The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-15

~ and strenuously each to-day will strive
for the final victory. 1t is not only tina
the members of the respective teams wish
to win the honor of the championship
for their own city. but that they natur-
ally desire to maintain the same high
standard of excellence in the sport tina
was established by their predecessors.
FOR the teams as at present composed are
almost entirely new men who are un-
known to the sporting public Of Butte.
| WITH few exceptions, the men who for
merly played the game with so much
credit to themselves and the city have
drifted away to other localities or have
become SO tied up in business that they
can no longer give the required time and
attention to the sport that they love
so we'll 1t is with renewed interest,
therefore-an interest born of curiosity
to see and know how the members of the
new team will compare with the old
that the public will turn out to see the
game.
1t is to be regretted perhaps, that the
weather is not more propitious for this,
the most important football game that
will be played in Butte this season. But
1t is such weather. nevertheless. as is
usually to be expected and looked for in
the football season. While the people of
Butte and vicinity witness the game in
snow and ice. the people of the east turn
out in thousands to see it amidst rain
and perpetual mud. Between the two
evils it is believed that snow is to be pre-
ferred Moreover, as to-day's game is in
a sense introductory to the return of the
Montana volunteers it's purpose being to
swell the fund which is for their benefit.
the public will have here an opportunity
to show what patriotism and goodwill
they are going to exhibit ON that occa-
sion, and put themselves III training in
enthusiasm and cheering for the out
burst which should accompany the great
er event.
The training and coaching of the team
ceased Friday night, with few finishing
touches given yesterday. 1t has been I'M
der the efficient eye of Manager Hooper,
who was formerly the right-guard in the
noted team of 81. Mr.. Hooper has de-
voted his time almost exclusively for the
past two weeks to coaching and arrang-
ing for the game, and deserves the
thanks of the public for his efforts in this
direction. He thinks that the team will
compare favorably with other teams and
that, with a little more time for practice
in team play. it would compare favor
ably with the best in the country.
1t has finally been decided that the men
will be lined up in the following order:
Davis, center; Langley and Clement COR
SULLIVAN, right and left guards; Griffin
and Herbolt, right and left tackles; Pur
cell and Buckley Cor Robinson), right and
left ends. Behind the line Brown Cor Me
Lean will serve at quarter, McAllister
and Waye as right and left halls. and
Captain Mahoney as full-back Besides
these men, there will be a large number
of substitutes, some of whom are old col
lese players. ready to step in and fill
vacancy.
few particulars concerning the men
who will compose the Butte team are:
5. +. Davis, who is to fill the position al
center, is civil engineer in the employ
OF the Boston Il Montana. He weighs
100 pounds, is % years old, is IA graduate
of Minnesota university and played with
that team. There Is no man on the team
who takes more interest in the game than
Mr.. Davis. He has been steady and en-
thusiastic in practice and has done a
great deal to further the good of foot
ball in Butte. He may be looked to to
hold his own at center and pass the ball
with accuracy.
w. r. Langley, who will play the right
guard position, is a miner by vocation,
is 80 years old and weighs $50 pounds. He
played on the '95 Butte team and may be
relied upon to give good account OF
himself in his position
w. r. Clements is a miner. % years old
and weighs 200 pounds. He has been in