Dutch Leonard happened to be a particularly cantankerous, obstreperous person.
Powers, Dutch Leonard was the sports personality most "cordially hated by the American public." (41) Leonard's personality and reputation deflected attention from the central issue: was he or was he not telling the truth?
The only other Red Sox catcher to turn the trick was Bill Carrigan, who caught gems by Smokey Joe Wood in 1911 and Rube Foster and Dutch Leonard in 1916.