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...effective. There was still a great deficiency in the defensive work and it was to this that the coaches gave most of their attention. The men seemed slow and lacked the fighting spirit which is the great factor in a strong defense. There was also a general failure to follow the ball closely. The left side of the line was very weak, and Mifflin of the second team broke through it repeatedly for gains varying from five to twenty yards...
...Brooks House. Mr. Robert A. Woods of the South End House, Mr. Field of the Ellis Memorial, and several other experts in boys' work will speak. A general discussion as to methods of dealing with boys of various nationalities in different quarters of a city will follow. Members of the University are cordially invited...
...Fogg Museum, Professor Baker will give two lectures on "Shakepere's London," illustrating them with the stereopticon. The special subject tonight will be "The City and Westminster." In the course of his lectures, Professor Baker will make a circuit through the city. Beginning at London Tower, he will follow up the river, by Whitehall and Charing Cross, up the Strand to Ludgate Hill and St. Paul's; down Cheapside and through the city, back to the Tower. The one hundred pictures which he will slow in the two lectures are taken, in the main, from old engravings and wood cuts...
...gains does not rest on the ends, however, as the secondary defense of the backs was poor. All of the men in the line, with the possible exception of J. Lawrence, were slow and awkward both in defense and offense. They played high, charged feebly and failed to follow the ball. Lawrence and Sargent were offside a great deal and lost many yards in consequence...
...full-backs, Meier has done some very good line bucking, but is too often turned sideways into the play. His defensive work needs improving Skilton does not hit the line with sufficient force, and runs too high in interference, but seems to follow the man with the ball pretty well. His defense is better than it was earlier in the season...