Jerome Gambit: One Last Thing...

Referring back to the mistaken idea that Jules Arnous De Riviere played the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) - see "The Name Is Jerome. Alonzo Jerome." - it can initally be exciting to realize that he did play 3 Giuoco Piano games: 2 against Paul Morphy and 1 against Adolf Anderssen.

How cool would it be if De Riviere played the Jerome Gambit against Morphy or Anderssen?

No way. In those games he played 4.d3 or 4.c3.

How cool would it be if Paul Morphy or Adolf Anderssen played the Jerome Gambit?

Alas, not a chance.