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3 of the American Association is well told in a book written by Mr. Francis C. Richter of Philadelphia.

I left the St. Louis Browns in 1890 and came to Chicago, where I joined The Chicago Brotherhood Club. In 1891 I played again with the St. Louis Browns as first baseman, captain and manager. In 1892, 1893 and 1894 I went to Cincinnati and played first base, captain and manager of the Cincinnati Club of The National League. In 1893, and while I was in Cincinnati, I became acquainted with Mr. B. B. Johnson, who at that time was the sporting editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. He and I and Matt Killilea, now dead, organized the Western League, and, in 1895, after I had satisfied the terms of my contract with the Cincinnati Nationals, I took charge of a club at St. Paul, organized it and owned the franchise under which it operated as a member of the Western League. I remained in charge of that Club for the years 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1899, when I came to Chicago for the season of 1900.