 During the summer of 1883, he joined the semiprofessional Brandywine Base Ball Club, where he pitched and hit 1-for-11 in two victories.It was mistakenly claimed that he died in May 1889 during the Johnstown Flood, the same disaster that had stranded the entire Louisville Colonels team.The Sporting Life magazine corrected the error in its June 19 issue, stating he was alive and living in Philadelphia.