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...University football practice yesterday was used largely as a test of the team's defensive work. A great deal of the time was first spent in coaching the men individually and in drilling the ends, backs and linemen in separate groups. After this the first and second elevens lined up for a short scrimmage. On the whole the playing of the team was a trifle better than it was the day before. In the line there was more speed and aggressiveness and the men played better together. On the offense, the ground gaining was consistent, but never brilliant. The tackle...
...University football practice yesterday was very uneventful. Unusually long preliminary work, such as tackling the dummy, punting, and charging for the linemen, consumed so much time that the line-up was necessarily short and had to be discontinued on account of darkness. In the signal practice, no new formations were tried; the team will devote its time henceforth, not to the development of new plays but to perfecting the ones already in use. A new method of blocking kicks was put in practice by the eleven, with the result that, out of five attempts to punt, the second team...
...this time prevent a true estimate of the Harvard team's worth. Secret practice, however, which has been going on during the past week, has corrected some of the earlier faults, and by perfecting various formations, has immeasurably increased the attacking power of the eleven. High playing by both linemen and backs are some of the habits which the team has so far been unable to overcome, and these will undoubtedly account for any lack of effectiveness in either stopping the ball or advancing...
During the first part of the scrimmage the linemen played too high and not far enough forward, but by the end of the practice there was decided improvement, and as a whole the showing was considerably better than it has been for some time. End runs, however, were the only effective means of advancing the ball, for as soon as line plays were used the second team secured the ball on downs. The principal fault was that the men did not give sufficient assistance to one another. Most of the touchdowns were due to long gains around...
...length of the field before being stopped. The first team, on the contrary, was able to gain but a very little distance before the second eleven secured the ball on downs. Altogether the University team made but 40 yards while the second made 90 yards. As a rule the linemen gave too little attention to following the ball and troubled too much with individual play. On the offense, the interference was easily destroyed and frequently blocked the runner. The line-up follows: FIRST ELEVEN. SECOND ELEVEN. Matthews, Clark, l.e. r.e., Crocker Shea, l.t. r.t., Oveson Marshall, Hovey, l.g. r.g., Burden...