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Throughout the entire game the University players showed themselves to be at top form and, although they were slightly bewildered at first by the visitors five-man defence, a type which they had not faced before this season, their fast passing and accurate shooting enabled them to build up a high score. The defensive power of the five has improved greatly since the last contest for opponents' passes were repeatedly broken up and the Aggies had few clean shots at the basket...
...This large number has resulted in a change in organization from last year and five men will be chosen to represent each hall as against the two players picked last winter. Several of the positions on the teams are now assured, but as the selection is entirely competitive under the challenge system it will be more than a week before official contests will be staged. In the meanwhile a Freshman tournament is under way to give the players actual experience. Each player on the five-man team will play a man on both the other teams and the dormitory with...
...injured on the first day of practice this fall. He reported at the first workout Tuesday but was not sent through practice until yesterday. The session on the part of both Freshman and University was devoted to a long drill in defense work, the one-man, two-man and five-man defense all being tried...
...preparation for the contest with Watertown High with which the yearling five will open its season next week, Coach Tolbert is laying special emphasis on the various scrimmage formations, such as the roving back, the five-man defense, short passing and back passing. Although the squad is still too large to judge accurately the candidates for the various positions, in the workouts so far Merriam has proved himself one of the speediest forwards on the squad and in addition is an accurate scorer from the foul line, while J. E. Bunting and J. L. Scully are also strong contenders...
...tomorrow's contest an innovation for this year will be introduced by having wrestling matches after the game is over. Two five-man teams will be picked from the men now out for wrestling, one from the Freshman and Sophomore classes meeting a similar aggregation chosen from Juniors and Seniors...