The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
TWO GAMES WON
AND FOUR LOST
Miller Ball TOssers Take Springs Out
Of Second Place and Lose To
Cellar C0ntcnders

Cellent base ball during the past week.
Thursday the Springs and Miller
tangled i'm a three game series, Miller
taking two of them.
Thursdays game was a pitchers
battle between Foster for Miller and
Maxwell for the Springs, in which
Foster out pitched his opponent altho
he lost the game.
After holding the Springs scoreless
in the first three frames, three errors
in a row and two singles netted the
Springs four runs. After that fatal
inning the Springs bunch were not
able to get a man past second.
Miller got the only earned runs in
the game in the second and third inn
ing, scoring one in each. In the sec
ond Fischer singled past third, took
second on Conkey's sacrifice and scor-
ed on a two-ply swat by Guerney.
Stricken scored one i'm the third on his
t~wo-bagger and Williams single. This
ended Miller's scoring altho in every
inning but one Miller had two men
on the bases when the side was re-
tired. The score:
Miller ..... 0 1 1 0 0 0 % s 5
Springs .... 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 o. s 2
Batteries-Foster and Conkey. Max
we'll and Nelson.
Miller won Fridays game, a eleven
inning battle four to three. As in
Thursdays game Miller had one bad
inning. After two were out in the
fifth three errors accounted for the
Springs score. Albertson, who was
relieved in the tenth by Foster, pitch
ed the first nine innings and pitched
one of the best games played on the
diamond this year, and should have
been credited with a win, the three
errors giving the Springs a lead which
Miller was unable to overcome until
the eleventh.
Holmes scored in the third on his
base hit, a stolen base, a felders'
choice and Kensel's single Another
was added in the 9Th on Williams g.
Dagger and Stricker's double, with the
tying run coming in the 9th, Walker
pinch hitting for Albertson singled
rast third, Kensel sacrificed him to
second and he scored on Stricker's
3-bager over the center fielder. The
Springs was retired in order in the
tenth and eleventh, and Miller's tenth
was one, two three, but the eleventh
brought JOY to all Miller fans when
Holmes, first a up, put one on the
nose for a home run. The ball cleared
the left field fence by thirty feet, and
was one of the longest hits made this
season. The score:
Miller 0 0 / 0 0 1 0 / 0 IA II A
Springs 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 O--3 AZ
Decentralization, Foster and
Conkey; Hoffman, Maxwell and Nell
son.
Another eleven innings game Sat-
urday, score s To Q in favor of Miller,
and it was some battle.
Miller started the scoring in the first
getting two IN Daley's error, two base
nits and a sacrifice. The Springs tied
il up in the second and took a two run
lead in the fourth.
The best Miller could do in their
half of the fouth was one run. In the
fifth a combination of hits and walks
off Walker Melted the Springs two
runs, and one out, and the bases full
when "Ducky" Holmes took charge Of
the pitching for the locals. Two more
runs came in before the side was re-
tired making four for the inning.
With "Ducky" in the box there was
nothing doing in the scoring line for
the Springs, retiring them in order
for six innings.
With the score three to eight in the
fifth, Miller came up from behind add
ing one III the fifth, another in the
sixth, and three in the seventh on
Arorson's home run, Guerney's single
and Haines home run. With the
ccore tied it, remained for "Ducky" to
win his own game in the 18th. With
one down he slammed a triple over
center field and scored on Haines sac
riice fly. The score:
Miller. 2 001113 0 0 0 10 Is A
Spring O2024OOO0 0 O-s 10 3
Batteries-Walker, Holmes and
Ccnkey; Heskitt, Maxwell and Nelson.
The most crushing defeat was three
straight from ALTERS cellar contend
ers of Madison. And they beat us.
leaving the fans without an alibi. The
score OF the three games are:
Miller 80. 10000 0 / OIL 6
Madison IL 004200 % II
Batteries-Foster and Conkey: Low
cry and Femming.
Miller !. oos11alos- $40 10 !