".......He came to Americus, Georgia in 1923 and helped a struggling, hometown baseball team get back on its feet and win the league title from its chief sports rival.  None of the fans really cared what he was accused of or what he did or didn't do.  All they knew was that he was the greatest ball player they had ever seen, and for a short time they could call him their own.  When Shoeless Joe Jackson left Americus, he left memories of a hero to a small baseball town -- memories of a 

Shoeless Summer."