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Our outfield was equal to that of any league club before or since, and our infield—now, say! You make a big mistake if you think modern baseball can show its superior. This was the famous quartet that was known everywhere as "Chicago's stone wall," so-called because the only way a ball could be sent beyond It was to bat it so high that It was out of reach. The players who made up that Infield were Ed. Williamson, Fred Pfeffer, Tom Burns and yours truly. We had played together so long and had practiced so steadily that scarcely a play could be made that we were not in perfect readiness to meet. We had a system of signals that was well nigh infallible, and the moment a ball was hit and we had noted its direction we knew Just what to expect. We were wise to all the tricks of the different twirlers, and, most important of all, we had perfect confidence In each other.
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