The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
RELIANCE AGAIN
FALLS TO BUTTE
Oakland's Long-Haired
Athletes Beaten in a
Fast Game,
Mountaineers Gain the VIC
tory With Single
Touchdown.
Dispute Near the Close Contributes
to the Defeat Of the
Callfornians.
Special Dispatch 10 THE CALL.

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 2S-Not satisfied
with their victory of THANKSGIVING day.
the Butte football team gave Reliance its
revenge" to-day by defeating the coast
team by 4 TO 0. 1t was not an ideal foot
ball day. 1t would have suited very we'll
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 week. Not only was the ground COW
cred, but the seats as we'll. The spectators
therefore suffered more than the players,
whose inconveniences were limited to
their hands. Every time there was a
rush, a tackle or a mix-up the under men
in the heap emerged from the pile with
appearance of having come from a snow
drift. Despite The cold, the weather was
clear, the sun bright and there was no
smoke nor wind. The attendance was
limited to about 500. but 1t was noisy and
of the second victory of the home team
over the coast champions.
On account of the cold, the halves were
shortened 10 twenty min utes each by mu-
tuaI 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 bucking, worked it
back to ear the center of the field. Here
Butte got the ball and seemed TO have nc
trouble whatever going throu gh the Wis
itors' 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 1t and went through the line for tn c
rest of the distance for a touchdown.
Richards, the other halfback, who was
holding the ball for the goal kick, let go o
it just as King kicked and the goal was
missed.
Reliance now kicked the ball well into
Butte's territory, and from then to the
end of the half the fight was there. The
visitors lost the ball only once, and then
Butte did not succeed in keeping 1t long
Reliance resorted to bucking, and witt
great success. having no trouble whatever
going through the Butte line. The gain:
were small, however, ana the visitors ad
only succeeded in getting the ball tC
Butte's 10-yard line when the time of the
first half was over.
In the second half there were no re.
markable 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 most OF the
time, seemingly making no effort to keep
the ball. but being content 10 keep the
visitors from making such headway. 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 visitors territory.
The greatest run of the game was that
made bv Carter. left half back for Reli-
ance. He went through Butte's line
for about thirty yards and was getting
well .into Butte's ground when Dygert
grabbed MIN and downed him.
But for the time and advantage lost in a
dispute, there is no telling but that Reli-
ance may have scored. The half was
drawing to close and the ball was about
in the center OF Butte's ground. Butte
had it, and. after two down. failed to
make any gain.
Benson, captain for Butte, punted the
ball over the Butte line. 1t struck a Re-
lance man, who failed to grab it, and it
bounded back toward Butte. Dygert
caught it and held it. Both teams claimed
possessio on and there was long dispute
The referee finally decided in favor OF
Butte and the Reliance players quit the
field and refuse 10 proceed. They we're
finally gotten back on a compromise, by
the terms of which the Reliance got the
ball and Butte a gain of five yards.
1t was within five minutes of the end OF
the half Reliance punted nearly to
Butte's goal, where Dygert got the bail
and took it back to the 15.yard aline.
There Butte began to gain, but had only
gotten the bali to the 20%.yard line when
the second half was over
The teams lined n u as follows.