The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07
Jack Miller Didn't Get the Dumps
When His Owner Sold Him
To An Inferior Organization, But
He Helped Make Winners
Out OF Layers.

players In to make the bargain good
and Miller was notified he was to-
play with st. Louis Konetchey
was notified he was to play with
Ptttsburg
Now IL there Is any place IN the
world a player did not want to go
to In the spring OF 1914 it was st.
Louis. The Cardinals had been tail
enders consistently for years. They
didn't seem to have a chance to
get out Of the subway for gem
Grafton at least. Players are given
extra bonuses when they land high
up In the league II the team can
land in the first division at the end
of the season 1t gets small bonus.
The nearer to the top 1t gets the
bigger the bonus. Pittsburg was q
5 first division club and had kept IT
self In the first division for some
time.
st. Louis was hopelessly sub
way club. Miller had played all
his days In the major league at
Pittsburg. He knew the fellows
there and for Ave years had never.
thought OF playing anywhere else.
His ambitions led him to believe
some day he could be one OF the
greatest Pirates In the club and he
hoped to be able to play for the
Pirates In the worlds series some
day Had some one thrown a bar
rel of cold water. on Mi1lerrs head
1t would have given him more
cause for jos- than to be cast way
ont In the Mound City By actual
computation based on the theory OF
progTessfons it would take 2,1n4
FEARS for the Cardinals to play in
the world s series AS based on their
gains IN receil years prior to 1914
filler shook hands with his old
club mates and went where dollars
called. He showed up at tho Card
There Mere some prophets who said
he would Jump to the F1ederais:
They pTOphesird he would be ont OF
st. Louis before the season was half
over. Then tho prophets said Mil
Ter would sulk and wouldn't play
ball. That would be III harmony
with the actions of other profes-
sional baseball players. When
baseball player cannot get what ha
wants from his manager he lays
down on the job, He can pretend
TO play hard and the manager can
not sue him for breach Of contract
The Only thing the manager can do
in the matter is to wait until the
next opportunity when he can swap
his nnmanagable player of to some
one else. s3J Il
That was what the proph cts said
tHuggtns would have to do with MIL
Ter unless the New Jersey player
would Jump to the Federals. The
$arst game In which Miller played,
he played ball. The second game
he played bali again. The third
game he played ball some more.
When the fourth game was called
the fans turned toward Miller to-
zee il he had yet developed the
sulks They did not develop and
Miller played ball. Then the fans
decided Miller WaR made OF good
stuff andizttat he would keep on
playing. ball.
MANAGERS RIGHT HANDED
MAN IS UNIVERSAL VERDICT.
When the season finally ended
and the Cardinals he'd finished III
the first division and the Pirates
had dropped back several notchea
the sport experts OF the country
began to diagnose the case They
nov arc saying that MI Her Higgins
proved to be the wise man OF base
ball. He had gathered together
lot of steady play ers who could
play IN champ onship style right
down TO the finish. For many weeks
before 1T was definitely decided that
the Braves would finish first, the
Cardinals were In the running for
the championship in the league.
OfSall the sWaps Higgins made to
get good men, it is conceded gem
orally that the swap he made to get
rid OF Honey and to get Jack Mil
Ter WAS the best swap OF all. With
out any pronounced stars Higgins
nut out team which had a. big fol-
lowing and which had to be reck-
oned with until the last few days OF
the season. ~.
Miller was a great help to the
Cardinals az living force He
played such steady ball all the time
that the fans admired his ability
and the other players always felt
he could be depended upon In
pinch. Miller had two chances.
when he joined the Cardinals. One
chance was TO play q rotten game
and depend on his record at Pitts
eDuf& 10 give AlIn GaHoLnerSBS Chancef
with some other team. The other
chance was to play good ball and
make q reputation for himself In
the Cardinals as well as with the
Pirates. He chose the latter course.
Today he is worth more than ever
IN his career. When he signs up
new contracts his playing In 1914
will always stand him In good