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...difficult for the coaches to keep up a second eleven, and on the first a single player is being used to substitute two or more positions. For example, one man is playing substitute guard and fullback while another is placed, as necessity requires, at either tackle, guard, or center. I was told by the head coach that he had inserted in your columns an appeal to the class to brace up and produce more candidates and that, after the notice had been published on three successive days, there was not a single response. Even now he is looking about...
...preliminary practice, R. P. Kernan '03 gave special coaching on punts to LeMoyne, Nichols and Means. Nichols went through the signals, but did not enter the scrimmage. E. H. Greene '02, who has the center men in charge, coached Carroll in passing the ball...
Randall and Nichols, the only two prominent players absent from Monday's practice, were out yesterday, but neither went into the scrimmage. Sugden yesterday stayed in at center throughout the practice, and Carrick was tried at right guard when A. Marshall left the line-up. LeMoyne has a good deal of practice in punting, but most of his kicks did not carry far. For the second eleven, Carroll and Cruger played well, and on the offensive the former was instrumental in opening holes for several gains by his team...
...first eleven, and Knowlton also appeared at his old position at right tackle. Parkinson was not in the line-up, although he ran through signals on the University eleven. Owing to a bad knee, received in Saturday's game, Nichols was not out for practice. Bleakie was tried at center on the second in the signal practice, and Hanley was put in at left half on the substitute eleven, neither, however, went into the game...
...gain distance. The effectiveness of the line plays, however, was due chiefly to sheer weight and the lack of concerted action on the part of Brown's line. Bowditch at end on the defense was very active and strengthened the whole right side of the line. Sugden at center passed well and while not up against any very difficult proposition, strengthened the center considerably. Meier was used to good advantage in carrying the ball on tackle plays, but ran too high and without sufficient fierceness...