The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-15
VICTORIOUS PASTIMES
Butte Holds The Banner and Is Cham
piOn at Football
EIGHTEEN TOA GOOSE EGG
The Spokanes Are Players IndI-
vIduaIiy, But as a Team they're
No Match For the Home Team
MANY Brilliant Plays.

team regained all of its lost honors this
| afternoon and jumped into an exalted
position in the estimation of the lovers OF
the game in Butte by administering n
crushing and humiliating defeat to the
Spokane team in one of the prettiest and
| most exciting games that has ever been
seen on any gridiron field. The score of
IL to 0, tells the result. but it does not tell
the story Of the game, for il was not
nearly so one sided as the score would in-
dicate.
| The Spolxanes put up a hard and
/ stubborn game and the Pastimes won the
game purely on it's merits by their superb
team work and their beautiful interfer-
ence. In these respects the Pastime
team of to-day was widely different from
the team which was SO badly beaten by
the long haired boys from Omaha as any
| thing that could be imagined. The
/ wonderful improvement was due TO the
| energetic work OF Francis Brooks, the
| captain of the team. aud big Jim"
Hooper, who coached IL. Brooks handled
the team in a manner thar has never been
| equalled in Butte and excited the most
favorable comment. Thanks to the care
| ful handling of Brooks and the experi-
enced coaching of Hooper the team work
was perfect, while tho interference OF tho
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upon. Every man on tho team played the
hardest kind of football from start to
finish, but Brooks, Gillis, .Jim" and
Charley Hooper, Stivers, quarterback and
Blackburn, full back, particularly d is
tinguished themselves by one brilliant
play after another. Ellis, Richards and
Wisse, who were new men in the line, also
did good work.
The game was clean and gentlemanly
all the way through and there were no
serious injuries on either side. The in
dividual playing of the Spokanes was ex-
cellent, but their team work was very
poor. They are n clever and gentlemanly
lot OF boys, however. and they contested
every foot of ground stubbornly, even
after they saw they we're hopeiessly
beaten. The fact that the game was such
an exciting contest and that the Pastmes
won has elevated football to tho top notch
OF popularity. 1t Is also an encouraging
fact that the game was success finan-
cially. The gross receipts were S99S and
the net receipts $344. The Spokanes re-
ceiyeQ <l0as their share of the proceeds,
besides having all of their expenses paid.
The game was attended by an enthu-
/ siastic crowd of about 1900, which in
cluded q number of fashionable turnouts
in carriages and four-in-hands. Among
those who watched the game from car
riages we're Gen. G. ID. Curtis and daugh-
party, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Holbrook and
party, Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Heslet aud
party, Miss Mary HauswIrth and party,
Charles Clark and party and Mayor Du-
gan and II. !. Wilson and party. The
Antlers club also had fine turnout and
Atkins and Carlos Warfield "rootcd"
from gayly decorated carriage. All of
the carriages were gorgeously decorated
and red and white ribbons, the Pastime
colors. futtered from all over the field.
butte and Spokane were tangled up the
better part OF 20 minutes to-day on the |
gridiron and the result was complete
shut out for the visitors from Washing
ton. Butte crossed the koal line four
times. One goal was kicked, two tries
failed, and Butte lost her chance at tho
last by availing herself of the alternative |
OF punt from the line, when her men
failed to catch tho ball
The play was warm and exciting, yet no
one was seriously damaged. ellis,
Brooks and Jim Hooper were LAID out
temporarily and doctor was called to at
tend the last named. But he staggered
to his feet before the assistance came and
was roundly cheered as he went back to
his place.
Spokane's individual work was credit
able, but after tho reverses of the first
half the team seemed to go to pieces and
missed several golden opportunities by
failure at Interference. the mass plays
were to the Butte's advantage nearly al
why's. Captain Brooks. Blackburn, Gillis |
and dim Hooper were the most brilliant
stars in the home team. Richards pre-
vented a disastrous outcome once By an |
exceedingly clever tackle of Stopher. Joe
Yingst. Eckman aud Stopher OF the for
wards, and Full Back Powell did the most
noticeable work for the visitors.
j. ". Bohn was made referee and Wes-
ley Warren was put in As linesman. The
umpire was DIR. II. Il Luhn, who was
named by Spokane. Spokane kicked off |
and Butte chose the goal to windward the
first half
The FIRST down was Spokane's field, and
Spokane. gained five yards on a play |
through the center. Stopher made gain |
Of five yards around the right end. Cap |
tain Belt of the visiting team was downed |
by Baby Jim Hooper IN the act of snap |
ping back, but Spokane reeained her |
ground on a center play.
Then Butte secured the coveted ball AID |
by q clever criss-cross from GIllis TO |
Brooks took back Is yards. Blackburn |
more. and after that ellis gained 10 yards |
around the left end, crossing the full |
width Of the field to do IL, and Brooks |
added five yards to Butte's advantage by |
a clean play around the left end and back |
to the middle Of tho field again. Black |
burn went through the center again for |
i've yards more
Butte lost five yards then by Gillis' |
tumble and the leather changed hands /
again. Spokane put Stopher through the |
center for three yards. then five yards and /
i've yards besides that and fullback
Powell penetrated the pass, ,fyr still five /
more. Stopher was tackled ~ KING and /
downed. five yards back off'uhere the l
ball was snapped, and 6iilis made n clean i
gain Of ID yards. to be overtaken and /
downed by Stopher on the west line. |
Butte put Blackburn through the center /
for five yards more.
Stopher took the ball. but was pushed /
TO the ground on the spot, and Butte /
made 30 yards more on n revolving i
wedge. Butte lost one foot by another
screw play. then by another criss-cross,
Brooks to Blackburn, the ball was taken i
to within Is inches OF the goal line.
Then came the most exciting minute of /
either half. A short dispute ensued as TO Il
whether Spokane rolled the ball TO the |