Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1911 — APPRECIATES PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

APPRECIATES PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT

Fred Clarke of Pittsburg, returned after a scouting trip. Besieged by the eager correspondents the manager protested that there was nothing doing—that he had not signed any new player or that he hadn’t talked trades—and that he hadn't accomplished anything at all, at all. “What did you do on your trip?" the writer asked Clarke. “Nothing,” was the smiling rejoinder. “Did you uncover any phenoms?” “Not any, but I did learn one thing.” “What was that?”

“Why, to appreciate more than ever the players we now have under contract. Say for me that we do appreciate these men, no matter what any person or persons say.”

Manager Fred Clarke of Pittsburg Pirates.