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...time was largely devoted to work with small squads. All of the regular coaches were on the field and were assisted by several graduates. The linemen were given short practice in tackling the dummy. Head coach Reid took charge of a squad of fullbacks and later punted for the ends, who worked under the direction of Coaches Bowditch and Kernan. Coach Waters gave considerable time to the guards and tackles and M. J. Connor, who played tackle in 1895 and 1896, coached a squad of quarterbacks...
...practice of the University squad yesterday afternoon was very unsatisfactory. In an eight-minute scrimmage neither side scored and the first team was twice held for downs. The linemen of both elevens played hard and aggressively, but the backs did some very stupid running, and there was inexcusable fumbling. Foster was not in the scrimmage, but ran through signal practice with one of the trial elevens. Starr was in the first play, but as his ankle is not yet strong he was replaced by Quigley. In addition to the scrimmage the ends, linemen, and backs were given individual work...
...whole the linemen covered their ground and worked together, much better than in the scrimmages of the past week. Of the guards McFadon did some good work, but Pierce was somewhat, too aggressive. The ends were rather slow in getting down the field, but O'Brien secured two good tackles, and both Hall and Grant made a creditable showing. As Starr received a slight injury to his ankle on Thursday, Newhall was tried at quarterback and ran the team well...
...scrimmage yesterday afternoon both elevens showed marked improvement, due in part to greater confidence and increased ability to work together. This was true of the linemen especially, although they failed to cover enough ground on punts. The backs were quicker in getting off and used better judgment in choosing openings. All of the men played with more snap and aggressiveness...
...close of the regular scrimmage several punts were tried in order to give the linemen practice in covering their ground. Coach Kernan supervised a long punting practice, and the kicking as a whole was rather poor. Leonard and Hall, however, did some good work, Leonard especially making some excellent punts...