He recommended control of the Allan Cup be transferred from its trustees to the CAHA, who then reinvested profits into minor ice hockey in Canada.

He presided over the AAU of C when it was losing direct control of amateur sport in Canada, and had recently split ways with the Canadian Track and Field Association.

Pinafore at several theatres, sang as a tenor, and served as choir director of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Dunnville during World War I.

[4][20][21] One of the two crosses is displayed on the wall above the front door of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Dunnville, and was featured in a Remembrance Day ceremony in 2014.

[26] Fry recommended on behalf of the OHA to have the Toronto Granites as the 1923 Allan Cup champions represent Canada in ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics.

[28] At the 1923 general meeting of the OHA, Fry introduced a motion to put $2,000 towards a World War I memorial educational scholarship at the University of Toronto for those who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.

[35] When western provinces in Canada wanted to raise the junior age limit to 21, Fry noted that the OHA had more junior teams that the rest of the country combined, and there was no reason for "the tail to wag the dog", and keeping the lower age limit was a bargaining chip to gain concessions from professional teams.

[49] In response to the Trail Smoke Eaters being disqualified in the 1929 Allan Cup playoffs for an unsigned player, Fry motioned for any active professional athletes being banned from holding management positions on am amateur team.

[51] At the end of his term as president, Fry stated that "remarkable progress" was made in Canadian amateur hockey with respect to growing interest in the playoffs for the Allan Cup and Memorial Cup, and loyalty to amateur principals of the AAU of C.[52] On March 29, 1930, Fry was succeeded as CAHA president by Jack Hamilton.

The CAHA continued negotiations after the NHL appointed Conn Smythe and James Strachan to a working agreement committee.

[54] Results of the negotiations where discussed at the 1933 general meeting of the CAHA, and Fry recommended that players who unsuccessfully tried out for a professional team would still retain amateur status.

[62] He was part of the delegation that went to Ottawa to lobby Edgar Nelson Rhodes, the Canadian Minister of Finance, for funds to cover travel expenses for athletes.

[12] His 1933 book, Canada at the tenth Olympiad, 1932 : Lake Placid, New York, Feb 4 to 13 - Los Angeles, California, July 30 to Aug. 14, was printed by the Dunnville Chronicle presses and dedicated to Canadian sportsperson Francis Nelson who died in 1932.

[66] He recommended suspension of the Alberta branch due to breaking AAU of C principles, when five active "class A" professionals were reinstated as amateurs.

[71] AAU of C president J. Howard Crocker declined another term for health reasons, and Fry became the presumed heir since he had been appointed vice-president for the last two years.

Editor Edwin Allen stated that the player "Roy Berry" was an alias for Bohn Hilliard, a Texas Longhorns footballer who had played semi-professional baseball.

[83] On November 22, 1935, Fry suspended the entire Ottawa team citing proof of an illegal player,[84] but lifted the suspensions a day later when empowered by the AAU of C executive to deal with future developments from this as he saw fit.

At the same time, the AAU of C adopted resolutions to ask its sports bodies to investigate and eliminate hypocrisy and dishonesty in the pursuit of profits.

[82] Fry stated attempts were made to bring the Wolverines team back together for the Olympics, but its players had gone separate ways for personal and financial reasons.

[89] In January 1936, four members of the Wolverines were invited to play with Port Arthur at the Olympics, but declined when travel expenses were not covered for their families.

The new definition mentioned four points including; payments allowed for work time lost while playing games, players are allowed to make money as a hockey player but not have a second job, professional and amateur teams could play one another in games sanctioned by the CAHA, and professionals in another sport could be amateurs in hockey.

[97] In May 1936, Fry stated in a letter to the new CAHA president Cecil Duncan, that the AAU of C would not entertain proposals to change the definition of amateur.

Fry went on to say that changing the definition of amateur would sever ties with the AAU of C, and leave the CAHA not in good standing with the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG), meaning that Canada could not play in the Olympics, World Championships, and go on exhibition tours.

[95][96] CAHA second vice-president George Dudley referred to Fry as "Somersault Bill", due to the changing stand on the vote.

[12] His 1936 book, Canada at eleventh Olympiad 1936 in Germany : Garmisch-Partenkirchen, February 6 to 13, Berlin, August 1 to 16, was printed by the Dunnville Chronicle presses and subtitled an official report of the Canadian Olympic Committee.

[102] In October 1936, Fry called for AAU of C branches to attend the upcoming general meeting in November, and uphold "the continued safeguarding" of amateur principles.

He stated that during his visit to the 1936 Summer Olympics, he was assured by the LIHG and the International Amateur Athletic Federation would not recognize organizations who supported professionalism in sports.

[110] Fry attended the silver jubilee of the CAHA at the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg in April 1939, which included 11 of the 13 past presidents.

[4] The Dunnville Chronicle and the Welland Tribune reported that Fry was well known throughout the Niagara Peninsula, and that his funeral was well-attended by members of the sports associations with which he served.

[4][12] He was remembered by journalist and former Olympian Bobbie Rosenfeld as a man who fought for true amateurism in sport, in the face of growing professionalism.