The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-24

The most miserable conditions that
ever prevailed during q football game
the pleasure lovers Of football
were anticipating In the final game be-
tween Butte and Deadwood yesterday.
but the game was played and the Dead
team went down to inglorious de-
before the furious assaults OF the
Buttes. with a final score OF 20 to 0.
A steady drizzle. which set In Saturday
night and continued all through Sun
day. kept the game from being a inaa-
cial success. but was unable TO dampen
the waterproof ardor OF the few enthusi-
asts who watched the game. Not over
800 people witnessed the contest, but
those were amply rewarded in seeing
the immense improvement of the home
team In comparison with their form of q
week ago..
The game was called promptly at 3
y. m. Benson. referee. appeared in a
football suit. and Stivers. umpire. wore
boots which buttoned under his chin.
Deadwood's linesman. Moulton. being
also a substitute. had the good fortune
to be arrayed likewise In a suit. but
DR.. Sandberg. who performed the same
office for Butte. was in his ordinary
clothes and suffered accordingly. In
spite of the mud. which prevented long
Individual runs m the consequent ex-
citement. the game was far from being
an uninteresting one. Butte's marvel
ous Improvement since last Sunday, II
is true. made the game very one-sided.
but Notwithstanding the fact hat the
visitors could plainly see that they
were outclassed from the very start.
they put up a plucky game and were in
hopes OF scoring until the very end OF
the game, although their prospects in
this line never looked very encourag-
ing. They evidently relied to a consid-
erable extent on their kicking, but the
mud and water swelled the ball up TO
the size of an infant balloon and put
this recourse out Of the question. To
add to their discontinue Brahm at CEN
ter for Butte made his opponent nearly
forget that his main object in the game
was to get the ball securely to the
quarterback. with the resul that a
good many fumbles prevented Dead
wood from showing that excellence in
aggressive play which characterized
their last game. Wilson went at the
line time and again with his old dash
and strength. but the Butte men never
wavered inc often he vas forced back
for a loss. He called on Martinez for
the double pass which so nearly won
them the game of a week ago. but
Butte's end were active and even that
clever little runner was downed for no
gain. But still Wilson urged his men
on and tackled like a fiend until the
referees whistle told him that the game
was ended. Deadwood's captain was
ably seconded by Keller. who played
an even better game than before. In
deed these two. with Martinez and the
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for the visitors.
For Butte II Is hard to discriminate
who made the most gains. 1t was a
rare thing for any man to be sent at
the line that he did not make from three
TO Is yards. and il was simply a ques-
ton OF who was called upon the most
often. Paustian probably made the
longest gain by netting about rs yards.
He waded through water and Dead
wood for Is. and then, finding himself
in danger, dived and came UP some 10
yards nearer their goal. Sullivan. Lane
and Bean did some really fine work
against the visitors line. Sullivan and
Bean had already shown what they
were capable OF doing. but Lane had
been used but little hitherto and was
somewhat OF an unknown quantity. He
demonstrated that he was fully up TO
his company. keeping his feet we'll end
ever READY TO assist tne runner. III was
hardly a day suited TO S~ullivan's style
of play. but in spite OF this he turned
their ends for his usual gains n went
through the line for repeated gains.
Bean seemed the hardest Of Butte's
men to down, carrying tacklers and al
for time after time when they thought
ne was stopped. Hooper c~aptained his
team well. choosing his plays with
great discrimination and always having
a sure opening on his side OF the line
Comstock was sent with the ball sew
eral times and demonstrated that his
great defense was not the only strong
feature of his play. As the Deadwoods
confined their plays almost exclusively
TO mass plays at the center and only
rad the ball for a limited number OF
times. Butte's ends and tackles hardly
had an opportunity to show the game
they could play. The teams lined vi