The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-01
BUTTE News.
WAS A GREAT SURPRISE
Butte Business College and the
Substitutes at Football.
SCORE STOOD SIX TO SIX
An Expensive Error Lost the Game to
he Business College Boys They
Showed a Surprising knowl-
edge of the Game.

The team designated as lht bu''NS
met with a great surprise in the ioo'-
bali game at Athletic park yesterday
afternoon between the Butte Business
College team and a team composed OF
she substitute players Of the regular
12,,,te team. They went on the field eN-
pecting 10 make a score OF 80 10 noun
Ing but when the game was out the
score stood 6 to 6. and only Tor an eN-
pensive error, the college team nhlsh.
have won. The Buttes had all the wa!
from Is to % pounds to the man the au-
vantage in weight, but the collese
Youngsters displayed a surprising know
ledge of the game. and by their agllly
and excellent team play succeeded III
holding down their heavier opponents IN
splendid style. and this. nothwlthstahd-
sng while the Butte team was supposeu
40 be made up wholly OF substitutes
q, had four of the regular Butte men in
abe line.
The gamA was witnessed by a good
sized crowd of fans. and few petter
games. from the standpoint of the IN
aerest il created among the spectators
have been seen in Butte. The weather
WAS much too warm for any sort OF
romfort for the players, who persplred
.iu they looked as though they USED
their football uniforms for bathing
suits, but this did not rob the game OF
any of its dash. and the players went
IN with all the vim and vinegar they
might hib in Thanksgiving weather.
The ground was i'm bad condition, haV-
Eng become so hard by being baked by
ahe sun that when a player fell he rare
~ got up without having skinned him
self somewhere. The game was not an
extremely rough one, but two players
were seriously injured. Mckinnon of
the Buttes had three ribs fractured IN
"a scrimmage. and Griffith of the Bust
ness College received a bad cut over one
eve. The Buttes played a line-bucking
game throughout. and by their greater
weight were able to force the college
lads back for steady gains, but the won
der is that the lighter team was able
10 stay their opponents long enough 20
secure the ball and send il back into
Butte territory by n well timed kick or
one of their brilliant end runs. The col
lege boys We're unable to get through
Butte's line, and made few attempts
after the first few tries, devoting them
selves thereafter to end running or
punting. Butte's ends were weak. and
she lighter sprinters on the college team
found as little difficulty i'm going around
them as the Buttes did in breaking
Through the college line. Jack sullivan,
Formerly a member of the Butte juniors,
who was recently promoted to "A place
on the regular team. won the greatest
llGa0aAt VI NANNAN u 'hE ~ NN' i'' 80
on the Butte side, and many thought
that, had il not been for his fine play
ing, the Buttes would have been defeat
ed. His tackling was excellent. and ne
made many runs that netted large
gains.
For the college boys, Broderick and
Farlin at guard and Mclean at quar-
derback distinguished themselves by
sheir fine laying. Slater of the regu-
jars acted as referee and Bud Jones as
umpire. Nelson Gum was lineman for
fhe college and Jack Parrot for the
Buttes. The halves were % minute
each. The game was called at 2.30.
, Hopkins for the college kicked off for
Al yards 10 Sullivan. who carried the
ball back 30 yards. Then began what
booked like a one-sided game, and as
though the confidence of the Buttes
that they would make a big score And
hold the college down to a goose-egg
was we'll founded, but it only lasted for
pne touchdown. BY a series of line
bucking plays, Butte carried lie ball
almost without hindrance over the col-
lege goal line for a touchdown in a very
few minutes. Purcell failed to kick
fhe goal. and the game stood 4 to D In
Butte's favor.
Hopkins kicked off again to Butte's
e0-yard line. There was a tumble and
a scrimmage, but Butte got the ball. II
passed back and forth for several min
utes. with no great gain on either side
until. when the ball was on Butte's 81
yard line, Boyer for the college kicked
Cor 20 yards. Purcell fumbled, and there
was a hot scrimmage, in which Mclean
secured the ball and fell over the goa
line for a touchdown. Hopkins kicked
a goal and the score stood 6 To 4 in IA
sor Of the college. The college rooterS
~ent wild, while McKinnon. who had
the misfortune TO get the worst of tins
Scrimmage, was carried off the field
with three cracked ribs and was sem
10 the hospital. The ribs were not en-,
tirely broken. however. but merely
cracked. and his condition is not serious
The teams lined up again, but nothing
was accomplished by either side befor,
time was called for the end of the half
{. In the second half, Purcell kicked of
for Butte to the colleges 35-yard line
Nadeau secured the ball and advance,
Il Is yards. The ball remained in col
tege territory. and by steady gains b,
Butte was advanced TO the 10-yard line
where the college boys braced them
selves and stayed the Buttes until tn
ball came TO them on downs. 1t wa.
then passed 10 Boyer, for a fullbacl
kick, but he was iuterfered with AM
dropped the hall. Ward picked IL ur
but was forced back over the line. an,
che referee gave Butte two points on
safety, tieing the score.
The ball was carried in % yards an,
put in play. Hopkins kicked for s
yards. The ball was caught by Sullivan
VINO was downed in his tracks by Ward
Butte again. by line-bucking tactics
forced the ball back. but made sloS
progress. and time was called with IN
hall on the colleges 3O-yard line. Score
Butte, s; Butte Business College. 6.