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Practice yesterday afternoon was marked by a long session at the tackling dummies, for the first time since early in the season. This was due to the noticeable weakness in that department against Penn. State on Saturday. Coach Haughton gave the men a long blackboard talk early in the afternoon, and this was followed by a half-hour's individual work. Practice in kicking and receiving punts for the backs completed the preliminary workout. With Gilman back in the line-up and Dadmun displacing Cowen at guard, the University team scrimmaged with the seconds for the rest of the afternoon...
...University squad is in for a hard and gruelling week of work. Coach Haughton has laid out a program of practice that will undoubtedly tax the men to the utmost, and it is certain that the next three days, at least, will see the stiffest and most arduous playing that the University has had this year...
...teams have been coached. Captain Barrett and Shelton, last year considered by Walter Camp as All-American possibilities, are the greatest stars of the Cornell eleven, while Gillies and Cool have the reputations of linemen of much more than average ability. From Harvard's stand-point, Coach Haughton is sending in the best eleven he has. Enwright is the only man rated as a regular who will be unavailable for play, and the game should prove a good test of what the University team can do with practically the entire list of regulars able to get into the game...
...Coach Haughton originally planned the series with a two-fold purpose. He desired that every man in college who had the inclination might have an opportunity to play the game, which is one of the best for physical discipline; and he further hoped, by stimulating greater interest in football, to develop more material for the University squad...
...regards qualifications, any ablebodied man of average weight can make a Haughton Cup team, if he reports consistently for practice. Especially in the case of the line positions, little previous knowledge of the game is necessary. Coaches Guild and Miller are anxious to help anyone interested, with the fundamentals; and they will be at the Locker Building at 3 o'clock today to receive candidates...