Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-13
Montana and Butte Teams
Meet on the Gridir0n.
. GOOSE-EGG VICTORY
For the FOrmer-The Little Men Had
the Best of It-An EX-
citing Contest.

"A few more contests such as that
fought yesterday on the sridiron between
Captain Percy Benson's Montana Attn
letic club team and the new Butte eleven
and interest in football will be revived.
The game was a furiously fast one, and
while neither side scored. Berson's light
weights had all the best of it and out
played their big adversaries everywhere.
1t was a goose-egg victory for the Ath-
letic club team.
There has been more or less gentle
manly rivalry between the two teams
which dates back to the time when Ben
son resigned from the captaincy of the
old Butte team, which, under his superior
genoralship, had become one Of the most
formidable football organizations in the
west. After a long period of inactivity
Big Jim Hooper r~e-organized the Buttes,
but, aside from him, about all that was
transferred to the new organization from
the old was the name of the old team.
About the same time Benson organized
the Montana Athletic club team. and a
number of the old players went into
! BensOnS organization.
Yesterday was the first time the rival
teams had met on the gridlron. HOoper'S
team had twice met the A~nacondas, a
strong organization. suffering a defeat
once and playing a tie game the second
time. Benson'S team had been defeated
by the Anacondas.
Montana won the toss and took the
ball. Butte took the north goal. Mon
tana kicked to Butte's 25-yard line.
Clamons got the ball and went down. The
ball was then pushed towards the CEN
ter, where the Montanas secured it on a
tumble and Benson kicked it back So
yards. interference spoiled Browns
fair catch, and the ball went over Butte's
goal line, where Trilby Davis got IT, but
on account of the interference the referee
put it back to the 15-yard inc. Butte
pushed tho ball back 10 yards, when
Montana secured it on a tumble. Then
the Montans pushed the ball steadily
towards Butte's line by hard bucking.
They were on the 5-yard line when time
was called. The referee took the time
from "Snake' King. who was holding the
watch for the Butte cam. The Montana
time-keeper claimed a minute more
time, and. under the rules. the Montanas
should ave been allowed half n minute
more. The Buttes We're playing hard at
this juncture, but in all probability the
80 seconds would rave meant a touch
down for the MontanaS.
Bill Slater came into the game at tho
beginning of the second half. The kick
off by Griffin was a dribble and Benson
got the ball. hen by a series of PUSHES
the Montanas took the ball to Butte's 10
yard line, when it went to Butte on
downs. In the endeavor to block the
rushing of the Montana's jim Hooper
slrained his ankle slightly and Dan Nc
Leod took his place. Butte took the bail
to the 2O-yard line. where the Montanas
got it because of an off-side play. The
Montanas then took it to the 10-yard line,
where Butte got it. Then followed the
prettiest piece of work of the day. Grit
fin. for the Buttes, was sent at the line
and stopped, and Bill Slater picked him
up and carried him bodily back five
yards. Butte then forced the ball toward
the center, and it was in Montana's pos
session when time was called.
! Features of the game We're the splendid
playing of Fitzpatrick, the 25-yard run
by sullivan, the strong guard of Jim
Hooper and the generalship of Captain
Benson.