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"How can this country be best defended?" is the question in the mind of every thinking American today. The present conflict in Europe has shown how deplorably weak our army and navy are, even for defensive purposes. Countless suggestions and policies for a larger navy, an increased standing army, a...
New Haven, Conn., November 10, 1915.--The Yale football team continued its secret practice in the Bowl this afternoon. The University team had two 10-minute scrimmages, one with the freshmen and one with the Ineligibles. The work against the latter was chiefly defensive, while against the freshmen the university...
Tom Shevlin arrived on Tuesday and virtually took charge of the Squad, Hinkey devoting himself chiefly to the ends. Individual work was continued for half the afternoon, and then the first squad was drilled in offensive and defensive work.
For the most part, the play of Yale seemed to be that of eleven individuals who were trying to accomplish in their own way what could be done only by eleven men working as a unit. Only one lateral pass was completed, and that, strangely enough, lost five yards. Yale...
Since that time, however, rapid strides have been made. The heavy Rutgers team was defeated 10 to 0, Syracuse 3 to 0, and Lafayette 40 to 3, chiefly by excellent defensive work and good all around play by the backs. In the game with Dartmouth, the real strength of the...