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...score of 11 to 2. A slight change in the positions of the forwards proved a success, the first team showing a noticeable improvement in rushing the puck. Kernan was shifted to left end, Newhall played right end, and Wilder was moved to left center. The ice was much smoother than on Saturday, and was instrumental in making the passing swift and accurate on both teams...
...practice yesterday afternoon was light, consisting only of a short row upstream. The work was still ragged, the most prominent fault being the failure of the men to row together well. The coaching was chiefly directed to the perfecting of a smoother recovery...
...coach Higginson's direction. During the first part of the afternoon's work neither crew seem to be able to keep its boat on an even level, this fault being particularly noticeable in the first eight. Later, however, the difficulty was almost entirely overcome and the work became perceptibly smoother...
...first half alone. The latter part of the game showed some improvement, and the slow charging and lack of aggressiveness was partly overcome. As a rule, however, the backs started too slowly, formed a ragged interference, and hindered each other. All the plays seemed badly in need of smoother execution...
...bodies in an almost slumping position, and getting a quick, smooth recover typical of the professional sculler. The men finish the stroke with their bodies almost perpendicular; they drive their legs down well together and have a steady recover: At present the Yale crew is better together and a smoother running machine than the Harvard boat...