Louis Miller

Louis E. Miller (1866-1927), born Efim Samuilovich Bandes, was a Russian-Jewish political activist who emigrated to the United States of America in 1884. A trade union organizer and newspaper editor, Miller is best remembered as a founding editor of Di Arbeiter Tsaytung (The Workers' Newspaper), the first Yiddish-language weekly published in America, and a co-founder with Abraham Cahan of the Jewish Daily Forward, the country's first and foremost Yiddish-language daily.

After leaving the Forward in 1905 due to editorial differences with Cahan, Miller established a Yiddish daily newspaper of his own, Di Warheit (The Truth), which attained a measure of success until its readership was shattered with the coming of World War I.

Biography

Early years

Efim Samuilovich Bandes was born to a Jewish family in April 1866 in Vilna (today's Vilnius, Lithuania), then part of the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire. While barely a teenager, Efim (who later took the name Louis Miller) and his older brother joined a revolutionary circle headed by Aaron Zundelevich, seeking the overthrow of the anti-semitic Tsarist regime in Russia.

Weenie Miller

Louis F. "Weenie" Miller was an American college basketball coach, athletic director, and sportcaster. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Miller endured a nine-year head coaching career with Hampden–Sydney College, Washington & Lee University, and, most notably, the Virginia Military Institute, where he led the Keydets to the school's first NCAA tournament appearance in 1964.

Miller graduated from the University of Richmond in 1947 where he earned all-state honors in baseball and basketball. In addition to serving as a coach in multiple sports, Miller enjoyed a brief semi-professional career in baseball and basketball.

Early life

Miller was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1922. He attended Benedictine High School, a private Catholic military school, where he was an exceptional athlete. Miller continued his athletic career at the University of Richmond. As a senior, Miller captained the school's basketball and baseball teams. He went on to earn All-State honors in both sports and make the All-Southern Conference team in baseball.

Louis Miller (baseball)

Louis "Red Miller (birthdate unknown) was a Negro Leagues third baseman and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.

Miller managed the Baltimore Black Sox in 1922 and 1923.

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