The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-17
DEADWOOO GAME IS Off
South Dakota Football Men Will
Not Play Here.
HITCH IN ARRANGEMENTS
Differences Regarding the Division OF
Receipts and Axpsnsss-Butts Man
ssement 10 Blame for 1t. Says
Manager Arlett.

The football game between Anaconda
and Deadwood. which had been adver-
tised to come on tomorrow. IL OF. The
necessary arrangements between the
two clubs with referepce to the division
OF the gate receipts could not be reach
ed. and last night II was finally decided
to postpone the game indefinitely.
Manager Arlett went over to Butte
yesterday for the especial purpose Of
trying to arrange the game In this city
for Tomorrow. but after three or four
hours Of trying he was compelled to
give W in despair.
Mr.. Arlett said last night. in speak
ing OF the game which Is not to be:
The football game which had been
arranged between Anaconda and Dead
wood for Tuesday has been declared of.
Through an inability to adjust the diff
ferences in regard 20 finances relative
to the trip of the visitors. IL was decid-
ed to declare the game OF. I spent
several hours In Butte yesterday trying
"a. adjust matters, but was forced TO
return without success. everal weeks
g the manager of our team received
a telegram from Deadwood inquiring
for terms for a game. We replied that
We did not feel able to make a cash
guarantee. but would give them IS per
cent. OF the gross receipts. Some DAYS
elapsed. when the following came:
'Deadwood, S. D.-Your terms are all
right, and we will play you in Anacon-
da on October is. VIM. Keller. man
ager.'
we Immediately set to work prac-
ticing and developing our team. sup
posing all was right for a game on
TUESDAY. imagine our surprise to find
in the Standard of this morning an ar
ticle stating that Deadwood would not
play Anaconda. I took the first train
to Butte and interviewed Manager KEEL
Ter n Captain Wilson of the Dead
wood team. They both said that our
game would come of. but wished me
TO keep quiet until they had settled
their financial business with Manager
Dygert. In pursuance OF their re-
quest I refrained from asking an expla-
nation of him until after the game.
The three managers met in the McDer-
mott hotel this evening and had a
lengthy consultation. The upshot OF IL
was that Mr.. Dygert refused to pay the
Deadwood team their transportation
home IL they played in Anaconda with
out his consent. and that could not be
obtained without Anaconda paying
one-third of the Expense of bringing the
Deadwood team here. He based this
demand upon IN alleged agreement
made between Butte and Anaconda
wherein Butte proposed to pay two
thirds and Anaconda one-third of the
visitors expenses. I hav asked Mr..
Mcmillan about this. and he says there |
was no such agreement made / inn
mediately refused to accede to Mr.. Dy-
gert's demand. telling him ] did not
recognize that he had any proprietary
rights IN the Deadwood team. / de-
manded a fulfllment of the agreement
that I had with Mr.. Keller. All this
Il
affirming their desire to play Anaconda,
but 1t was plainly seen that they were
in no position to insist on their rights
in the matter.
A Mr.. Keller puts IT. IF we go to
and play they Ohe Butte
management viii nah us ride home
in box cars Just what the purpose of
the Butte management Is in carrying
oGt this dog-in-the-manger policy j do
not know, unless they are fearful that
will defeat a team which
they were only able TO tie. thus set
Ting positively their unjust assumption
the games of last spring left the
two teams on a level as regards the
championship. We could, were we so
disposed. hold Deadwood to its agree
ment. but they would be the ones to
suffer. They are willing to meet their
obligation, but are restrained from do
ing so by the threats of Butte's man
ager. 1t appears TO me that Butte de-
sires to dictate to us the method of
running our team. and when we want
a guardian we prefer not to have a
se~lf-appointed one"
1t is sincerely to be regretted that
arrangements could not be made for a
i'm this city as had been antici-
but Mr.. Arlett's statement gives
he full reason why the game Is called
m. 1t was confidently expected that
he game would be a go. as the local
had every confidence in their
ability to put up a much stronger
yame against the South Dakota team
han that which Butte yesterday put
10. 1t Is freely stated among local
cranks that the Butte man
cement IL to blame for the failure to
ull of the game here tomorrow. OF
curse the entire details nave not been
here why the contest was called
IN. blu generally IL is believed that
My the technical objections ~interposed
" the Butte men are responsible for
failure of the arrangements for the
,ame which was to ave come OF to-
The local pIayers were confident all
long that Deadwood would have been
and they one and all regret
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