The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-31
WON THE GOOSE EGG
The MOrmOns Numerically Kicked
ALI Over the Field.
DID NOT SCORE ONE POINT
They Are a Tip-Top Lot of Boys
Who Accepted Their Defeat
With Smiles-A Few
Accidents.

recently tnat they were possessed OF a
football team that could get away with
any IL in the Northwest became a con-
viction this afternoon when Captain
Brooks and his husky young smoke
eaters defeated the much vaunted Y.
NJ. c. a. team of Salt Lake City. This
game was for the championship of the
Northwest, and it served to settle that
question in an emphatic manner. which
admits of no argument and puts ex-
cuses out of the question. After the
shut-out which the Butte team admin
istered to the Spokanes a few weeks
ago, there can be no question that they
are fully entitled to the championship
and all of the honors that accompany
that distinction. The Butte team is
now so strong, as was evidenced by to-
days game, that il will be compelled TO
look after new territory to conquer, as
there is no team west of the Missouri
or north of San Francisco that can
hope to cope with ii successfully. The
lesson that was taught the Smoky City
young men by the long-haired boys
from Omaha has been productive of
better results than were even hoped
for after that memorable defeat. and
considerable regret is expressed that
these same long-haired young men
cannot be induced to come back here
and receive a drubbing from the team
that was sprung from the ashes of the
IL that they had the pleasure of wall
lCping in such a disgusting manner.
The game was attended by a wildly
enthusiastic crowd of fully $500 people,
who shouted themselves hoarse over
the various successes of the home team
and kicked the toes of their shoes off
I'm roofing for the crimson and cream.
The elite of the city was out in numer-
Gus fashionable turnouts and fiuttering
red and white ribbons met the eye at
every turn.
The game was a little too one-sided
to be very exciting, and yet ii was not
cate, and determined efforts made by
the Buttes to keep their opponents
from scoring gave the game an added
interest after ii became certain that
the visitors stood no show of winning
The principal advantage of the Buttes
was in their size, but the science which
they displayed surprised even their
friends. and there is no doubt that they
would have won handily even had the
teams been on an equality in the man
ner of weight and size. The Mormons
are a snappy lot of clever young fell
lows and they play hard football, but
before the ball had been in play Is
minutesit became plainly apparent that
they were both overmatched and out
generated. They came here in the eX-
pectation of meeting a heavy lot OF
men, but they believed that their
science and their tricks would fully
even things up, and if anything, give
them an advantage. 1t did not take
them long to discover, however, that
their opponents were up to all of the
tricks of the game and were fully as
scienced, If not more so. than them
selves. and with this discovery they
We're forced to the bitter disappoint-
m HOY ffgaa,I la %
the game.
They put up a plucky uphill game
however, and earned the sympathy of
the crowd by their desperate efforts
to get just one little bit of a touch
down i'm order to alleviate, in some
slight measure. the sting of their alto
gether unexpected defeat The energy
which they threw into the game is
shown by the fact that of their men
were injured and one of them quite Sc
rlously in their unsuccessful attempts
10 break through the Butte line. Bar
ker sustained a badly sprained ankle
at the end of the first half and Cha
ney took his place. In the second half
AXton sustained rather bad scalp
wounds by coming into violent col
lision with Jim Hooper. and a few
minutes later Reading received some
ones head in the stomach. The blow,
while entirely accidental, was a terri
BILE one, and Reading tainted from
the effects of IL. The pain that il pro-
duced was intense, and he had to be
finally removed in a carriage to his
room at the Butte hotel. where a cou-
pie of doctors attended him. He final
ly recovered so as to be able to walk
around. Doctor Mcdonald was adver-
tised as field surgeon. but if he was on
the ground he failed to attend any of
the injured men. and the players were
greatly chagrined over his absence.
Walker went i'm in place of Axton. and
Casey took Readings place.
The visitors showed poor team work.
and Taylor was the only man on their
team who distinguished himself His
tackling was a revelation, and IL was
very rare thing to see a man get
away from him. He played all over
the field and bobbed up serenely lust
when he was the most badly needed
The Buttes played a superb game all
the way through. and their team work
showed plainly the effects of the eff
Gent and earnest coaching of big
Jim Hooper. They played together
like a machine. and the Interference
was beautiful. ellis and Brooks. as
usual coverei themselves with glory |
by their sensational runs. and Bowie |
and Ellis also distinguished them
selves by clever work on the same
line. King and Blackburn tackled like |
Gends, and brought their men down
usual strong game. and Slater. Smith. |
Weiss and Charley Hooper made up a |
line that was impenetrablc The wear
ers OF the crimson and cream played |
with a determination thar carried ev- |
erytbing before IL. and the ball was /
not on their side 10 minutes during the |
entire game.
The men lined up in the positions as |
published this morning. Salt Lake won /
the toss and selected the north goal in |
order to have the wind partly on their I
backs. Charley Hooper kicked of and |
cross fumbled the ball and fell on II. /
The MormOns then went against the /
Butte line. and TO the surprise OF ev- /
eryboGy they bucked il successfully /
three times. gaining Is yards Their /
success in this direction was very dis
appointing 10 the followers Of the GRIM
son and cream, who considered their
rush lire simply impregnable. and their
hearts went up into the roofs Of their /
mouths as the visitors went at the line /
again. The Buttes were on to their op-