As a thrower, fielder and base runner he was in the first class, while as a batsman he was only fair.

Later on he became tangled up in the Brotherhood business, in which he lost considerable of the money that he had laid by for a rainy day.

It was some time after the Brotherhood revolt, in which Fred had been one of the prime movers, and a brief history of which is recorded elsewhere, that he was taken back into the fold.

He was anxious to play again in Chicago, and I gave him the chance.

His health was, however, bad at that time and he was unable to do himself justice and to play the ball that when a well man he was capable of.