The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-07-29
LOCALS WIN THREE
and LOSE THREE
Team mt Sioux Falls Wednesday and
Thursday, at Wess. Spgs. Friday
and Saturday-HOme Sunday
For one Game with Spgs.

The local league team broke eve OH
games lost and won during the past
week, winning three and losing three.
Last Thursday they took the final
game from the Sioux Falls crew by
the score of Z to s, the locals winning
in a ninth inning rally. Fischer pit.
ched shut-out ball for the first sin
innings, but weakened in the seventh
and eighth, allowing the Siouxs a one
run lead. After getting n run in the
sixth on a two base hit and an error,
the Sioux batters started out in the
seventh to win the game. A base hit
md circuit smash Melted two in this
inning and a two-bagger, an error, a
three base hit and a home run added
four more in the eighth. In the ninth
the Sioux were set down in order.
Miller's scoring started in the third
when they registered three runs on
five base hits in a row, sending Tucher
TO the bench, Kutina, who relieved him
was i'm trouble every inning allowing
one run in the fifth and two in the
sixth. He escaped a slaughter in the
seventh by fast fielding by his team
mates and Stueland the Sioux lace"
relieved him in the eighth. Miller
opened the ninth needing two to win.
Bloom started with a base hit, but was
forced at End by Holmes, Mitchell got
a sharp single past first which the
right fielder "juggled," allowing Hol-
mes to score, and putting Mitchell on
third. Cholewa flew out to third and
Eensel drew a walk, and with the win
ming run on third Guerney knocked a
slow one to the Sioux shortstop who
score "~trickled' over the plate. The
score:
Miller $500. 0 0 0 / 2 0 0 Is IL 3
500 Falls 20 0 0 0 0 l 2 4 o. IL 3
Batteries, Miller-Fischer and Con-
Key. Sioux Falls-Kutina, Stueland
and Peters.
Fridays game with the Springs was
a pitchers battle with Albertson in tho
lead. AL, held the Springs batters to
S scattered hits, and one lone tally in
the fifth on a base hit, a sacrifice and
a base hit, and was never in danger,
only allowing two men on first in the
remaining four innings. Heskitt's bad
inning was the first when he allowed
'Our hits for two runs. The scoring
ended here although in three different
mnings third and second were occu-
pied The score:
Miller $50. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x-2 8 U
w Spgs :. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 s 3
Batteries, Miller-Albertson and
Conkey. Washington Springs-Hesk-
EFT and Novak.
The double header on Saturday re-
suited in two games for the Springs,
.3to2 and 10 to s. Collins pitching for
the Springs in the first game held
Miller to six scattered hits which re-
suited in two runs In the fifth. The
Springs batters got to Cholewa and
.1rabtree on the mound for the locals
for 16 hits, scoring s runs off Cholewa
and five off Crabtree. The score:
Miller 49,. 900 2 0 0 0 o. 2 6 3
Springs . O2060 0 2 l 2-13 16 2
The second game started fine for
Miller, who pounded Hoffman for sew
en- run in the first two innings, while
the Springs failed to count in the first
and second. They made up for it,
however. in the third by getting eight
singles and a triple off Cholewa net
ting eight runs, adding one more in
the fourth and four In the ninth. Max
well, who relieved Hoffman in the
third allowed one run in the fourth,
but was invincible in the remaining
innings. The score:
Miller .... 2 5010 0 0 0 o. s 8 3
Springs O0S10 0 0 0 4-13 Is 3
Batteries, Miller-Cholewa, Holmes
and Conkey. Springs-Hettman. Max
well and Novak.
Fischer won his second game in a
week in the first of a double header
Monday z to 6. 1t was a closely con-
tested game neither team having over
a one run lead on ven innings. Mil
Ter scored first in the initial inning on
a walk, a base hit and two sacrifices.
Madison evened it up in the third on
two base hits, a sacrifice and an error.
In the fourth Madison took a three run
lead on three hits, a walk and sacrifice
fly, and the Miller clan came right
back in their half and tied 1t up on
hits by Stricken, Conkey. Hubbard and
Haines. and a sacrifice by Bloom.
Neither team scored in the fifth, Madi-
son scored one in the sixth and Miller
took two, taking a one run lead, each
team added another in the seventh.