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Both teams took light practice yesterday afternoon, the University team rehearsing signals and taking a drill in defensive tactics in the Stadium, while Pennsylvania State limited its practice to a signal drill on the local grounds at Auburndale.
Starting changes in the line-up of the University football team marked the beginning of a reconstruction of the team. The most important shifts apparent in yesterday's practice were the shifting of Soucy from centre to end, displacing Weatherhead, and the placing of Wallace at centre. End is a...
The playing of Trumbull, Bradlee, Rollins, and Wallace stood out noticeably for the University. After Trumbull was taken out with a cut over his eye, the team weakened perceptably; and Bradlee was invaluable in the backfield. Both Rollins and Wallace played remarkable defensive games.
There was no scoring, as the ball was given first to one team and then to the other, and travelled back and forth in mid-field, while the coaches tried out defensive and offensive tactics.
As is usually the case on Mondays after a hard game, blackboard talks and the discussion of tactics took up the major portion of the afternoon at Soldiers Field. Several of the regulars were not out in football clothes, among them Mahan, Rollins and Hardwick. The remainder of the squad...