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...first secret practice of the season for the University football squad was held yesterday afternoon in the Stadium. For the first 40 minutes the whole squad listened to a blackboard talk in the Locker Building. When the men appeared on the field, Huntington had returned to his regular position at centre, displacing Storer. Felton and Morrison were kept away by afternoon work, their places being filled by Howard and Blackall, respectively. Gardner was on the field but his knee is still bothering him and it will be several weeks before he is in shape again. Until that time Freedley...
Practice for the Freshman football squad was stiff yesterday afternoon. It included the usual drill in running down under punts and practice in breaking through for Squad A were coached in the forward pass. A short blackboard talk by Coach Dewey for the first string men was followed by a period of work on the dummies. Then the team was drilled in formations, the players simply walking through the plays. After a snappy signal practice, a stiff twenty five minute scrimmage was held in which the men showed good form and speed...
...gridiron seriously interferred with football practice yesterday afternoon. Coach Haughton gave the men a long blackboard talk, after which team A went into the baseball cage for signal practice. The men went through their regular formations to perfect the old plays and then tried out a number of new ones. The work was very snappy throughout. While the squad was at work in the Cage, the second-string backs were given punting practice in the Stadium...
Before the scrimmage the first team was given blackboard instruction in the Locker Building. All the squads then had a long drill with the tackling dummy. Afterwards backs and ends were placed in one squad, and linemen in another. The former spent a long time practicing punting, catching punts, and forward passing, while the linemen worked at breaking through. Coaches Dewey, Simpkins, Parker, and Chatfield were in charge...
Football practice for the University squad was light yesterday, following Saturday's game. After the blackboard talk, which was longer than usual, the squad was taken out on the field and the backs given practice catching punts. Potter. T. H. Frothingham, Blackall, and Milholland did the punting and the ends were sent down under the kicks. Potter also spent some time trying drop-goals. Afterwards the squad was divided into three teams and put through a snappy signal drill. Wigglesworth, who has been laid off for a few days, reported and was put in charge of Team A, Potter taking...