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PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 26. - The practice of the university football eleven today was marked by the good playing of Holly and Rosengarten, and a general improvement in the work of the team from the standpoint of concentrated action and well-directed playing. Cochran played a short time at fullback, but was injured seriously during the game and in all probability Bannard will be the Princeton fullback during the Yale game. Captain Trenchard is finding an exceptionally good man in Armstrong, who is developing into a first-class line bucker...
There is a point well taken in the communication which we publish this morning on the hare and hounds runs. From the standpoint of the Athletic Association, the chief object of these runs is to bring out a large number of men and by this means to increase the possibilities of discovering new material for the track. In order to accomplish this end the runs must offer the greatest possible attractions to such men as do not have any special idea of prize winning. Cross country running, to be sure, must, if the name is to signify anything, be through...
After referring with gratification to the vote of New York by which stringent provisions for civil service reform will be incorporated in the constitution, he told how he had come himself to take up the cause. He emphasized the fact that he had not approached it from the theoretical standpoint of a collegian, but from the practical standpoint of a member of the New York legislature. Several times during his address Mr. Roosevelt insisted earnestly on the practicability of such a reform. "Decent politics are practicable in this country," were his words...
...Harvard-Boston Athletic Association game, which was postponed from Wednesday, was played yesterday afternoon and resulted in a score of 40 to 0 in Harvard's favor. On the whole, the game was decidedly encouraging from a Harvard standpoint, although the playing was by no means as good as it will have to be if the team wishes to win from Yale. In yesterday's game the individual work of every man on the team was excellent and the team play was very good. The interference seemed weaker than in any of the games which the team has played recently...
Saturday's game resulted in a victory for Harvard by a score of 14 to 0. A driving rain and a muddy, slippery field made the play loose and erratic, but the game was not without many satisfactory points from a Harvard standpoint...