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Secret practice was held by the University football squad yesterday for nearly an hour in preparation for the Annapolis game tomorrow. There was no scrimmage, but only light work. The backfield candidates were first taken out onto the Freshman gridiron and given practice in catching punts with the sun in their eyes and against a clear sky. Coach Daly instructed the backs in heeling fair catches facing the sun and with the opposing team running down on them. The results were very satisfactory. Burr got off some long spirals of fifty yards and more...
More men are needed for the Senior football team. Yesterday there were hardly enough men on hand to make up a full team. The class series has been started on a more substantial basis this year than formerly and the Senior class should be represented by a strong team. Practically nothing can be accomplished unless a much larger number of men report. The practice today will...
Results of Matches Yesterday...
...second round of doubles played yesterday resulted as follows: P. T. Large '10 and T. B. Townsend '10 beat L. J. Wyeth '11 and C. Bosson '11, by default; R. Smith 3G. and W. A. Colwell beat K. K. Smith 2L. and A. B. Comstock 2L., 6-2, 6-4; R. M. Gardiner '09 and R. M. Field '09 beat G. Burt 1L. and P. Woodman 1L., 10-8, 9-7; A. S. Dabney '09 and G. P. Gardner '10 beat F. F. A. Pearson '11 and H. Nickerson '11, 6-3, 7-5; E. H. Wilkins...
...practice yesterday was entirely secret and consisted of thorough preliminary work and a 15-minute scrimmage with the second team, in which the University team scored once, and the second twice. The University team was in poor form, and was held for downs by the second team on the 3-yard line. The first team's score was made by Fish, who fell on the ball behind the line after Withington had blocked a kick. The second team made its touchdown by straight playing from the 35-yard line on Cate's forward pass to Rogers and a tackle play...