His law school classmates bestowed it to honor his dignified manner, a demeanor that had undoubtedly served him well in baseball circles.

From there, the administrative duties were put in the hands of an executive committee for a period of one year, with orders to survey conditions and report back with recommendations and specific requests for changes.

Bramham treated it as a great opportunity, instead of a misfortune, and provided the strong leadership that the baseball industry needed to survive and eventually prosper in the 1930s, despite the turbulent financial times.

[6] The NAPBL office had been in Auburn, New York, since the organization was founded in 1901, but Bramham moved them to Durham, North Carolina, where he had a thriving law practice and was active in statewide Republican politics.

[6] As a result, Bramham soon found out that he had a full-time job and gave up his law business to devote all his energy to the organization during 14 years.

[5][6] One of the most significant reforms instituted by Bramham during these years was designed to eliminate the so-called "shoestring operators", who often did not have the financial support to survive a full season.

Bramham insisted that new owners show moral integrity and back up their operations with guaranty deposits, and he rigidly held all NAPBL clubs to this standard.