Show lista Mista Mist a Miller Throws Wicked Curves Color Colored eel Ace Still Going Goins' Stroll Strong at 46 16 t Also Entertains With Wisecracks By Barney Wot ya a all want vant th r Nate Cleaning in baseball terms that I George Miller is pitching and Nate Gray Is 13 catching for the Salt Lake Tigers TI local colored baseball gation atlon And wants to know just exactly what to do about it George is a great fellow chock chockfull full ull of oC curves slow balls and wise cracks crack Not Infrequently he plays with the grandstand as well as with I Ithe the ic opposition The name of Ge George r Miller l has been een connected with Salt Lake ama- ama tour cur baseball since 1922 Today George is still going coing strong at the age ge of 46 Truly he is respected here lere as the h grand ra d pop pop John QuInn I is s respected 1 m in me tue major leagues I Every now and then Misto Miller Mil MU- cr ler lands in some kind of a lauding laughing laugh laudi In ing ng tangent with the result that either ither th the opposing batter breaks a tendon endon in the abdominal section or j George Gcorge himself falls prostrate on the mound I DEMON WITH ITJI FAST BALL I Several years ago he housed used to strike I out ut three an inning by means of hurling t his fast curve through the dark ark alley Without the Miller MUter stam- stam ma Ina na of those days he must outsmart his man now and he maintains theres there Is s no better method than that of throwing laughing dust across the diamond lamond Miller Is picturesque in more ways was than one During Durins his ab absence ence from the mound he creeps into the bleachers bleach bleach- ers erb as collector of customs for the maintenance of the Tigers Tiger and the teams they oppose And he gets every everything thins from nickels dimes quarters rocks buttons to what you have Win Will or lose the Tigers are a a. great drawing card Since 1926 their records records rec rec- in victories and defeats has dampened their hopes t to claim in independent independent in- in dependent championship laurels Inthe in inthe inthe the city or 01 state But with George Georgeon on the hill their box office success is assured PLAYED IN TEXAS Millers Miller's baseball career is a varied va 30 va- va ried ned one Prior to migrating to Salt Lake he cavorted for five lve years ears with the Black Broncos from San Antonio Auto Anto nio nb three years ears with the Houston and and three years cars with the Waco ja In Iii 1912 li Kc Jib staked his home in alt S-alt Lake where he tic has since remained Not until 1922 however did he lue consent coment to I throw twisters for the Salt Lake TIers Ti Tigers Tigers TI- TI gers ers local colored aggregation George frankly admits that he has bas performed yeoman service for lor the local boys Yas YOg sah gab he grins Ah win moo moc games fo to do de Tigas dan any oda bo boon boon boon on dc do club Tills remark is refuted by Millers Miller's illers iller's Intimate friends with the gesture that George has been the Tigers' Tigers only pitcher Either way the credit Is Georges orges |