[2] In 1884, the 26-year-old Henry became president of the Union Association, a professional baseball major league that operated for only a single season.

Unfortunately for the Maroons, the Browns were at the peak of their game, winning pennants four straight years (1885–1888).

Of Lucas, it was noted that "during the next few years he turned up at a ballpark or otherwise hinted that he might like to return to the game",[5] but he had to settle instead for employment as a railway clerk with the Vandalia Railroad.

[2][6] Lucas died in 1910 in his home city, of blood poisoning from an ankle injury originally suffered years earlier.

[7] One newspaper headline following his death read, "Famous Sportsman Who Spends Millions in Fruitless Baseball War Dies in Poverty".