The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
AND NOW IT'S BUTTE
The Boys, By a Narrow Margin, Beat
the Olympics.
MANY CHRISTMAS FUMBLEs
ellis. Old Reliable. Tears or An
other rs Yards-M ontana Spec
tators Are Heard-The Santa
Monica Is Off-The Play.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
San Francisco, Dec. 25.-The Mon
Z tana pigskin kickers celebrated Christ
mas by defeating the Olympic team by
the narrow margin of IA to IL, a game
that was fun of excitement and FUN
bles and rag-chewing. 1t was any
body's game up to the last 1--WE min
| utes, and although IL was q poor one
in more ways than one. the evenness
| with which the teams were matched
| helped to keep the excitement at fever
heat all the way through. The Buttes
excelled at fumbling the ball and their
fumbles very nearly cost them the
| game. Had their handling OF the
| sphere been as clean as usual, the Cal
ifornians would have been defeated by
| much larger score. Individually the
Olympics were practically as strong as
the Reliance team, which beat Butte
last Saturday, but their work was Of a
| rather poor order on account OF Q lack
OF practice together.
| The Olympics were strengthened by
the addition of Bert Oliver and Racine,
two Reliance cracks, and Harry We'll
don. Stanford's great full back. Ra-
cine replaced Pedlar at right end, after
the first half. in the hope that he would
be able to get ahead of Donald Gillis.
and he proved to be more successful
than his predecessor. The Olympic
backs were better than the four of Re-
| lance, and their line was strong and
heavy. ellis, Hartzell. Mcmillan and
Slater carried off the honors for Butte,
and Laswell also played a strong game
| until he was knocked out about the
middle of the first half. Although the
Olympics were looking out for Gillis."
| as they were frequently admonished to
do by the 1000 spectators, they could
not prevent him from making a To-
yard run and several shorter ones.
Hartzell bucked the line in a manner
| that was revelation to the Califor-
mans and a great deal OF credit for
| Butte's victory Is due to the wonderful
way in which he threw himself against
the Olympic's line. He bucked the line
| almost the entire length of the field
twice, besides making innumerable
smaller gains and frequently dragging
with him. Mcmillan and Slater tore
holes in the Olympic line that were big
| enough to run a street car through,
| besides making good gains every time
they were given the ball. Perham,
Richards, Bohn and Jim Hooper also
| acquitted themselves very creditably.
The costliest of fumbles were made by
Brooks and Laswell at critical mo-
| ments.
The Buttes started Off with a rush,
and after scoring 10 points In short
order they fel down, and II was not
! dhlii lOO ldlc lDdl Incy ItCON-
| cred themselves sufficiently to win out
Morse kicked of for the Olympics to
| Butte's 10-yard line and Lasswell car
4 ried ii about 10 yards. Gillis then got
the ball and made a clean 75-yard run
around left end. Pedlar, Morse and
McNear were shaken off and evaded.
and when well off finally carried Ii
down the balance of the Olympic 15-
| yard line. Two center bucks by Lass
well carried 1t over and King kicked
the goal.
Morse kicked off again and the
| Buttes carried II back to the center,
where Weldon punted 1t back to with
in one foot of their goal line. Rushes
by Bohn and Lasswell carried 1t back
Is yards and Brooks gained the same
| distance around left end. ellis ran
| around left end for 20 yards and then
for seven. Another dodge between
| oliver and Sexton by Brooks netted
seven yards and Mcmillan braced the
balance of Olympic's 15-yard line by a
center buck. ellis ran around the end
| for a touchdown. j. Hooper failed to
| hold the kick in and the score stood
Butte 10; Olympic, o.
The Olympics rallied after that and
| played desperate game and succeed
| ed in securing two goals before the
half ended. Peter Smith secured one
of them and Bert oliver the other.
| In the second half Ii was anybody's
| game up to about about five minutes
before the close, when Hartzell, after
| bucking the line the full length of the
field, carried it over. King missed the
kick at the goal, making the score Ia
1 to II in Butte's favor. The ball was
in Olympic's territory the greater part
of the second half.
| Touch downs = Lasswell. Hartzell.
! ellis, Pete Smith and Bert Oliver.
Goals kicked-King, 1: Morse. 2: Goals
missed-King, l. Referee-George Il.
Dygert of Michigan. Umpire. T. A.
Simmons. Linesmen-J. r. Thompson
and Joe Robinson.
There was quite a number of Butte
people on the grounds and they made
! themselves heard. Nearly all OF the
officers of the flagship Philadelphia
were present and wore Butte's colors.
I ellis. Brooks and Bohn and one or
two others had dinner on the cruiser
this evening. The Olympics have asked
/ for another game on Saturday.
The trip to Santa Monica Is on, as
the Southern Pacific would not sub
stitute the Olympics for Reliance.
| BY Associated Press.
San Francisco. Dec. 25.-The Butte
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