 He was not picked up by another NA team, perhaps because four others of the eleven entrants went out of business during the season, but playing for a second team was a novelty that year.Probably he remained in Washington, for his major league career resumed when a new team from that city entered for 1873.He was a leading batsman again, now one of two on the team with Paul Hines, but he played only 15 of 39 games, more at shortstop than anywhere else, as captain Warren White manned third.