meanwhile, george's brother harry had acquired baseball duties and had organized for cincinnati the strongest team in the west, led in 1868 by a handful of players from the east — presumably compensated somehow by club members if not by the club. when the nabbp permitted professionalism for 1869, harry augmented himself and four incumbents with five new men including his brother george, who was highest paid at $1400 for nine months. george remained a cornerstone of harry's teams for 10 seasons.