The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-09-09
SEASON CLOSES
SUNDAY, SEPT. IL
Double Header Today With Redfield
and Saturday and Sundays Game
With Huron Winds Up
Years Sport

The base ball season is nearing a
close. After today's double-header
with Redfield, only two games remain
to be played on the local grounds, Sat
urday's and Sundays games with the
Huron team will end the season. If
Miller should win these two games it
would insure Sioux Falls a birth in
the second position and if Huron
should win, they have a chance to end
Lext to the league leaders. Without
a doubt Huron will make a great strug
gle to win both games, making a good
fighting finish for the league season.
Wednesdays game with Redfeld on
the local lot was an interesting con-
test. Redfield winning 5 to 4. The
visitors took the three run lead in the
first inning on three hits, an error, a
base on balls and two wild pitches.
After the first Foster went good until
the ninth when a two-bagger and an
iio pun liil III a bolC. III lllO I'M
ing the Reds got two men across the
rubber.
Miller scored two in the 9Th, Will
Jams single and Aronson doubled, and
10th scored on Conkey's single Stric-
ker singled, Holmes flew out, and
Schroeder was safe on an error, filling
the sacks, but the next two men up
were easy outs.
Miller added two more in the ninth.
Kensel doubled after one man was out
and Guerney followed with a triple
scoring Kensel, Guerney coming home
on Williams single, and with the ty-
ing run on first the next two men were
easy outs. The score:
Redfeld -. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-5 9 1
Miller 80. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 "a IL 8
Halstad and Wood; Foster and Con-
key.
The Miller ball team has been play
ing in a slump the past week, winning
one game out of four played with the
Aberdeen club. The game won was
played on the local diamond on Satur-
day and was a good clean exhibition
Of the national game.
Albertson pitched one of his best
games of the year, registering a shut
out against the Aberdeen club. allow
ing only 5 hits and not walking a man.
Thirty-one men were all that faced
Albertson during the nine innings.
Some fast fielding both in the infield
and outfield brought the fans to their
feet.
Rhoades, who was on the mound for
the visitors was unsteady in the first
inning when Miller scored three runs.
After two we're out Williams singled,
and Conkey walked and STRIFE
ker cleaned the sacks, by a two
aagger over the center fielder. An
other score was added in the fifth
when Guerney and Williams walked,
were advanced on Aronson's sacrifice
and Guerney scored on Conkey's sing
lie. Williams was caught at the plate
on the throw in. The score:
Aberdeen -. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0~5 /
Miller 49,. 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 x-4 5 /
Rhoades and Streif; Albertson and
Conkey.
The three games lost at Aberdeen
we're by the following scores: 4 to L;
10 to 0 and 5 to ).
NOTES
Williams made the star play of the
Redfeld game when he caught Rielly's
home run swat on the run in deep
center. REILLY was on second when
the catch was made.
Kensel pulled down a hot one off of
S~tevenson's bat in the third. The
blow would have been good for at
least two sacks.
Although we out hit them, we could
MT win.
Only 5 Aberdeen players were on
the bags in Saturdays game, n OF
these reached third, and two second
and only one Aberdeen man was re
yired by the strike out route.
The fastest game of the year was
played at Miller Saturday. One hour
and eight minutes. was required tC
play the game. The umpire SHOULD
get some credit for this for he KEEP
the players hustling.
AL. Schroeder played right field fol
the locals Saturday. He made two
good catches, but failed to do anything
with the stick.
Neither team made an error on /;
tatted ball in Saturdays game. Thu
two made were on throws.