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Show Frovo Takes. First Game In Championship Series Cavemen Are Confident For Coming Games Miller Expected To Save Second Game. ' The American Fork baseball players are more confilent of winning the championship from the Timps now even though they dropped the first game here Wednesday to Ott Birk'a crew 6 to 5. Hap's team has been badly crippled all thru the second half and this Wednesday's game was the first showing since they have been recruited. Although they have ' not register victory and possibly the fans were not fully pleased with the showing, ithe players themselves are confident and pleased with the spirit and baseball ability displayed in the opener. They feel they are equal to the games ahead and will improve with each game. Addie Miller was saved for the game at Provo today. He la due to pitch another perfect game, equal to that at Geneva ami his team and the public is expecting him to put them on an equal footing again with a, victory. Addie is equal to the occasion occas-ion and with his batting ability shown throughout the season can almost al-most win his game alone with the right kind of fielding behind him. Every member of the club and a good majority of the fans are going to Provo today confident of a victory. Wednesday Game Thriller The game Wednesday was a thriller thrill-er right up to the ninth innings first one club being ahead and then the o'ther. Provo lead yith one In the first and one in the' fourth. The Cavemen evened the score with two in the fourth. Provo countered with two in the fifth and American Fork came back with three in the sixth. In the eighth Provo evened the score with one and shutting out our boys they won the game with one in the ninth. Polling, American Fork's new pitcher brought here for the series, was equal to the occasion in every pinch but some untimely errors rob. bed him of a victory. The next game here will be on Wednesday at 3 p. m. o |