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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...
...preliminary work consisted of breaking through for the linemen, and D. C. Campbell '02 gave the ends practice in going down on punts and not overrunning their man. C. D. Daly '01 and H. Foster, Jr., '07 coached the backfield. After the scrimmage the backs were given practice in catching punts, and Sprague got off some beautiful punts. Houston and Smith, who have been suffering from injuries, were in the signal practice but did not play in the scrimmage. The line-up: FIRST TEAM. SECOND TEAM. Cutting, Harding, l.e. r.e., Pirnie, Cooper, Lanihan McKay, Withington, l.t. r.t., Oveson Burr, West...
...then that Corbett made the longest run of the game, twenty-five yards. White followed him for twenty more on a fake kick. Corbett went through right tackle for two yards, after which Cutler pulled White through the opposite tackle for a touchdown. Burr kicked the goal. Harvard's backfield was changed at this point. After an exchange of punts, Harvard got the ball on its own 47-yard line. Leslie and Cutler made fifteen yards in two rushes; then Leslie found a good hole at right tackle and went through for fifteen yards. Burr tried a 30-yard forward...
...University football team will play its fourth game this season against Williams in the Stadium this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Last year Williams was defeated by the score of 18 to 0. This year their team is composed of heavy line men and a fast backfield. Williams defeated Middlebury a week ago by the large score of 56 to 0, and the hardest game the University team has played so far is expected...
...University team had little difficulty in gaining its distance during the second half Bates made long gains through the centre of the Harvard line. Cutler had trouble getting off his forward passes and worked only one with success during the game. Nourse and Crowley played well, and in the backfield Corbett and Smith were good ground gainers. Leslie at right halfback played well for his first game and should prove a valuable...