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...fast work and Tilney kept wide-awake at goal. The team still suffers from a lack of endurance, however, and this may count heavily against it in an encounter with a team that has been on the ice for more than a month. Technology must nevertheless put up a stiffer game on the offence than it has shown so far this season, if it is to win tonight's contest...
Following this a scrimmage between the University and Freshman elevens was held. The latter team put up a much stiffer defense and game in general than it did the day before, and it was with difficulty that the University team won by the score of 10 to 0. Three times the University team got into the Freshman territory because of Watson's fumbling of Felton's punts. On one of these occasions, Brickley scored with a drop-kick from the 20-yard line. On another, Wendell made a touchdown by a line plunge from the 15-yard line, T. Frothingham...
...been improving steadily. At the first of the spring season, he let his shoulders jump up in the air in the first part of the recovery; now, however, he has remedied this to a large extent and gets a cleaner, more even finish. He is still a trifle stiffer than the other men in the boat...
...shell for the second time and it proved very satisfactory. It was built by Davy on very much the same lines as last year's shell, having the same fine bow and wide shallow stern. The keel is a half-inch deeper and consequently the boat is even stiffer than last year's shell of the same model...
...crew is not yet together. The shell built by Davy has proved very unsatisfaetory, as it not only settles badly and lacks stiffness, but seems to drag. The new '99 shell has been loaned to the Freshmen and will probably be used in the race. It is much stiffer than the Freshman shell and holds the crew out much better...