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Coach Donovan will give the distance runners a two-mile tryout on the cinder track in the Stadium at 5 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of sizing up the material and choosing the best men for the R. O. T. C. marathon relay on April 19, in which the University Corps is to enter a team of ten runners. A large proportion of the men chosen for the run of Patriots' Day will undoubtedly be Freshmen, for the 1921 team is unusually strong in distance...
...Horween '18 was given a short tryout at his old backfield position yesterday afternoon after having been unable to play since the Cornell game. He did not seem to be weakened in any way by his enforced rest for, though in only a short time, was active in all the plays. W. F. Robinson '18 is still suffering from a cold which he has had for several days, so was unable to get into the scrimmage...
...team will hold its first practice of the year in Hemenway Gymnasium tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, and all candidates are to report at that time. The team is being organized a month earlier this year to enable the coach to give more attention to each individual. The tryout is open to members of all classes in the University, and if enough men report, a second and Freshman teams will be formed. The squad is fortunate in having Coach Anderson, Ex-champion welterweight of the world again in charge...
...different plan this year. There will be two competitions, one extending through the first half-year and the other lasting through the second term. The successful candidates in the first competition will do nothing the second half-year, and, along with the men retained in the second tryout, will be held over the summer to report again in the fall. This plan makes the competition much easier than the one of last year which lasted 13 months, and accordingly more men are expected to come out. Candidates will report at the Lampoon Building tonight at 7 o'clock...
There are not enough University candidates for the field events, men with any aptitude for the broad and high jumps, the shot-put or the pole-vault being especially in demand. The first tryout for the University relay team will be in the Coast Artillery games on January 23, and regular practice on the part of all candidates is essential if a successful team is to be developed...