Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — PIRATES’ HOODOO IS SOLVED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PIRATES’ HOODOO IS SOLVED

Pittsburg Team Find Long-Wanted First Baseman In “Dots” Miller—Has Hard Job Ahead. 7 The Pittsburg team of the National league claims to have found its long looked-for first baseman in* “Dots” Miller, the Kearney, N. J., boy, who has been shifted from second base to first. The Pirates have searched diligently for a first baseman ever since they traded Kitty Bransfleld' to the Phillies in the spring of 1905. In the last seven years the Smoky City aggregation has tried out first sackers by the wholesale, but never succeeded in landing a high class man. Among the men tried were Del Howard, Nealon, Flynn, Swacina, Gill, Abstein, Sharpe, Hunter, Keating and McKechnie, but none of them suited Fred Clarke or the Pittsburg fans. Last spring and through all of 1910 the Pittsburg scribes were singing

the praises of Fred Hunter, said to he by far the greatest first sacker that ever performed in the American association. Fred lasted half the season, when he was shunted to the side lines, and was leased before the season was over. ‘ Followei sos the Pirates now are

asking themselves whether Miller also will prove to be a fizzle at first base. "Dots” has a hard job ahead of him, as there seems to be a hoodoo to the position on the Pittsburg, team, ft" 16 even intimated in Pittsburg that Hans Wagner would rather not tackle Tfie place, as he believeß he might succumb to the hoodoo and lose his batting eye oij his fielding ability.

“Dots” Miller.