The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-14

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this little stroEe of good fortune.
| Score. Butte 6. Reliance s. t
King again kicked of for Butte and
| sent the pig skin Tar down the field
close to the Reliance goal where
| Wyckoff caught 1t and carried 1t back
| thirty-five Yards. Sherard again went
| around the left end with the ball and
| seemed in fair wav to make another
| touchdown when his old friend ellis
| again got him ON the hip and he went
| down hard after a fifteen yard run.
| Taylor went through the center for six
| yards and Sherard started around the
left end again. This time he was nailed
in fine style by Lasswell and made a
gain of only five yards. A series of
center bucks advanced the ball about
twenty-one yards further and II was
not far from the center OF the field
on Butte's side when the first half
ended.
At the start of the second half King
kicked 40 yards and the team followed
the ball up so promptly that HARRISON
only got 1t back 10 yards MCMILLAN
went through Slater and Perham for
two yards and Taylor repeated the
play. Sherard again essayed a grand
stand play around left end and gained
Is yards when he was tackled by Gil
lis. Wyckoff gained 10 yards at right
end and Oliver, Taylor and Frick fol-
lOWtu edcn OtneT lnTOuSn tne center
for 10 yards. On the last play Frick
fumbled the ball and Brooks dropped
on Ii before he could regain possession
of II. Lasswell then proceeded to play
a little football. He hit the center for
five yards and made six yards through
Oliver and Racine. He made another
yard through Hoall and Burnett and
Butte was given 10 yards for an offside
play. Lasswell went against the line
five times In quick succession and ad-
vanced the sphere 10 yards. In attempt
ing to go through Hall ana Burnett he
ran into Brooks. and the ball dropped
out of his hands and went to Reliance.
A criss-cross from Harrison to
Brooks gained the visitors three yards
and Wyckoff ran 10 yards around right
end. Taylor went through the center
for five yards and fumbled the ball and
Brooks fell on it. but the umpire would
not allow him to keep 1t. Reliance lost
five yards on two left-end plays and
Butte got the ball on downs. A yard
was lost for a starter on a tumble by
Richards of a badly snapped ball. Chef
Smith shott in between Mcmillan and
Oliver and dragged them along with him
for 10 yards, and Lasswell made an
eight-yard gain between Burnett and
Hall. ellis attempted to run around
left end, but went too far back and
made no gain. Chef Smith attempted
the same play with the same result.
and ellis tried 1t again and lost eight
yards. The Oaklanders secured the ball
on downs and were given 10 yards on a
foul tackle. Mcmillan gained 10 yards
around left end and then tried a center
play, but made no gain. Taylor was
more successful and went through
Langley for two yards. Mcmillan
gained 10 yards between Slater and
Perham. but made no gain on center
play that followed. oliver went around
the left end for five yards and Reliance
then lost the ball on downs. 90
1t was then that the most exciting
part of the game commenced. Lass
well commenced to buck the center and
he made a gain at every down. The
visitors were becoming ratified as a
result of the steady gains by the GRIM
son and cream and the contest resolved
itself into game against time. 1t was
at first question Of minutes and then
of seconds. iisslsn jdoiii I
The Buttes advanced rapidly as one
rush followed another. and when Lass
well shot through the center for 10
yards with a string of Reliance men
hanging on to his shoulders and arms
and went down with the ball inside
their 15-yard line, a mighty roar of
applause went up from the excited en-
thusiaSts. Hope was revived and VIC
tory was certain IL the time only held
out. Another rush advanced the ball
a yard, and another one two yards,
and Lasswell tore off five yards around
the right end. He hit the center again
for yard. and then dashed in between
Hall and Burnett for three yards This
put the ball about four feet from the
Reliance line, and the next rush would
surely have carried 1t over. Seconds
were worth hundreds of dollars Just
then, but money could not buy the
timekeeper's watch. Marion Oliver, one
of the substitutes of the Reliance team,
who, with Arms trong of Butte, was
keeping time, had announced just be-
fore the last play that there was a
minute left, and, as that play had not
taken up more than half a minute, II
was believed that Butte could get the
pigskin over the line inside the time
limit.
With not more than half a minute
left, at the outside, the teams lined up
for the last time, the whistle blew, and
the ball was in play. just then Hector,
the Reliance center, snatched the ball
and got in position to snap 1t, with as
much assurance as though 1t belonged
to him. 1t was a trick play, but IL
cost Butte the game. The referee ran
up quickly as possible and transferred
the ball to Butte. but this took up 20
seconds and, under the rules, this time
could hardly be taken out. Brooks gave
the signal as quick as lightning, Lass
we'll got ready to score the touchdown
and Langley was in the act of snap
ping the ball when the whistle blew
and II was all over. Hector's shrewd
trick undoubtedly cost Butte the game.
In the Is or 20 seconds that were lost
In Strengthening things out, the ball
would have been carried over the line.
The teams lined up as published IN
yesterdays Standard and played the
game through without change on either
side.
The score: Touchdowns, ellis 1; Nc
MILAN 1; Taylor /. Goals kicked, King
/. Goals missed. Bert Oliver 2. Referee
]. ". Bohn of Butte; umpire. Harry