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There was more first-class football displayed in yesterday's scrimmage between the first and second teams than has been shown in any of the previous practices on Soldiers Field this fall. Although the University team contained several substitutes, Captain Parker, Macdonald, Pierce and Giblet not being in the lineup at all, it showed greater possibilities, both offensively and defensively, than heretofore. Forward passes were used frequently and there was a noticeably improvement in the way the men handled them. The tendency, which was so glaring in the Maine game, to hurl the ball wildly without regard...
...number of new men were given a chance in the first team back field and several of them appear promising. Brennan, of the University baseball team, was put in at fullback, and proved a good ground gainer. He is strong, keeps his feet well and should develop into a firstrate back. Cutting substituted for Giblet at right halfback, where he played on the 1000 Freshman team. he was in every play and dicks a hole as well as any man on the squad. There seems to be plenty of men for the backfield positions but, with Wendell...
...fast, scrappy centare, a reliable right tackle and the improvement of the ends. The candidates for end are better than for several years back, but they seem to be almost uniformly show at following the ball. That there will be all varieties of the new football played on Soldiers Field this fall is already apparent from the few games played and it is safe to assume than the possibilities of the eleven will be fully developed along these lines...
downs immediately. The University team rushed the ball back to the other end of the field and finally pushed Brennan over for a touchdown. The second team tried again to score from the 20-yard line, but were stopped two yards from the first team's goal and help for downs. Starr made the long run of the day, taking the ball from behind his own goal on a fake kick and running it out to the 38-yard line. In the early part of the scrimmage, the University team used three forward passes in five prays, making an average...
...scrimmage today began with the ball in the middle of the field in the university team's possession. Soon the first team fumbled, and the second rushed the ball over the line without difficulty. The regulars were then given the ball on the 30-yard line and scored by straight football. After a short rest, the college, team again rushed the university team off their feet for another touchdown...