He was a conscientious player, however, and one that could always be depended upon to play the best ball that he was capable of.
His strongest point was trapping an infield fly, and in this particular line he was something of a wonder.
Joe played on several teams after leaving Chicago, and with varying success.

Of late years he has been employed in the City Hall at Chicago, where he holds a good position.
Ed Wiliamson was another player who came to us from Indianapolis, where he had already made for himself quite a reputation.

He, too, hailed originally from some-where around New Castle, and was playing in Pittsburg the first time that I ever saw him.

My wife knew him long before I knew him, however.

He was then a member of an amateur club in Philadelphia, for which she acted as a sort of treasurer, taking care of the money that they raised to buy balls with, etc.
Ed was, in my opinion, the greatest all-around ballplayer the country ever saw.