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...football practice yesterday was very discouraging. The work of both elevens was very crude, the linemen playing much too high and failing to work together...
...team was not given the rest yesterday which usually follows a hard game. Under the direction of B. G. Waters '94 and W. H. Lewis '95, the linemen were given hard work in breaking through and blocking. P. Haughton '99 coached the punters, devoting special attention to Sperry and Nichols. The centres were given instruction by H. Russell '95, and the ends by N. Cabot...
...practice of the Freshman squad for the past two days has been chiefly directed towards weeding out unpromising material. After the preliminary work yesterday in punting and running down on kicks, for the ends and backs, and in charging and breaking through, for the linemen, a short game was played between two elevens, A and B. Though both teams were strong on the defense, they were unable to gain ground consistently when in possession of the ball. In the last few minutes of play, however, on a tackle back formation, team B rushed the ball 25 yards, and Pell finally...
...practice yesterday, the work of the Freshman team showed some improvement; the linemen still played too high, and the backs fumbled badly; but the greater unity in team-work was encouraging...
...Although the wet weather was more favorable to the Freshmen because of their superior weight, they were outclassed by their opponents in nearly every department of play. Their team-work was poor and the men lacked aggressiveness. The backs were slow in starting and the linemen played too high and did not work together. Groton's team-work, on the contrary, was very good and the formations, for the most part simple line plays, were quickly started and well executed...