The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-20
MAY PLAY FOOTBALL NOW
George Mcmillan IL Reinstated
to Amateur Standing.
STRENGTHENS THE TEAM
After Months OF Corresponding, he Ana
conda Clubs Manager Is Again Per-
mitted to Kick the Pisskin With
put Being Under the Ban,

Yesterday George Mcmillan. man.
e Of the Anaconda football team. re-
ceived the following telegram:
New York. May 19.-George McMil-
Ian. Anaconda: You have been rein
stated. J. f. Sullivan
Chairman Registration Committee"
The story Of how Mcmillan came to
be charged with professionalism and
now he endeavored to have himself re-
stored to amateur standing is full of
interest to football players and people
VINO take an interest in amateur sport.
Inc start or the trouble was in San
Francisco more than a year Ago.. Nc
MILAN was manager of the Butte foot
Dal team, and that club went 10 San
francisco to meet the Olympic club.
me two teams played a game on
christmas day of 1896, which was won
by the Butte club by a score of Is to 0.
Arrangements were Immediately made
to play another game on New Years
day.
Between Christmas and New Years
IL was discovered by w. +. Humphreys.
who was then president of the Pacific
Athletic union. hat one of the Butte
players, "Buck" Hall. was not in good
standing, speaking from an amateur
standpoint. Mr.. Humphreys told Nc
MILAN that he would refuse to allow
the New Years game to proceed IL Hall
were permitted to play. All of the
Butte players declared that If Hall
were not allowed to play they. too,
would not go on the field. 1t was fin
ally agreed that the game should pro-
coed, but that the receipts should go
- 80.
arrangement Mr.. Humphreys gave his
consent to the game being proceeded
with.
But 1t was right here that the trou-
BILE about Mcmillan began. Apparent
ly Mcmillan and Humphreys had taxi
en- two different views of the charity
proposition. Mcmillan understood thai
all of the proceeds of the game were
TO be donated to charity after the ex-
penses had been paid. The expense
clude the cost of keeping the Butte
football team i'm San Francisco from
Christmas until New Years. The Butte
proportion of the receipts, according to
McMillan's understanding, was be-
tween $500 n 500. Mcmillan was I'M
able to find the manager of the Olym-
pic club to get the money. Humphreys
told him that If the Butte club took the
money every player would be liable to
SuSDtIlCloh dS a pTo1tSSlOIldl. III
Butte team left a Francisco the next
day without having secured the fin
ances.
When the team got to Portland, Nc
MILAN received a telegram signed by
Mr.. Humphreys, asking him where he
should forward the money. Mcmillan
wired back to send II to Butte. When
the team got to Butte Mcmillan re-
ceived a letter from Humphreys in
tho laffnr CT fn1 that hfa ,,nlAa
standing of the matter vas that all of
the proceeds of the game were to be
to charity and that the Butte
team was not entitled to any Of it.
Charles Clark. who was then presi-
of the Butte team, was in Cali
fornia at the time, and Mcmillan en-
tered into correspondence with him.
Clark expressed the opinion that the
team had been treated unjustly !
by the Californians and at the same
time rendered his resignation and ad-
vised Mcmillan to resign as manager, |
which he die. D'Gay Stivers was then
elected and he put the claim
in the hands of an attorney in san
who collected the money.
The entire Butte team was then sus-
Shortly afterwards Mcmillan left
Butte for the mountains, and during his
absence the members of the Butte team
made application for reinstatement. In
Tue course of time all of them were
except Hall and w. b. Las
we'll. who was a professional bicyclist.
Laswell. however. soon afterwards was
in the l.. A. W., and the
union also reinstated him. As
was not in Butte at that time
his name was not among the names of
he Butte club. Halls application was
lot acted upon, the officials saying that
I would a V to be sent to the United
Amateur Athletic union. the
organization. Mcmillan after
wards came to Anaconda. and he was
old that some of the Butte boys lac
'ent in his name for reinstate-
In the meantime, Hum
,hreys resigned his position as presi-
lent of the Pacific A. NJ. u, and w. r.
Berry was elected. although Humph-
eys retained his position as chairman
# the registration board. Mcmillan
hen made personal application about
wo months ago to the registration
and several prominent citi-
ems Endorsed his letter. Senator Lee
dantle urged the officials to take ac-
ion in the matter. and ex-Mayor
Mayor Lesser and many 9TH
RS of this city also sent kilograms and
to Mr.. Humphreys. Mr.. Hum
promised to do all in his power
o ave Mcmillan reinstated. Mr..
humphreys referred the whole matter
o the registration committee of the
Inited States Amateur Athletic union
m the 18th inst, with the result that
ne New York men took immediate ac-
ion and Mcmillan iS pnw raipStafei