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Over 60 men, one of the largest University hockey squads that has ever turned out, reported to Coach William H. Claflin Jr. '15 for the initial workout at the Boston Arena yesterday afternoon. Following a brief drilling in starting and turning, the remainder of the afternoon was devoted to a general workout for all candidates, practice in carrying and jumping the puck being followed by an extended drill in various parallel forward lines...
...initial practice for the University hockey squad will be held this afternoon at the Boston Arena under the direction of Coach William H. Claflin Jr. '15. Yesterday for the first time the rink at the Arena was frozen and the ice will be ready for use today by the time the Crimson squads arrive...
...Coach Claflin has split the candidates into two squads, including in the first the men who have had the most experience at the University. However this division is only temporary and shifts will be made every few days. For practice the squads will be subdivided into tentative teams which will hold short scrimmages, but no long, hard practices will be held at present...
Hockey at Cambridge received an enthusiastic start last night when 127 candidates for the University and freshman sextets gathered at the Union to hear Captain George Owen Jr. '23 and Coach William H. Claflin '15 speak. After a brief talk by Captain Owen outlining the work of the season, Coach Claflin gave a blackboard discussion of the six-man game in contrast to the former seven-man style of play. The success of the University hockey teams in the past, according to Coach Claflin, has been that through the Winsor system the teams have been perfected in the strategy...
After a few days of practice, Coach Claflin will cut the squad to a size that will be convenient to work with. The squad will hold practice games with. The squad will hold practice games with teams from the Freshman squad later in the month after the Freshmen have become well organized...