Evening star., 1914-12-28
ROSCOE MILLER STAR PITCHER
FOR. ONE YEAR WITH DETR OTIS
Flashed With So Much Brilliancy That the
Reflection Carried Him Along for
Several Seasons.

s1iller TO take the leap When he land
ed in New York the Giants pitching
stair consisted of Luther Dummy
LAY Tor. who jumped to Cleveland and
returned; Christy Mathewson. Joe Nc
Iinn1ty and Jack Cronin, the last
named once MiIIer's side partner at
Detroit.
His First Full Game.
After figuring i'll two games as re-
lief man for the Giants, Miller. August
s, pitched his first complete contest,
and was beaten by Chicago, 6 TO O.
Jock Mencfee pitched for Chicago, and
was caught by Johnny King Roger
Bresnahan caught the delivery of Mil
ier Roscoe altogether pitched seven
l luii games for the Giants, and of these
he won only one, defeating Chicago at
New York. 3 to ,. His opponent on
the rubber was Carl Lundgren, just
from the University of Illinois. Miller
beating from Vic Willis, whose Boston
team shut out New York. to 0. thus
making the scores identical in Miller's
first and in his last game.
Wen. the other New York pitchers
did not do any better and, therefore,
in 1903. when McGraw took hold OIL
the team. all of them were kept In
fact, they We're the only pitchers OH
the list until near the end of the sea-
son. when Leon Ames was obtained
from lion, n. Y, and John BARLEY
! from the Beaumont team of the South
Texas League. Barley pitched in part
of game only. relieving Mathewson
in contest won by the Giants from
Cincinnati. s to 0. However, when the
newcomers arrived, Miller was no
longer Giant. Mathewson, Taylor.
Cronin and McGInnity were actively
engaged in carrying the team into Sec
ond place, but Roscoe had been given
his walking papers August 25. He had
been on the rubber in only six COM
plete games, of which he won but two.
HIS last game for the Giants was Au-
gust 20. when the Chicagos. with Jake
Weimer on the firing line, beat him
by score of to 5.
Fred Clarke. manager of the Pitts
burghs, did not believe that Miller was
"all in," and in 1904 signed him for
the Pirates. Roscoes was not a pro-
longed stay with the Pittsburghs. In
his very first game. which was the
second of the season for Pittsburgh,
the Cardinals beat him, to 5, at st.
Louis, and in his second game Cincin-
natl beat him. to T. Then he beat
Chicago, and seemed on the highway
to success by winning three OF his
next five games. May 19 he met his
old comrades, the Giants, for the first
time, and was highly elated when he
defeated them, to /. Luther Taylor
was the opposing pitcher, and the vic
tory was SO much sweeter to Miller
because it was gained at Pittsburgh
Mathewson was beaten at Cincinnati,
and these two defeats put the Gaipts,
who had come to Pittsburgh in first
place, down to third. This WAS their
lowest notch in the race. but they soon
regained the lead and held it to the
finish.
Miller's next and last meeting with
the Giants occurred ut New York June
6, and he WAS defeated, Is to =, by
Mathewson. He was relieved by
Howard Camnitz near the end of the.
game, and George Wiltse finished for
Mathewson. Miller pitched his last
game for Pittsburgh, which WAS also
his last in the major leagues, July
80, when he won from st. Louis, which
had jack Taylor on the rubber. by
score of ) to =. Roscoe was released
by Pittsburgh on that date. and at once
fell out of the game. He was to have
gone to Providence, but Tom DAILY, the
manager, evidently had 10 room for
him, although just at that time he WAS
searching high and low for pitchers.
and was giving all comers n trial.
April 10, 1913, the news WAS flashed
at Corydon. Ind, his home, that Miller
was dead, having paid his lact reckon
ing that day.