The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-06
OPERATION IS
 FATAL;BARNEY
 DREYFUSS DIES
Famous Baseball Magnate President of Pirates,
 Passes Away
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| arranging a post season series il 1903 between his pennant-wlnnins Pirates and the Boston Red Sox champions of the American League
 Those games were the fore-run' ner of the worlds series, which be came the outstanding event of tht baseball world starting with 1905. During the Federal League war Mir Dreyfuss had more seriou! problem to contend with, per sonal fight against invasion. Tht Federals made Pittsburgh one oi the points of their strongest attack by placing a star team there to bic for some of the patronage, in thS enjoyment of which the Pirate. had been unmolested.
 Meets Challenge
 Dreyfuss met the challenge with team that played up to the uSua, Pittsburgh and major league stand ards and consequently proved g greater attraction than the invad- CTS. Virtually the only embarrass- ment felt by the Pirates owner was the expense of holding his stars. Fabulous salaries were of- fered by the Federal League to the stars of organized baseball and many of them jumped to the new league,
 The Pittsburgh club under the direction of Dreyfuss was uniform ly successful, financially, and its owner was regarded as one of the wealthiest among baseball mag mates. From the playing stand point the clubs success was the winning of National League pen mats in 1901 -02-O3, again in 1909 then in 1925 and 1927, as well as the worlds series against Detroit in 1909 and against Washington in 1925.
 Born In Germany
 MT. Dreyfuss was born at Frei- burg, Germany, February 23, 1863, the son of Samuel Dreyfuss, an American citizen then resident in Germany. Barney was educated in Germany. After working a year in a bank at Karlsruhe, he came to the United States about 1881 and settled in Paducah, Ky. He married Miss Florence Wolf of Louisville. They had a son, Samuel, who be- came associated with his father as treasurer of the Pittsburgh club, and a daughter, Mrs. William E.. Bonswagner.
 Barney Rreyfuss' first employ ment in the United States was as laborer in distillery at Pa ducah, but in six years he became an official of the company. He had not been in this country long when he became interested in baseball and affiliated with sem-pro club at Paducah. Later he controlled the club four years until 1888, when he removed to Louisville.
 Buys In Louisville
 In the latter city only year, Dreyfuss purchased an interest in the Louisville baseball club and in three years became an official of the club. By 1899 he had accum- ulated sufficient money to enable him to purchase the interests of his associates, which he did for a price said to have been $50,000.
 That was the last year of the twelve-elub circuit in the National League and as Louisville was one of the cities to be dropped, Drey- fuss merged his club with Pitts burgh and became a half-owner of that outfit, his partner being William w Kerr, the previous owner of the Pirates.
 The consolidation strengthened the club, for Dreyfuss brought from Louisville Fred Clarke, who became manager of the club for a number of years in addition to be- ing one of the games best out fielders and hitters; the famous Hans Wagner, one of the greatest all-around players of all time; Tommy Leach, Deacon Philippe, and others who starred with the club for several seasons.
 The Louisville players enabled the Pittsburgh club to climb to second place in 1900 and the next season, when Dreyfuss came into sole ownership of the club, the Pirates won the first three suc- cessive pennants. From that time on the club became a leading fac otr in National League pennant