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...individual work of the members, all have shown plenty of fight and willingness to learn, but a surprising inability to get over old habits of slowness and clumsiness. Hall, right end, is a hard and intelligent worker and covers his end of the line very well, except for a tendency to go in at line plays too soon and thereby to leave the field clear for any sort of fake around his end. He is a hard tackler, but often overruns his man in going down under a punt. Practically the same faults are to be found in Sargent...
Hopewell, right tackle, is light for the position and slower than necessary. He is fairly aggressive on the defense and often breaks through, though the effectiveness of much of his work is minimized by his high tackling. Hanley, left tackle, has never played in the line before this week, but is heavy, strong, and quick. He carries the ball well, but plays too high on the defense and uses his hands constantly on the offense in a way that may lose his team yards through penalties. Starr, centre, Sibley, left guard, and Emmons, right guard, are all steady and reliable...
...player, but not particularly strong on the offense. Foster, right half, keeps his feet better than White, but is very slow in getting started unless under steady urging. Reynolds, fullback, is a good punter and a strong defensive back. He does not lift his feet sufficiently in bucking the line, but often covers good distance by hurdling. Leatherbee, captain and right half, is a strong all round player and unusually fast. He has been kept out of the game a great part of this year by injuries, but will probably be in shape to play his usual strong game...
Following is the line-up for this afternoon's game: TEAM A. TEAM B. Dixon, i.h. i.h., Robinson Goddard, o.h. o.h., Outerbridge Hirsch, 1a. 1a., Viaux French, 2a. 2a., Strauss Embry, 3a. 3a., Hays Wendel, c. c., Bennett Schwarz, 3d. 3d., Hersey Whiting, 2d. 2d., Ackerman Schwarzenburg, 1d. 1d., Collingwood Hanavan, c.p. c.p., Stoddard Bailey, p. p., de Roody Christensen, g. g., Atwood
Yesterday's practice was fair only, and in a 30 minute line-up, the first team scored three times on touchdowns and the second once on a drop kick. As the regular first team men were not allowed to stay long in the scrimmage, a large number of substitutes were put into the line-up. The second put up a very strong game, played with excellent spirit and showed good team work...