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Head Coach Fisher was not out for practice yesterday, Coach J.L. Knox '98 taking charge in his absence. The lines-men had a brief workout on the dummies, while the backs ran through a few simple plays. Captain R.K. Kane '22 took charge of the ends, who were put through some light forward-passing practice; Faxon drilled the squad in the method of falling on the ball, while Have-meyer assisted the centers, Humphrey the punters and Johnson the quarterbacks. After practice the entire squad jogged easily around the-Stadium...
With a squad of 39 men reporting for practice, spring football work started yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field under the direction of Coaches R. T. Fisher '12 and J. L. Knox '98, while D. C. Parmenter '13, W. B. Felton '19, H. R. Hardwick '15 also assisted in putting the candidates through the first day's workout...
...Coach Fisher's policy of holding only a short spring foot-ball practice differs radically from that followed by our chief rivals, Yale and Princeton. Yale trains from September to the last of November and from early in February until Commencement; Princeton for only a slightly shorter period. The Harvard squad is busy for half as many months...
...Coach Fisher's intention to have only three weeks of practice this spring and to call off all organized work after April 15, until the men come back early in September for the beginning of the fall season. In deciding to have such a short period of work, Coach Fisher is running contrary to the systems in vogue at Yale and Princeton. Practice at New Haven has been under way for seven weeks and will continue until Commencement, while the Orange and Black squad has been on the gridiron for three weeks and will not call off the work until...
Speaking at the Varsity Club last Monday, Coach Fisher declared that practice had been called for two reasons--in order that the coaches and men might get acquainted and in order that the players might get accustomed to the system of football in use at the University. Intensive development such as is on the program at Princeton and Yale will not be attempted...