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The Dermott News
Dermott, Chicot County, Arkansas
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The American League loses presidents Ernest S. Barnard and former president Byron B. Johnson, who died within 16 hours of each other after devoting their lives to professionalizing baseball.
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Both devoted their lives to the American national game. Their terms of service in the presidency spanned the life of the league itself.
When Johnson quit the sports desk of a Cincinnati newspaper to seek his fortune in the business administration of baseball, James J. Hill had arrived as the empire builder of the Northwest, and John D. Rockefeller had established the dynasty of Standard Oil. As each of those in his separate sphere wore the Napoleonic mantle, so Johnson did in baseball.
Under his leadership a rather rowdy sport became, on its artistic side, a profession, and, economically, entered the company of large affairs. It was Johnson's genius that wrought the miracle.
Mr. Barnard would have been fifty-seven years old on July 17. He had been re-elected president of the American league for a five year term. His activity in connection with the draft controversy and in the adoption of the schedule is believed to have hastened his death.
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both died within sixteen hours of each other; barnard's activity in connection with the draft controversy and in the adoption of the schedule is believed to have hastened his death.
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BASEBALL loses two of its major luminaries in the passing of Ernest S. Barnard and Byron B. Johnson, the president and the ex-president of the American league dying within sixteen hours of each other. Both devoted their lives to the American national game. Their terms of service in the presidency spanned the life of the league itself. When Johnson quit the sports desk of a Cincinnati newspaper to seek his fortune in the business administration of baseball, James J. Hill had arrived as the empire builder of the Northwest, and John D. Rockefeller had established the dynasty of Standard Oil. As each of those in his separate sphere wore the Napoleonic mantle, so Johnson did in baseball. Under his leadership a rather rowdy sport became, on its artistic side, a profession, and, economically, entered the company of large affairs. It was Johnson's genius that wrought the miracle. Mr. Barnard would have been fifty-seven years old on July 17. He had been re-elected president of the American league for a five year term.