Classify American Ballplayer Home Run King Babe Ruth

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Home Run King Babe Ruth

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Rumor has it he had Negro blood. His visage would seem to bear this out. On a hunting trip, Ty Cobb refused to sleep near Ruth, saying "I have never slept under the same roof with a ni**er, and I'm not going to start here in my own native state of Georgia" or something to that effect (the exact quote varies depending on the source).

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Ruth is an odd one indeed and I've certainly heard the speculations about partial Negroid ancestry. I've actually never come across any potential 'documentation'--meaning a paper trail leading to ancetors of his. Most of the speculation I believe is derived from his appearance/phenotype.

What are his most Negroid features? I would say first and foremost, his nose and secondly, his lips--both of which are fleshier than usually seen on a pure Caucasoid. However, he does not look like a Mulatto or Quadroon--who seem to usually show a Caucasoid craniofacial structure with darker skin, eyes, hair and the wooly Negroid hair--such as NBAer Rick Fox. Ruth on the other hand was very brachycephalic and round of face. It's difficult to say. He may just be a very archaic Alpine...

I've attached some pics and the one where he is hugging the rather Nordid Lou Gehrig is telling to me. In this shot, he looks like a Europid UP and shows no Negroid prognathism at all....

Some pics here:
http://www.allsports.com/mlb/yankees/frommer42.htm