Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Shuttleworth akaroora Matilda White muna 1862. Panguva iyoyo, akanga atumidzwa kuva purezidhendi wekirabhu yeMaple Leaf, iyo yakatamba mimwe mitambo mitatu kurwisa divi reWoodstock pakati pa1862 na1864, ichikundwa nguva imwe neimwe. The Canadian Base Ball Association yakavambwa muna 1864, naShuttleworth semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wayo wekutanga; Pakazosvika 1865, Shuttleworth akabatanidzwa nemukoma wake James paMaple Leaf, uye akakunda kuvhota kuti arambe ari mutungamiri wechikwata. Mune mumwe mutambo waJune 1865 wakanangana neWest Flamboro, akarova nhanhatu uye akatsanangurwa se "akanyanya kukurumidza pachiitiko" sezvo Maple Leaf akakunda 34<unk>11. Hama dzaShuttleworth mumwe nomumwe akatamba mukukunda kwekirabhu pamusoro peMaple Leaf yeGuelph, Niagara, Newcastle Beaver, uye Ingorsoll pamberi pemutambo nechikwata cheWoodstock chakamiswa nekuda kwekukakavadzana pamusoro pebaseball yekushandisa. Muna 1866, kutanga kwemwaka weMaple Leaf kwakanonoka, sezvo Shuttleworth nevamwe vatambi vaviri vakabatana neThirteenth Battalion uye vaidzivirira Hamilton panguva yekupamba kweFenian
. Musi waAugust 9, akakuvadzwa panguva yemutambo wakanangana neBeaver uye aifanira kusiya kurasikirwa kwekupedzisira 75 <unk> 44 muchikamu chechitatu. Akadzokera kuchikwata nepakati paAugust, achihwina makundano matatu mukukunda Ingersoll.