The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-05
LOSTONLY One GAME
The Coast Campaign Of the Butte Team
Comes to.an End. y
SEATTLE DEFEATED, 6 TO 2
In Another Field Of Thin Mud-A
Few Rounds OF Slugging En-
hance the interest The
Boys Coming Home.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 4.-Butte's foot
ball team finished it's schedule Of
games on the coast this afternoon by
defeating the crack Seattle team by a
score of 6 to 2, in a game that was fun
of mud and excitement. The grounds
were from four to eight inches deep in
thin mud and the game was played in
heavy rain storm. Nearly a thousand
people braved the elements, however,
and watched the struggle from under
meath an undulating sea of umbrellas.
The conditions could not have been
more unfavorable for Butte and II was
only by the hardest kind of playing
that they escaped defeat The Seattle
Athletic club has by far the strongest
team in the Sound country and their
being accustomed to a wet ground and
a slippery ball had Butte at a great
disadvantage. The conditions were
such that end runs were out of the
question and the game was nothing
more than a succession of line bucking.
The superior weight and strength Of
I Butte's line was equalized by the ease
with which the Seattles accustomed
themselves to the sloppy grounds, and
ii was anybody's game up to the last
minute. Everything considered the
Buttes put up a good game and they
played well together. Hartzell did
most of the line bucking and Mcmillan
and Slater bucked the line successfully.
Hartzell was not so successful as
usual on account of being unable to
secure a footing and on account of
being crippled, but he made good short
gains nearly every time he had the
line and once nearly got away to a
touchdown. Butte scored her first
touchdown moment before the and
of the first half. They bucked the ball
65 yards and HartzeH carried IL over
and then kicked a goal in fine style.
( The Seattles went into the second
half determined to at least tie the score
and they came very near doing so.
They carried the pigskin to Butte's 10
yard line where the visitors got II on
downs. They were unable to make any
gains and the ball was passed back to
Lasswell for a punt. He fumbled Il
and the Seattles were almost ON Il
when Hartzell snapped II up and made
a safety, which gave Seattle two
points. Butte then rushed the sphere
TO Seattle's 10-yard line. but were un-
able to get it behind the posts. The
Seattles then took 1t back down the
field and Abrams carried it through
the line and started for Butte's goal
from near the center. Lasswell alone
was in front of him and he redeemed
himself and saved the game by bring
ing the runner down. The Seattles
continued to make short gains until
they reached Butte's five-yard line,
where they struck a stone wall. and
lost the ball on downs. Butte, carried
IL back rapidly and Ii was in Seattle's
territory when the whistle blew.
/ The Seattles were extremely well
satisfied to score against the Buttes
and keep the score down and the Mon
tanans were well satisfied to win such
a hard game against big odds. King
was ruled off for slugging Spot Dom
ely and moment later Donelly was
/ ruled off for the same offense.
The Port Townsend game has been
cancelled as the team would lose $500
or $400 by going there and the Buttes
| will leave for home tomorrow after
noon. arriving there Monday night.