The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-13
'TO-DAY'S GREAT CONTEST
The Football Cranks Will Shout
and Yell This Afternoon.
BUTTE'S BIG DELEGATION
Tho Smoky City WIN Likely Send an
Enormous Crowd Anaconda L.
Thought to Have the Best
Of Il.

To-day IL the day. The football
cranks will have their I'LL this after
noon. 1t 10 the date set for the big
game between the Anaconda and Butte
teams, and from all indications 1t will
be q hummer.
1t il expected hat Butte will send a
delegation numbering not less than
1000 to help their towns players carry
he day. II the weather turns out to
be good. the Athletic field will no doubt
contain a greater number Of people
han ever assembled there before.
The game is to be called some time
between 2:3o and 8 O'Clock. and those
who want to get in on the ground floor
had better be there early.
The Butte boys are expected to ar
rive in Anaconda on the Copper City
Limited, and after a light luncheon at
the Montana, will proceed at once to
the grounds. 1t Is the opinion of about
everybody who knows all o foot
ball that Anaconda has a good Zeal bet
ter chance Of being the victor in to-
days game than Butte has. During
the time that has elapsed since the
game at Butte on Decoration day. the
boys have learned a good many things,
lie PIllCiU0l Ouc u WHICH lS llat IL
they expect to win they must go into
the game heart n soul. Despite the
fact that two or three of the men have
not been out to practice as regularly as
they ought, the others have practiced
hard enough to mak up for It. and
they fully expect to go against the
Buttes in much better shape than they
were in on Decoration day.
Manager Mcmillan says that the team
throughout will be much stronger than
1t was two weeks ago. At that time
some of the players. including himself
and Edmundson, were not in condition
to play football on that day. but they
are now in the prime of condition and
will give a good account of themselves.
The Butte line is said to be hardly as
strong as IL was on Decoration day. as
Brahm, h center, who played in the
former game. will not be with the team
to-day. In his place will be LIE Blanc,
who is an unknown quantity, as far
as Montana is concerned, and he may
prove to be a phenom. The Buttes will
be strengthened by h presence of Bud
Jones and Mickey Harrington in to-
days game.
There was lots of Anaconda money
around town last night that was being
offered even. The Butte rooters will
doubtless bring their pocketbooks with
them. n 1t is thought that a good
deal Of money will be wagered on the
game.
Several carriage parties have beer
made up. and Rod Williams yesterday
received a request from Butte to en-
gage a carriage for a party from that
city.
The colors of the home team are cop
per and green, and every true Ana
condite is. expected to wear a yard or
two of the ribbon to-day. Everybody
is also expected to bring out their tin
horns and help the fun along.
The foundry department will close
down during the afternoon in order
that the employees may have an oppor-
tunity to go down and pull for the
boys. The foundry lads. headed by
Supt. ]. s. Hickey. compose a roofing
force that is hard for any outside team
to go up against. Places of business
generally will arrange to let as many
of their employees off for the afternoon
as possible. Were ii o for the fact
that to-day is the heaviest business
day In the month. all of the stores
would probably close.
The following is the list of the play
ers and the positions they will occupy,
together with their weight: Cragan,
center. $50 pounds; Smith, left guard.
1876 pounds: McHugh. right guard. 100
pounds; Oliver. left tackle, 1876 pounds;
right tackle. 1872 pounds:
left end. 17s pounds: NJ.
Sullivan. right end. 115 pounds: Patsy
quarter back, 1876 pounds: Nc
MILAN. left half. 40 pounds: Arlett.
right half, 1s5 pounds: La Fontise, full
back, 100 pounds: Emerson, Healy.
Ray and Kilroy.
Hartzell. formerly of the Butte team.
has been agreed upon as referee. and
will act as umpire. f. H..
and Francis Brooks will
probably be the linesmen.