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Show ITAFT REFUSES TO GIVE OUT PLANS Chicago. March 18 Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, who recently acquired ac-quired the controlling interest in the Chicago National league baseball club, announced today that he may succeed CharlCB W. Murphy as president pres-ident of the Cubs. He also declared .he had not attempted to dispose of his stock to the Chicago syndicate. "I think the Cubs a good paying proposition and I can see no reason for selling," Mr. Taft was reported as saying. "I have never offered the stock for sale. All talk of such transactions trans-actions have come from the other side of the fence. I sincerely think that I will run the Cubs myself. There .must be a lot of pleasure in bossing athletes." "Upon his arrival hero, last night, Mr. Taft announced he had come to Chicago to reconstruct the club. He spent today looking over the club's ball park and in arranging for improvements. im-provements. Chicago, III.. March IS Charles P. Taft, principal owner of the Chicago National league club, accompanied by Charles W. Murphy, retiring president presi-dent of the club, and Charles Thomas, secretary, made a thorough examination examina-tion of the Cubs' plant today. It was Mr. Taft's intention to find out exactly what Improvements will be needed in the near future. Ho declined to give out his plans relative rela-tive to the reorganization of the club. |