The San Francisco call., 1896-12-24


was the means of first establishing it IN
Butte last season, and the whole mining
town now centers its loyalty and athletic
enthusiasm In the Butte team. Every
body that can play tries to get on the
team. Naturally some football players,
taking advantage of the courtesies and
faVors shown gridiron hero, go to Butte
to engage in business, assured OF good
reception and of more favorable open
ing than they might get elsewhere.
The three Perham brothers are carpen-
ters and have lived in Butte year and
half. Slater, formerly of the Union Iron
Works, has been a miner at Butte Tor
nearly five years. Prahm, the new center,
is miner and has lived at Butte for the
last four years. Hall, guard on the Prince
ton Varsity in go and '93, and sub
quad in '91, left Princeton without
graduating; later he did some football
coaching and in Chicago broke Hickock's
record by putting the sixtee n-pound shot
A feet q of an inch. He was graduated
from the law department of the University
of Michigan last June and about three
months ago established himself with
law firm in Butte. He is the giant OF the
team. Jones played formerly at the UNI
versity of Nebraska, but has resided In
Butte for year, working in smeiler
Mcpherson has been a Butte miner Tor the
last five years. Benson was captain and
quarter of the University of California
Team last season. He has been employed
in mining Office at Butte for year.
Dygert. formerly of the Michigan
Varsity, was undecided where 20 locate
after leaving collage, and was persuaded a
year ago by his old college mate, Jim
Hooper, captain of the Butte team, to
hang out his lawyers shingle in Butte.
Mcmillan, formerly OF the Stanford Var
sity and later captain of the Reliance,
Rnttn
the managership of the sporting goods
department OF a store there. Gillis has
been mining engineer at Butte for the
last three years. Laswell is a bookKeeper
and used 10 play on the Multhomah team
at Portland, but moved TO Butte year
and half ago to accept more lucrative
position.
Such is the Butte team. It's opponents
this season have not questioned its anna
teur standing.
Now for the Olympic team the way it
appears to Butte:
Mccormick of the Oregon was end at
the Annapolis Naval Academy last sea-
son. Erskine is recent arrival from
England, where he played the Rugby
game. Sheehy was on the Santa Clara
College team last season. Ames of the
army was West Points center last season.
smith captained Olympic last season, was
tackle on the California Varsity in 1893,
and before that played at Cogswell Col
lege. Sexton played tackle for Reliance
ali this season and tackle for Olympic last
season. Porter has played with Olympic
several seasons, was hanback, on the Cali
fornia Varsity in 1884, and used to play
with Amherst College. Nolan of the
army was end for West Point last season.
Code was quarter for Stanford last season.
Morse has played with Olympic several
years. Searight is a Stanford Varsity
Half a1y - ktal-va
old Harvard tackle and halfback, and
came here this season to coach Olympic.
FELTON, Taylor is a mem ber of the Reliance
team. The three other subs were devel
oped principally this season by Olympic.
Such is the team that is representing the
Olympic Club.
Last night the Butte team attended the
California Theater in body. This fore
noon the visitors will take long drive
through the park ana to the Cliff. This
afternoon they will engage In final prac-
tice at Central Park ana in the evening
will attend some theater.
After the New Year game, also with
the Olympics, Butte will leave here for
Portland, where the final match of the
Athletic Club. Immediately after that
the players will return to Butte and dis
band.
Next year the Butte team has planned
to go East, and will meet the Uniyer-
sity of Pennsylvania, the University of
Michigan, the Boston Athletic Club and
the Chicago Athletic Club. A match had
been arranged with the University OF
Pennsylvania for this Christmas. 1t was
to have been played at Butte, but had to be
cancelled on account of the cold weather.
When the Butte team left home four days
ago the thermometer registered II degrees
above zero, but three weeks before that it
was between 30 and 3S degrees below zero
for five consecutive days and the wind
made the weather particularly disagree
able for foot ball on a frozen field.