The Spokane Business College team first entered the scene in 1896 in the absence of the Spokane Athletic Club.  By 1898 it had a very vocal rival in the Blair Business College and the rivalry was very heated in the newspaper call-outs in trying to schedule games.  The team would average 160-pounds per man during the franchise run through 1898.

The team was planning a coast trip for 1898 even after having not played locally and refusing to "acknowledge" Blair Business as a team. 
 
C. C. Holzell also coached a team at the same time called the "St. Stephens Combination" team, and was charged with using Business College and Gonzaga players against high school teams which he denied

With the dissolving of the Spokane Athletic Club after the 1898 season, the Business College team along with C.C. Holzell became the Spokane YMCA team that would go on to play against the rival Blair Business College.

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