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Coach J. L. Knox '98 again had charge of practice yesterday in the absence of Head Coach Fisher. The whole squad did light work on the dummies for the first time; and afterwards the linesmen, with Dr. D. C. Parmenter '13 and C. F. Havemeyer '21 directing them, practiced charging, while the backfield candidates punted with R. S. Humphrey '21 as coach. About half an hour before the close of practice Coach Knox divided up his men into three temporary teams, which ran through the more elementary plays. The elevens lined up as follows...
During the eighties and nineties they passed rules requiring pushing duels between opposing linesmen to determine whether the offence could provide a human slide on which to project the man with the ball for 1 and 67-100 yards on each down; or whether on the other hand the defence could upset this human slide and turn it into a human wall against which the alleged runner would be hurled in vain by his team-mates. The result of the plays would have been exactly the same if the runner was on wheels...
...Exeter game after his substitution for W. N. Gates, warranted this change. E. L. Gehrke also returned to take part in the practice. In scrimmage, H. S. Plaffman, halfback of team "B", broke away for several long gains. On Friday, D. F. Holder, one of the most consistent linesmen of the team, was elected captain...
Score, University 1, Technology 1. Goals, Heizer, Martino. Referee, Patterson. Linesmen, Strauss, Tech, and Morrison, Harvard." Time, 35-minute halves, and two 5-minute overtime periods...
...shape as yesterday, most of the regulars watching the practice from the side lines. Team B ran through a long dummy scrimmage against A after the usual routine workout. A snappy signal drill followed, with emphasis laid on charging as well as new plays. Though several of the regular linesmen went through the preliminary workout, it was observed that a substitute line entered the mix-up and that the backfield was second string material. It is obvious that Coach Ryan hopes to be able to enter a team with somewhat of its full strength in Saturday's struggle, and that...