| Show C CAREER A R E R WAS SPEEDY roscoe rosco e millers short stay in major league company recent death recall somewhat sen cat tat lonal rise and extremely rapid decline of pitcher at one time with detroit news of tho the death of millor miller near corydon ind his homo home will awaken memories la in the minds of fauk faub who recall tho the somewhat Kome mome what sensational rise 1 and extremely rapid decline of a pitcher who at OMU time promised to be one of tho the brightest teet lumi narlee of major league baseball miller had bad but one really successful conson apart from a good year in the bloore ills luck left him when he descried tho the clu club b that had givert him hia his first chance detroit and the only town in which be he ever completed a major league season it waa was in 1901 the year that the american league invaded the cast that miller gained recognition an au a coming detroit carried a email small pitching staff that year miller slaver cronin and yeager being ita its dependencies with miller the strongest right hander bander of the lot he ile had much to do with placing the team third in the raco race detroit that year was one of abc beat cards of the circuit because of ita its agreed and its fighting qualities it had dillon gleason elberfield Elber flold and caney on the infield and burrett barrett holmes and nance in the gardens buell and mcallister McAll lster did most of ohp catching ahing millers Ml llera success in a way went to his head and he was sus ep tible to advances that were made to him the next year when national leah league ue emissaries bought sought to induce him to jump lie ile was induced to believe that detroit was not using him as it should and when the baltimore blo blow oft came most of the players of that team going to new now york or to cincinnati with kel ley toy miller who was nas at washington with ith the tigers was induced to join those who jumped to the giants and that move was as the real end of hia his career with new 1 I ork he was never able to do any of the pitching that had enabled him to win games for detroit before the season ended he was given his release pittsburg PIUs burg claimed him but his stay with ith the pirates was brief and he lie was not listed among those who the year that ended die career in the majors he ile went to the minors and had one season in which his work was so good that it looked aa as if it he had come back but no one who was looking for pitchers seemed to have faith in him heas he was left in the little leagues miller became moody and despondent over his failure to get back took to dissipation pation and then tuberculosis finally claimed him |
