The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-17
COMING FROM MONTANA,
The Butte Football Team Will
Arrive Thursday by
Special Car.
To Play Reliance and Olympic and
Then Go Nor th-Record of
the Eleven.

The Butte football team will arrive in
this City Thursday morning, and on Sat.
urday afternoon it will meet the Reliance
men at Central Park in the first inter.
State contest of athletic clubs that has
ever been held here.
The Montana men will travel in the
Northern Pacific private car "Minne.
waska," said to be the finest on the road
1t is likely that during their stay they
will live at Oakland, where their palace
car and dining-car will be sidetracked.
They have two games arranged for this
City, the first with the Reliance and the
second on Christmas with the Olympic,
and they will endeavor to secure a game
tor the 2Sth although whom their oppo-
nents will be is not yet decided.
After leaving California the Butte team
will continue its tour and will play three
games in the Northwest. On January 1 q
match is scheduled with the MuItnomah
Athletic Club of Portland, on January 4
with the Tacoma Athletic Club, and on
January 9 with the Port Townsend Ath-
Ietic Club.
The team has long record behind it
this season, as follows:
April 14-Butte 1S, Spokane A. CO.
May 3O-Butte So, Salt Lake Y. NJ. C. A. o.
July 4-Butte 6, University of OmahaO
September Butte 19, Portland A. C.
september 15-Butte Ii, Iowa State College
october 6-Butte 49, Anaconda O.
october 16-Butte 16, University of Nebraska
6.
November 13-Butte 6, Reliance A. C. 8.
November 23-Butte 6, Denver A. G. IL.
November 2S-Butte "a, Olympic A. c. o.
December butte IL, Olympic A. C. 6.
This record indicates that the California
games will be hard contests.
Reliance Just did win when Mcmillan
was captain of the Oakland eleven, and
now he is playing center rush for Butte.
But Reliance has made every effort to
strengthen itself for defense of California
against Montana. As result HARRISON.
eX-Captain Downing Walton and Bunker,
all Old Stanford players, will be III Oak.
land suits next Saturday. And there is a
likelihood that Captain Smith and Sexton
OF the Olympic team will also play under
the maroon and white to defeat the aspir-
ing giants from the Rocky Mountains.
Private advices from Butte say that Carr,
the University OF Michigan center rush, and
Hooper, the right guard. have been added
to the remarkable collection OF star play
ers drawn to Butte from Oregon, Califor-
MA. Colorado and Michigan by the attrac-
tive business openings created for them by
the old Yale enthusiast who is backing
the Montana team.
Following is the Butte team, with the
stripped weights of each player, which are
ten pounds less than the actual playing
condition:
G. W. King, left end, 14S; William Slater, left
tackle, 1879; James D. Hooper. left guard, 100;
George Mcmillan, center, III: W. T. Perham,
Tight guard, 100; Robert Ellis, right tackle,
1856; ). {. Smith, right end, 1853; Captain +.
Brooks, quarter, $50; L. J. Harlzell, left half.
100; Donald Gillis, right half, 1856; w. B. Las
WELL fullback, ITO.
In addition to these men there are as
substitutes:
Weiss, guard, 1875; Langley, center, 1874;
klchards, quarter, 164; Boyce, 159; McPher-
son, 155; Monroe, 1s9.