Although not originating from Leeper, one of the most famous people to ever come to Leeper was George Sisler, also known as Gorgeous George, a baseball player for the St. Louis Browns. Sisler held the MLB record for most base hits in a season from 1920 to 2004. One year, Sisler came to Leeper to visit his friend Herman Radke and do some quail hunting. It was common for Radke to load the hunters up in his Ford truck and drive down the railroad tracks. One evening, while waiting for the train to pass, Radke, Dr. Owens, Sisler and Paul Simmons all waited in the station. Dr. Owens found a deck of playing cards and the men began to gamble on a game of poker. A short time into their game, three men, two of which were armed, barged into the station wearing masks. The three masked men began to rob the poker players of money, jewelry, and anything of value. Paul Simmons pleaded with the masked men to let him keep his wedding ring, to which they obliged. Sisler, on the other hand, turned his around and hid it. Leeper being a small town, Dr. Owens, noticed one of the coats on the masked men. After the masked men left, Dr. Owens alerted authorities and the three men were apprehended. But during the court trial, for which Sisler had to travel back twice, the Judge determined that the men's gambling, no matter how small, was illegal. The robbers were therefore declared innocent and set free.