetts; saved a woman from drowning; accidentally shot a friend through the hand; and was bitten by a lion."
the wikipedia just RANDOMLY DROPPED that he was bitten by a LION with no context?!?
Highly recommended podcast episode about it.
https://archive.org/details/The.Dollop.Ep12.The.Rube
It’s also animated! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d-eAR5HZ5OE&pp=ygUTZG9sbG9wIHJ1YmUgd2FkZGVsbA%3D%3D
Was going to recommend the dollop episode on him if it wasn’t already.
Absolutely, came here looking for this. Great episode.