He was a remarkable fielder and a good batsman for a pitcher, men who play that position being poor wielders of the ash, as a rule, for the reason, as I have always thought, that they paid more attention to the art of deceiving the batsman that are opposed to them than they do to developing their own batting powers.

The most of McCormick's hits landed in the right field, owing to the fact that he swung late at the ball.

He came to Chicago from Cleveland, Ohio, but prior to that had pitched in Columbus, Ohio.

He was going back when he joined us, but for all that he pitched a lot of good ball and won many a good game, thanks both to himself and also to the good support that he received.

After he left us he drifted down to Paterson, N.J., which seems to be a sort of Mecca for broken-down ball players, and became identified with the racing business, owning and training for a time quite a string of his own and horses that won for him quite a considerable sum, of money.