Later Life
In 1906, Fultz became a practicing attorney. In 1912, he created a furor in baseball by unionizing major league players in an organization called the Players Fraternity. Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson were among its officers. The group threatened to strike in 1917, but the walkout was averted after Fultz obtained some concessions for the players. The union was disintegrated during World War I.
After service as a WWI lieutenant aviator, Fultz became president of the International League. He retired in 1947 as a lawyer with offices at Broadway, New York, and came to Lake Helen, Florida, where he bought the estate of Henry A. DeLand. Fultz died in DeLand, Florida, at the age of 84.
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