| Show Otterbein Otte Gf Grad ad Attains Success r i American League P Proxy Credited with Introducing ing Athletics at School Westerville Ohio o Nov IP 10 IP Otterbein Otterbein college hero Is feeling honored by the tho election of r her alumnus alumnus alumnus alum alum- nus Ernest Sarg Sargent nt Barn Barnard to the presidency of the American League baseball Barney B rne who was brought up In Inthis Inthis this little village and graduated from Otterbein is given n all in credit for putting Otterbein on oil the ma map entered enter entered athletically When Barnard ed Otterbein the school had no ath ath- s. s The s school hool with only onehundred one onehundred hundred students could afford no coach coach either in football or baseball baseball base baseball ball and without having played either game In his life Barney undertook undertook undertook un un- to coach teams in both both both- atthe at atthe the college receiving no pay for his services Not built for Cor an n athlete himself Barnard took each each position as that position needed coaching and when he got through Otterbein came through with a v victory over overO O Ohio State When he graduated in 1895 his college hired him to o coach football for tor the season He did this for tor two s seasons before accepting a business position in Columbus Two years later he ac accepted a position as sporting editor of the Columbus Dispatch at the same time acting as coach of the football teams at Ohio Medical school and aura the United States Arm Army barracks steering the former to two ham cham championships in the tho Ohio conference It was as a sporting editor that he again ain broke into baseball and from that time on he has risen steadily In the baseball world |
