The San Francisco call., 1895-12-19

peted in an open competition or for money, or
under false name; or with professional for
prize, or with professional where gate
money is charged; or has ever at any time
| taught pursued or assisted at athletic exer-
| cises for money, or for any valuable considera-
| ton.
| The Reliance team has already strength
| ened itself by extensive additions of former
| Stanford players and by the captain and a
tackle from the Olym pics. That in itself
| is only union of gridiron ability of this
State to match the pick of Idaho. The
amateur rules are sufficiently elastic to
permit of hasty or transient mem bership
TO attain an immediate purpose. But it is
known that the present intention is to
play man who has forfeited his amateur
standing-to play. him under the name of
well known but less brilliant player than
himself. The rule is explicit in such cases.
Neither Reliance nor Olympic can afford
to hazard their amateur standing even at
the risk of losing the game to Montana.
The player in question is too well known
might enter in this City. Any advantage
that might accrue from his assistance
would be less creditable when the newt
able truth would come out.
1t was only few DAYS ago that Reliance
Indignantly repudiated the charge of pro-
fesslonalism made against the club by
Caspar Whitney in Harper's Weekly.
But the Butte team has its skeleton in
the closet, too. There is giant guard
named Hooper, and several months ago
he received salary to coach the team of
which he is now member. For two years
prior to 1894, when he went to Butte, he
played left guard on the University of
Michigan team. This season he was with
Michigan again, leaving as soon as the
Thanksgiving game had been played,
circumstance that cannot reflect much
credit upon football methods at that
largest of all State universities.
Neither team can claim to be strictly
amateur and tolerate such things. And if
only one team is at fault the other eleven
takes risks in subjecting itself to circum-
stances discountenanced by the rules gov
erning amateurs.
Both teams have plenty of good men to
choose from, and both have good records
as hard and dashing players in the many
contests they have been in this season.
The Butte team will be considerably
heavier than any California eleven that
might oppose it. 1t is generally believed
by both Olympic and Reliance players
that the Montana men underestimate
their own weights because they are SO very
much heavier than the ordinary eleven.
F. Brooks, the Butte captain and quar-
terback, weighs 100 pounds with his suit
on. For four years he played in the
eleven of the great Phillips Exeter Pre-
of the Harvard freshman team that de-
feated the Yale freshman by a score of Sc
to O.. And the Yale team contained such
phenomenal players as the great McCluny
and the giant Heffelfinger.
Brooks has been conspicuous for his
generalship on the field. He is also cham
pion tennis-player of Montana in doubles
and vice-president of the Tennis Associa-
tion of that State. He is characterized as
a foxy-headed player and man that does
not get rattled in big game,
L. J. Hartzell, the 0-pound fullback,
is veteran at football, having played for
six years. In 1893 he was captain of the
Golden eleven at the State School of
Mines at Colorado, on which team he
played for five years. After graduation he
put in one season as lback with the
Denver Athletic Club eleven and went to
Chicago with the team last year to meet
the celebrated Chicago Athletic Club,
which succeeded in winning by score of
6 to 0. He has filled every position but
center during his long experience. AS an
Independent line e-bucker he probably has
no equal in the West.
Hooper, the left guard, is another 200
FOUNDER. He has played three seasons
with Michigan, and to him the Butte men
are indebted for their coaching this year.
Mcmillan. center rush, is too well known
as an old Reliance and Stanford Varsity
player to need comment here. He has
often been spoken of as the best guard this
coast has produced. He is light for the
position, weighing only 1877 pounds in his
suit.
Gillis is the remarkable man of the
whole team. AS sprinter he has record
of ten seconds hat on a cinder track
When he once gets free from scrimmage
he is practically sure of touchdown, as
he is peculiarly fitted for speed even in
padded suit. Gillis learned the game at
the University of Michigan, but he was in
jured and left college. Since then he has
been repeatedly urged to return to make
the star back of the team. His weight Is
166.
King, familiarly known as Snake