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Mr. Dakin Miller of Malvern made \ this ollioe a brief call Monday while stopping in our town. Dakiu has developed into one of the best ball players in the business. His first experience at playing professional bail was in 1898 when he filled a fielding position in the Atchison, Kansas, state league team at d he acquired suoh a reputation there as a batter and all-around fielder that Manager Manning of the Kansas Oitys gave him a job for the season of ’99. As a member of tbis organization he led the whole Western League in both batting and fielding for tbree months. But as bis pay was light and he bad a better thing in view at Deuver be oommeiioed to “dub off” on Kansas Oity until be finally secured his release and the pest season has been playing left field for Deuver, Hie record there has been exceptionally brilliant. Daring the entirg season he baa made but three errors and with possibly two exoeptione leads the league in batting. Finally after the season was over, the eagle eye of Borns the manager oftbe Chicago National League team, espied the phenomenal record which Dakin has so gloriously attached to himself and immediately set about to secure his release from Deuver, which was eventually done, go next year we no doubt will bear of him taking oare of the left field garden for Chicago in the same creditable manner in which he has disposed of a similartbd DQftitinn for Dftnvop tha nAfct. vpar FT in
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Mills County Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 22, 1900
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