The San Francisco call., 1895-11-18

sired, and better than the most sanguine
had dared to hope for. Victory on every
field, and not single broken limb.
All are delighted with the trip, and
cannot say too much for the courtesy and
fair play accorded them wherever they
went. Not an unpleasant incident marred
the tour, and all worked in harmony.
The newspapers along the route spoke of
the team as "star aggregation without
any stars"
AS every body knows, the winning team
takes the ball The Reliance team played
| four games, and on table to-day in the
| clubrooms four balls are on exhibition.
The one captured from the hitherto in
vincible Butte team is literally decorated
with blood. There is a difference of
opinion as to who supplied the decoration.
The details of the games have been pub
lished in the telegraphic reports, but there
is much that has not yet been told, and
the victors spent all to-day in telling 1t.
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma did not
furnish much excitement, as the games
were altogether too one-sided to be con-
sidered good sport. The scores were:
Portland. beaten by 40 to 0; Seattle,
beaten by % to O.; Tacoma, beaten by 26 to
0. But that Butte game-that was battle
royal.
1--WE feel proud over the result Of that
Butte game" said Captain McMullin to-
day. at was battle, every inch, and
nothing won it for us but team work.
Everybody acknowledged that the victory
was due to team work alone and not to
any individual play. The Butte men were
! lected their team work, and although the
second half lasted two hours, instead Of
as usual about forty minutes, they could
not win. No one will ever forget the
struggle on the mountain gridiron. 1t was
| the hardest kind OF work, and the pleas
antest. The big crowd was goodnatured.
enthusiastic, i'm partial, and if they had
/ any great desire for Butte to win they did
not show it. They seemed just as satisfied
that the score ended in our favor as though
/ it had been the other way. Those Butte
| ladies-how they did cheer! Many of
| them wore our colors, and just few made
bets on the r. A. G. We had many femi-
nine admirers at Butte, and / really think
their encouragement helped us to win out
| However, we are more anxious to beat the
! Olympics than all the teams we met in the
north"
"Much has been said" said Manager
/ Pringle, "about our refusal to play a
second game against Butte, and we have
| been adversely criticized for doing So.
| Our reasons were simply these. We had a
very hard days work, and as our team
games they were not so free from bruises
as the Butte men, who had only played
one game. Our team was not, therefore,
in as good condition as the Butte men, and
the proposition to play next day, we con-
sidered unreasonable. There was still
another reason. We had game scheduled
with them in San Francisco on Decent Der
81, and We guaranteed good sum of money
to them, and as business proposition, it
was not advisable to play second game.
We might have won. and then the third
game at San Francisco would be no attrac-
tion at all, and it takes money TO travel
and play football"
Strict training will be kept up by the
Reliance team this week so that they will
be in the hest trim possible for Saturdays
conflict with the Olympics. The victory of
Stanford over the Olympics is regarded as
good omen, but the return game on
Tuesday will be closely watched by Captain
McMillen for the purpose of detecting the
Olympic's strong and weak points.