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Besides the long signal drill in which all the players got individual instruction on the plays, yesterday's practice also included the first pass defense drill that the backs have had this year. The linemen had a long session on timing in which Coach Horween used a starter's gun to get the men off with the snap of the ball...
...greater part of the workout yesterday consisted of blocking, both the backs and the linemen having to practice on this phase of the game. The gentlemen of the forward wall spent considerable of the time during the afternoon blocking the members of the C team while the backs practiced defensive blocking with the guards coming out of the place and running interference...
...without doubt the largest number that has reported for Freshman football in the last number of years and is encouraging in that this year's class may atone for the showing of last year's Freshmen on the gridiron. After going through calisthenics and a short drill for the linemen and backs most of the Freshmen were sent in in order to be able to attend the first meeting of English...
...line once by the scrubs. Few men were outstanding but the work of Schereschewsky at full back the while substituting for White was favorably commented on by Coach Horween as was the play of Hageman, the guard who was recently shifted to end, and Bancroft, Trafford, and Upton, all linemen. Captain Ticknor also seemed to be spilling opposing backs behind the line of scrimmage with the same regularity with which he did last year...
Following this practice, the linemen clashed in a game of touch football for warming-up purposes, while the ends collaborated in a medicine-ball session...