It has often been a matter of sincere regret, both to myself and others, that he could not have lived to witness the fruition of all his hopes.

Arbitrary and severe though he may have been at times, yet the fact remains that he was the best friend that the ball players had ever had.
Appreciating the possibilities of the game as a moneymaker, when rightly conducted, he bent his energy toward rescuing it from the hands of gamblers, into which it seemed about to fall, and place it where it belonged, at the head of all of American outdoor sports.
Many and many a time since than have I missed his cool-headed judgment, his cheering words and his sound advice, and I have no hesitation in saying to-day that to him the ball players owe even now a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid..