The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-05
THE GRANTEES BEAT HELENA,

Good Foot Ball But the Home Team
Lacked Practice.
The attendance at the game of foot ball
between the Granite and Helena teams was
not very large. A few of the fair sex were
present and took great interest in watching
the brawny and bronzed athletes as they
ked the leather ball over the field and
sometimes over the fence. The grounds
we're in good condition and the weather waG
fine. There was cool breeze blowing
which famed the mostly brows of
the players. The game was called promptly
at the hour for which it was set, by the UNI
pire. The first inning was dead set in
them. Big Jack Wilson of the Helena
team is giant at football and kept his
men we'll in hand. The leather bag was
kicked from one end of the field to the
other, over the side lines, and at times it
was lost to sight amidst a tangled lot of
players and cloud of dust. Sometimes
the ball was sent over the fence by vigor-
GUS kick, we'll intended, but which dis
played no science at the game. Prosser,
Fortune and Mowry fought the ball towards
the GRANTEES goal and away from their own
( in grand style, we'll backed up by the Hell
ena men, with Jack Wilson waving his
arms and shouting words of encouragement
to his men. Although hard pressed by the
Granite boys, and weakened by the absence
of their goal keeper, Kane, the Helena men
held the visiting team down and not Il goal
was kicked in the first half AS the umpire
blew his whistle for the second half to be-
gin the wind freshened up and blew strong
" in the faces Of the Helena men. The
home team was now at a disadvantage and
struggled hard to prevent the visitors from
making goal. Lack of practice and the
absence of their regular goal keeper
began to tell. The GRANTEES forced
the ball down the field against the
the first ten minutes of the second half were
up, Keir, of the GRANTEES, sent the dust
covered sphere shooting into the Helena's
goal, scoring one The triumphant yell that
came floating over the field to the grand
stand recorded the goal in the minds of the
were left, and before they were up the ball
bounded around the field like thing of
life with crowd of rushing players fight
ing it into the air, outside the side lines and
back again, until it was kicked and pounded
through the ranks of the Helena team and
sent in between the stakes by Coleman. of
the GRANTEES. The game was ended and the
score stood to Q in favor of the GRANTEES.
Word, Wilson and Murray, of the Helenas,
did good work, and the team
would have made a better show
ing had the Rugby rules, been
the home players were not familiar with
the latter, which do not permit the ball to
be touched with the hands. The Granite
team are in good form and did some very
straight shooting with the ball. Burns,
Coleman, Martin and Keith did some of the
best work for the GRANTEES. Following are
the players and POSITIONS:
Helena-V. Fortune, goal keeper; Jack
Wilson, captain; w. Merrill. backs; Prof.
Mowry, E. FLYNN, II. Harrison, half backs;
L. Prosser, VIM. Murray, w. Sandford, G.
Word and A. N. Other, forwards.
Granite-R. Aurthur, goal; l. tombstone
I. B. Guthrie, backs; Alex. Keith, &. X.
Martin. captain; G. NJ. Keir. half backs:
VIM. Kennedy. Harry Coleman, VIM. Smith,
T. c. Burns, Alex. Robertson, forwards.