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...Freshman football squad was put through a stiff practice yesterday afternoon, devoting considerable time to scrimmage. The linemen of team A started work with the tackling dummy while the backs and ends ran down under Mahan's punts. All the first squad linemen were then drilled under the supervision of Coach Gardiner and team B was put through signal practice. In this the backs fumbled continually and were unable to form any sort of interference...
...team, played for a short period in the scrimmages. P. Withington went in at centre for a few minutes and L. Withington also played at right tackle. The following coaches were out in uniform to assist Head Coach Haughton: Fisher, L. Withington, and P. Withington in charge of the linemen; Wigglesworth, in charge of the quarterbacks; and Leary, G. Browne, and L. D. Smith, in charge of the ends...
...Yale football squad has begun work in preparation for the 1912 season, with seventy-five candidates out for the team. This year the ends, tackles, and guards have been called out with the backs and centres, and two divisions have been formed of the squad. The work of the linemen will consist largely in running and floor work for conditioning the men, while the backs will receive some rudimentary training...
...built up upon the shift play developed in its infancy by Glenn Warner and improved by Minnesota. The shift is good for swing plays outside of tackle or around the end but weak for line plunging. The strength of the Yale shift is dependent upon the speed of the linemen in getting to the line of scrimmage and upon the variety of formations which can be used in shifting the line. The Yale backfield gets around the runner in good style and puts the defensive linemen out of play much better and surer than do the Harvard backs...
...Freshman football team was given short practice yesterday afternoon. After a blackboard talk by Coach Dewey the linemen were drilled in the usual charging tactics. This was followed by a long dummy scrimmage between the first team and the substitutes, after which the teams separated for signal practice. Hardwick and Logan were again in the backfield after a long absence...