The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-29
Reliance Got Revenge Over the Left
Shoulder.
SCORE, FOUR TO NOTHING
WEATHER AT THE FLATS
DOWN TO ZERO.
Reliance Lost the Ball Only Once
Best Work of the Visitors Was
Bucking-Carter's Great Run
Champion Ricyclers Of the World
to Race at New York

Butte, Mont, Nov. 2S-Not satisfied
with their victory of Thanksgiving day
the Butte football team gave Reliance
it's revenge" today by defeating the
coast team by to 0.
1t was an ideal football day 1t
would have suited very we'll for skat-
ing tournament or polo on the ice. The
thermometer down on the flats" was
just zero. and the ground was covered
with about four inches of snow, which
was cold enough to have been kept on
ice for a week. Not only was the
ground covered, but the seats as WELL
The spectators, therefore, suffered more
than the players, whose inconvenience
were limited to their hands. Every
time there was a rush, tackle or a
miX-up, the under man in the heap
emerged from the pile with the appear
ance of having come from snow drift.
Despite the cold, the weather was
clear, the sun bright, and there was no
smoke or wind. The attendance was
limited to about 500 but it was noisy
and enthusiastic, and showed it's appre-
citation of the second victory of the
home team over the coast champions.
HALVES SHORTENED.
On account of the cold the halves
were shortened to 20 minutes each by
mutual agreement. Butte kicked off in
the first half and the ball went right
into one corner of Reliance's territory.
! Reliance, by hard work and line buck
! ing, worked it back to near the center
I of the field. Here Butte got the ball
and seemed to have no trouble what
ever in going through the visitors line.
Little by little the home players
! worked the ball along to within six or
/ eight yards of the Reliance goal. Then
| Dygert, one of the Butte halfbacks,
got it and went through the line for
the rest Of the distance for a touch
| down. Richards, the other halfback,
who was holding the ball for the goal
kick, let go OF it just as King kicked,
and the goal was missed. Reliance now
! kicked the ball we'll into Buttes terri
| tory and from then to the end of the
half the fight was there.
RELIANCE AS FUCKERS.
The visitors only lost the ball once,
and then Butte did not succeed in keep
/ ing it long. Reliance resorted to buck
| ing and with great success, having no
trouble whatever going through the
! Butte line. The gains were small, how
|
! ceeded in getting the ball to Butte s
ten-yard line when time of the first
half was over.
SECOND HALF
In the second half there were no re-
marfable features outside of the stub
born fighting. The ball was kicked into
the visitors field and there the battle
/ ragged Butte was on the defensive
fDff 1c1y 1yir m
effort to keep the ball, but being con-
tent to keep the visitors from making
| much Roadway. This was evident from
the fact that when the home players
got possession of the ball. instead OF
trying to make advances and hold the
advantage, they punted often to keep
the ball in the visitorss territory.
CARRIERS GREAT RUN.
The greatest run of the game was
that made by Carter, left halfback fol-
Reliance. He went through the Butte's
line for about 80 yards and was getting
well into Butte's ground when Dygert
grabbed him and doWned him.
But for the time and advantage lost
in a dispute there is no telling but that
Reliance may have scored. The half
was drawing to a close and the bal
was about in the center of Butte's
downs failed to make any gain.
Benson, captain of Butte, punted the
ball over the Butte line. 1t struck q
Reliance man, who failed to grab il
and it bounded back toward Butte. Dy-
CERT caught it and held it.
RELIANCE HUFFED.
Both teams claimed possession an6
there was q long dispute. The referee
finally decided in favor of Butte, anC
the Reliance players quit the field ant
refused to proceed They were finally
gotten back on a compromise, by the
terms of which Reliance got the bal
and Butte a gain Of five yards.
1t was now within five minutes OF
the end Of the half. Reliance punteC
nearly to Butte's goal where Dyger1
got the ball and took it back to the IS.
yard line. There Butte began to gain
but had only gotten the ball to the 2O7a
yard line when the second half wa: