The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-15
WIN IS THEIR MOTTO
The Butte Eleven Will Now Begin to
Rsadjust.
CHANGES ARE TO BE MADE
Hooper and a Star From Michigan
VIII Take Positions on the
Team-It VIII Be Strong
err Than Ever.
CHANGES ARE TO BE MADE

The Reliance football team left for
California yesterday afternoon. and
they will go straight through to Oak
land, their game at Salt Lake having
been declared off through the disband-
ing of all the Mormon teams. The
wlnners of Wednesdays hard-fought
battle were shown around the city yes
terday by Manager Stivers and Cap
tain Brooks and nearly all of the MEM
bers of the Butte team. and We're
handsomely treated. They were shown
everything that could be seen in a few
hours. and when train time came they
were escorted to the depot and sent
away with rousing cheers.
The Reliance game will have some
thing of the same effect on the Butte
team as the memorable Omaha game.
1t was the latter that gave Butte the
great eleven which has since carried
the red and white to victory In six out
OF seven games, and the by no means
humiliating defeat admin istered by the
Calhornians promises to give Butte
team that will stand an excellent show
of winning the championship of the
Northwest. The Reliance game reveal
ed several weak spots In the Butte
team which have not been so apparent
against weaker teams, and they viii
be strengthened as soon as possible.
Langley has shown that he Will not do
ait center on account of the way he
loses his head in a hard game and he
will be relegated to the bench. The
center should be an old player and,
above all else, he must keep cool and
know just what he Is doing all the time.
Bob Weiss should make a good center
and he will be tried in that position.
Ellis will move up to right guard and
Chef Smith TO right tackle, and Will
fnfr~ Mill ha rala Mt oh
This viii complete the eleven, but will
leave the team very weak in substi-
tutes.
big Jim" Hooper will return to
Butte Immediately after Thanksgiving
and resume his old position at left
guard. He will also bring with him
the bright particular star of the Uni
versity of Michigan eleven, who will
locate permanently at Butte and be-
come a regular member of the team.
Neither his name nor the position he
Will play will be made public until af-
ter his arrival here, and, as a matter
of fact, his position has not yet been
fully decided upon. 1t Is sufficient to
say that he and Hooper will wonder
fully strengthen the team Hooper
Will probably coach the team as before
and with his recent experience in play
ing against the best teams In the East.
ne will be a most valuable man and
VIII bC 1Oit " Pub Vic btaih w W oii
the latest tricks and tactics. Arrange
ments are also being made to still
further strengthen Butte's team but II
would Interfere with their consumma-
ton to make them public at this time.
The most that can be said is that one
or .twe,sofsthe best players on the Re
namce team are very anxious to trans
fer their affections to the Butte team.
By the time the Butte team starts on
its trip down the coast Ii VIII be so
much better and stronger than II is
now that there will be no comparison
between the new and old. Manager
Stivers and Captain Brooks are work
ing earnestly to give Butte the cham
pion team of the Northwest, and they
say they propose to do It. They say
1t is a certainty that Butte will beat
Reliance when they play in San Fran
cisco next month, and they make this
statement with all the earnestness and
sincerity imaginable. 1t Is entirely
possible that people who regard such a
statement as somewhat ridiculous at
this time will change their minds in
less than month.