The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-27
THEY WANT TO KICK
The Pleasant Weather Has a Charm
ing Effect on FOotballiSts.
CHASING AROUND THE PARK
Prospects for the Season and'H ow
It Is Proposed to Put in the Time
probable Games and Play
ers-An Eastern Trip.

The beautiful spring weather that
Butte is now enjoying has had a most ex-
hilarating effect on the members of the
Butte football team and scarcely a day
goes by that some of them are not seen
out at the football grounds kicking and
chasing the pigskin around. The bright
sunshine is a forcible reminder of the
battles that are to be fought on the grid
iron during the coming season and the
smoke-eaters are losing no time i'm pre-
pairing themselves for them. They are de-
voting most of their spare time at pres
ent to punting the ball and catching IT,,
at both of which points they were la
mentally weak last year.
Although IL is six weeks before the
opening game and general practice will
not be commenced for a couple of weeks.
Captain Hooper is carefully looking over
the material that he has at hand and Sc
lectng positions for the men. There will
be several changes in this years team
and different men will be tried i'm different
positions until the makeup of the team
is satisfactory and as nearly perfect as it
can be made.
On account of the injury to Charley
Hooper's leg, which greatly interferes
with his playing, he will not be in the
team this year. Monroe will be given
trial at center and 1t is thought that with
practice he will be able to take care of
that important position acceptably. He is
wonderfully strong and it is thought that
with hard and constant practice he will
develop into a frst-class player. Hartzell
will be brought in from his old position
at full back and given place in the line,
to which he will add great strength. IL is
the expectation that Dygert and Laswell
will alternate at full-back, the former on
defensive and the latter on offensive play
ing. In addition to being a hard line buck
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ing and his punting will greatly strength
en- the team. Laswell may also be played
at right end occasionally in place of Bohn,
who has removed to British Columbia
McMillan's regular place will be i'm the
line, although he may play one of the
halves occasionally. Chef Smith will like
ly he given a trial at the other half. Bob
Ellis will likely be played in the line. 1t
is not expected that ellis will play in
the opening gaines bu. he VII DC at his
old place in the har Ter games that arc to
follow. Captain Hooper. bob" Ferham
and "Bill" Slater, the giants, viii all be
seen in their old places whore The fight is
the thickest.
1t is not expected that the team viii
visit the coast again this Nea- hut Man
ager Mcmillan is now at work arrang ng
an Eastern trip for the early -an lie Is
endeavoring to arrange games at Den
yer, Omaha, Kansas City. st. Louis. Chi
cago, and possibly with the University Of
Michigan at Detroit. The decision OF the
college teams to play no more games with
athletic clubs may interfere with the con-
templated trip. but it is not expec ed that
this decision will be lived up TO. IL Il the
desire to play the University If Kansas
at Kansas City. the University Of Mis-
souri, at st. Louis and the University of
Chicago at Chicago. If the colleges re-
fuse TO play games may be arranged with
athletic clubs at those cities Captain
Hooper and Dygert believe that thew will
have influence enough with their alma
mater to induce the Michigan University
to play the Buttes at Detroit