The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-07-22
MILLER WINS Two
OUT OF SIX GAMES
Washington Springs Here Friday and
STANDARDIZATION Sunday
and Monday

in its slump, altho occasionally show
ing a fash of its old time form. The
local tossers have won two games out
of the last six, one from Mitchell and
enc from Sioux Falls.
The first game with Mitchell last
Saturday resulted in a victory for the
visitors by the one-sided score of IA
to 4. Wilkus the Mitchell pitcher.
kept Miller's twelve hits scattered,
while Mitchell punched hits of of
Cholewa for an early lead. The score
Miller 80. 0 0002 1 0 0 l. 4 IL 4
Mitchell . 4 2 0 4 2 0-15 16 2
The second game with Mitchell was
a victory for Miller by a score of 4 to
8. 1t was a snappy game. featured
by three double plays pulled off by
Holmes, Kensel and Quincy, which
cut down Mitchell's rallies and saved
the game for the locals Fischer, pit
ching for Miller was in excellent form
keeping the hits distributed in seven
innings, and striking u three men.
The score:
Miller go. 10000 0 KS IL 2
Mitchell :. 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 IA 8 0
Batteries, Miller-Fischer and Hahn
es; Mitchell.-Kaiser and Ashland.
The third game with Mitchell re-
suited 8 to 2 In favor OF Mitchell.
Nine hits including a home run, a
triple, and three doubles together with
five errors by the Miller clan account
cd for the Mitchell scores. Miller's
two scores came in the sixth on Stric-
ker's base hit, a walk to Conkey. a
base hit by Fischer and Blooms sac
rifce. The local boys got the same
number of hits as the Mitchell club,
but the breaks Of the game al
against them. The score:
Miller 49,. 0 5000 2 0 0 o. 3 5
Mitchell :. O2430 0 0 % 8 2
Batteries-Pate and Haines; Leroy
and Ashland.
The first game with Sioux Falls on
Tuesday went to Sioux Falls IL to IL
Il was all Miller's up to he nIntn mn
ing when the score stood 10 to l. Up
70 that inning the Sioux tribe looked
like a bunch of tramps, having ten
errors chalked up against them and
only seven hits off Cholewa's delivery.
Cholewa was pitching q clever game
and had everything in the world but
in the ninth something went wrong.
Peters, the first man up cracked out
a two-bagger and when Cholewa was
relieved with two down nine men had
crossed the home plate t'eing the
score Albertson finished the inning
with one more man crossing, making
this game IL to 10. in favor of the
Sioux.
Miller tied it up in their half of the
ninth, and the Sioux's annexed the
winning run in the tenth. Miller fail
ing to score in that inning. The score
Miller. 0 040120 3 l Oil IL 3
s Falls 0 0 0 0 0 0 oil 0 1-12 Is 10
Observation-Disclosures Albert
son and Haines Sioux Falls-Kutina,
Wallace, Stueland and Peters.
Miller won the first and lost the
second of a double-header Wednesday
The first game resulted 8 to 9
Crabtree, a new pitcher started the
game and got credit with a win. Tn
Sioux annexed one in the first but NIL
Ter came right back with two more
and added three more in the second
Sioux Falls tied the score In the thirt
by punching five hits and went n II
the lead in the fourth on a triple ant
two singles After that the Siou'
were unable to get o man across tn
rlate. In the seventh inning the Siou'
| threatened to break up the game whel
, Crabtree walked the first man up, Al
bertson who relieved him allowed on
, single and hit the mex man. filling tn
: bags. Pate was then sent to the res
cue and came out with colors fyinf
The next man popped to Kensel. Car
h isch Jew out to Fischer who hell
{ O'Hare on third. Naleway Knocked
: roller to Holmes, who threw Maguir
out at second. In the eighth and mint
Z Pate held the Sioux batters and We
" never in danger The Sioux tribe we
leading 6 to 5 up to the 6th vine
Mitchell opened the inning with a SIN
lie. Crabtrec drew a walk, Kensei ga
y rifced them to third and secon
Huerney singled but the runners WEI
held on the bags. and then Conkey
trusty bat came to the rescue. al
d when the ball was nelded back in Il
ct diamond the three men had scor'
v and Conkey rested on third. Mill
Ne added one more in the sth, MAXI
y. the final score 9 TO 8.