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Neither side scored in the game yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field between the Freshman eleven and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sophomores. In straight line plays the Freshmen outclassed the Technology team and at the end of each half had had the ball within a couple of yards of their opponents' goal line. The Freshman backs were fast and the line-men played steadily and aggressively; but on the defense they were so weak that only the constant fumbling of the Technology eleven prevented defeat...
...first time in secret practice the second yesterday scored against the University eleven. The play was marred not only by slowness of the line, but also by fumbling and off-side play, the first eleven making several fumbles and being four times penalized for off-side. Once the second threw the University team back 5 yards, and made first down several times. Although the line-up lasted for 35 minutes, the University eleven was able to score only three touchdowns...
Randall and Nichols, the only two prominent players absent from Monday's practice, were out yesterday, but neither went into the scrimmage. Sugden yesterday stayed in at center throughout the practice, and Carrick was tried at right guard when A. Marshall left the line-up. LeMoyne has a good deal of practice in punting, but most of his kicks did not carry far. For the second eleven, Carroll and Cruger played well, and on the offensive the former was instrumental in opening holes for several gains by his team...
After only five minutes of signals, the University eleven lined up for a scrimmage against the second. The first eleven received the ball from the kick-off and rushed it down the field by short gains. Hurley scoring the first touchdown on an 8-yard plunge through the line. Fumbling and off-side play combined to give the second team its touchdown. The second got the ball on a fumble on the University's 25-yard line, and aided by two off-side plays which yielded 5 and 3 yards respectively in penalties, carried it over the University's line...
...line-up: FIRST ELEVEN. SECOND ELEVEN. LeMoyne, l.e. r.e., Shurtleff, Pruyn Parkinson, l.t. r.t., Lehmann Robinson, l.g. r.g., Davy, Pierce Sugden, c. c., Pell A. Marshall, Carrick, r.g. l.g., Carroll Knowlton, Meier, r.t. l.t., Squires Bowditch, r.e. l.e., Blagden C. B. Marshall, q.b. q.b., Elkins Harrison, l.h.b. r.h.b., Kent, Morris Hurley, Means, r.h.b. l.h.b., Goodhue Schoellkopf, Mills, f.b. f.b., Sperry