Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1910 — MURPHY IS KEPT VERY BUSY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MURPHY IS KEPT VERY BUSY

President of Chicago National League Club Hits on Unique Plan to Becure Recruit*. “Almost every mall brings me let. ters telling of some undiscovered wonder,” said President Charles W. Mur. phy of the Cubs, who recently hit up on the most unique plan ever attempted to recruit young ball players and today has 8,000 fans working for him. The plan of the Cub president is as simple as it is unique. He wrote a personal letter to these 3,000 fans requesting them to forward

names of the mo9t likely looking' youngsters In their locality. He promised to pay a liberal sum to the discoverer of the youngsters who finally made good with the west side team. The letters were sent out several days ago and already many answers have been received.' "You would be surprised at the answers I have,” he says. ‘.’Fans In the most remote parts of the country have written me recommending the likely prospects in their territory.”

President C. W. Murphy.