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...mixed B and C team scrimmaged for a short while against the Jayvees. The afternoon was topped off with signal drill...
...team, with the exception of Wilson and Macdonald, were excused from practice yesterday afternoon. Wilson reported to brush up on his guard assignments and Macdonald spent a large part of the practice in an intensive punting drill...
Long kicking, passing, and defensive drills took up most of yesterday's practice time. Then after a short kick-off rehearsal, the three elevens separated for a signal drill...
...scrimmage Freddy Jerome and Rick Hedblom went in for Boston and Wilson who were merely being given a day of grace. In the signal drill, one of the most sparkling of the fall, Boston and Wilson were put back...
...Equipment and uniforms were equally scanty; the men wore mostly overalls and windbreakers, had one antiquated Hotchkiss gun for the whole company to train on. (Later, on the eve of their first engagement, they wangled Lewis guns, had a day to learn the new mechanism before going into action.) Drill commands were in French, which only half the men understood. Food was determinedly, indigestibly Spanish...