The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-14
JUST A MINUTE MORE
-Four Points Lost by the Blowing Of
The Whistle.
RELIANCE WINS THE GAME
Time Was Worth a Million a Sec
ond-A Clever Trick at the Last
The Oakianders Want No
Moreno SIugging.

there was nothing that would have
any influence on time and so Butte
lost. With one minute more of play
the score of the best football game
ever played in Butte would have been
12 TO S in favor of Butte. The lack of
that one minute left the score to 9
in favor of the Reliance team of Cali
fornia. IL was a hard game to lose
But It was lost and the old reliable red
and white. rechristened by Manager
silver the crimson and cream, came
back into town at AIS o'clock yester-
day afternoon trailed in the dust
There were several things which 1t
may be said conspired to defeat the
Buttes for the first time In their his
tory In the first place Butte ought to
have been satisfied with a yell which
never met defeat. When a yell has
carried a team to victory in every
game ever played. 1t is a good yell to
hang on to. The veil was changed.
the old triumphant yell was discarded,
and the new tangled yell proved hoo
doc. Then besides that was the substi-
tuition for the new tangled purlor col
ors of crimson and cream for the
sturdy, plebeian, everyday colors OF red
and white which never yet huttered ex-
cept in the breeze of triumph and
should never have been discarded so
long as they continued to wave in
victory. In addition to these things 1T
was the 18th of the month which has
always been a bad day for a home
team to play a football game on. 1t
was unquestionably very bad policy to
play with the chmpions of the Pacific
cast on the 18th of the month. But
1t was a game for your life.
Never did two closer matched teams
struggle for supremacy on the gridiron.
And when II was all over and time was
called 1t was still an open question
whether the victors or the vanquished
were the stronger team. Never in the
history of the gridiron was there so
grand, so desperate a struggle as mark
ed the close of the second half of the
game. In the first half the cunning
tactics of the Butte team coupled with
the splendid running of ellis. gave
Butte a touch down before the game
was five minutes old and King. who
only misses a goal once in a decade
made the touchdown a goal. Then
came hard work. Butte. could not get
the ball again during all that half and
by sheer hard work. bucking Butte's
center for a gain every time California
obtained two touchdowns. In the last
half not a point was made by either
side. Towards the close Butte got the
ball and forced II foot by foot towards
the goal of the adversary. 1t became
no longer a game against California,
but a game against time. Butte gained
at every trial and came nearer and
nearer to the goal. 1t was only a ques-
ton of whether there would be time
enough for Butte to force the ball to
the goal
IL old Joshua had been down to the
game and had held up his right arm
10 make the sun stand still, Butte
would have won. The sun kept NOV
ing. however. and time kept flying.
Precious minute followed precious min
ute and with each minute Butte got
nearer to the goal. The minutes flew
by and as Butte got within a few
yards of the desired point. II became a
question of seconds.
Then the excitement reached a fever
heat. Hundreds OF people stood up and
yelled, some on one side and some on
the other, for California had a large
minority of supporters in the crowd.
When time was finally called Butte
was within one yard of the line. One
more rush would have carried Butte
across the line, one more minute would
have given time for the rush. and that
one rush would have won the game for
Butte.
IL was a defeat which was no dis
credit to the vanquished. The Reliance
boys after the game did not feel much
more joyful than Butte did. They had
expected to go back to California with
out point being scored against them
They had counted on a victory so over
whelming that the Butte football team
would never be heard from again. They
had expected to wipe the city of Butte
OF the map. The narrow margin by
which they won, only one yard, I'm an
afternoons struggle, gave them little
to crow about, and they were buster
last night making excuses as to why
they came so near getting beaten than
Butte was in telling how IL hammered
When money by the bushel was offered
Reliance for another game any day
this week they did not hesitate a tenth
OF a second In refusing. They had all
they wanted. They had won, but
they did not want another game like II.
and when they said their prayers last
night they expressed the fervent wish
that they might never in all their foot
ball career go up against such a team
as The Buttes again. They had won.
but they had had enough.
Butte was defeated. More than half
OF Butte still believes II is the better
tenn OF the two and are crazy TO see
another game. Manager Stivers offered
the team $l.0OO for a game any day
this week. A telegram has been sent 10
the directors OF the Reliance team in
San Francisco. and II the directors con-
sent game will be played on Satur-
day. Reliance was to play Salt Lake
Saturday. but that game has been
Withdrawn. so there is really no reason
why Reliance should not play in Butte
on f,at day.
There was big crowd at the game
In spite of the cold weather. All the
courts and the city Offices shut down
for the afternoon. and the High school
adjourned. as IL was deemed better TO
give the boys a half holiday than 10
force them 10 play hockey, which they
were all bound 10 do. for there is not
a boy In Butte who would not rather
suffer expulsion or the severest punish
ment than miss a football game. The
crowd was not as large as Butte has
had. for the sharp weather had some
effect, but the vacant seats were few.
and the grounds were gay with the
bright coiors worn by hundreds OF la