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Yesterday there was the usual long Monday indoor session during which the coaches reviewed Saturday's game and laid plans for future work. Promptly at 4 o'clock the squad took to the field and for half an hour the men drilled in sections. In this work the linesmen had practice in "breaking through," particular attention being paid to the fault of illegal holding, for which Harvard suffered five penalties against Penn. State. The ends under-went a drill in defensive tactics against a set of heavy second team backs, and the University backfield, experimented on some new formations...
Score -- Harvard 1, Pennsylvania 0. Goal--by Needham. Referee, Williams. Linesmen--Gaudenzi, of Pennsylvania; Burgess, of Harvard. Time of halves--45 minutes...
Score--Harvard 4, Haverford 2. Goals--Locke, Barron, Rountree (for Harvard), Hardwick, Stokes 2. Referee--A. Williams of Lynn. Linesmen--Burgess (Harvard), Green (Haverford). Time--45-minute halves...
Wrestling is especially valuable training for football candidates and particularly for linesmen. The football coaches are strongly in favor of it as a means of giving men better poise and speed. Members of this year's Freshman football team would derive special benefit from it. If a sufficient number of men from the class of 1916 report, it is planned to organize a Freshman team and to schedule two or three meets with outside teams...
...Freshman squad who will start the game against Princeton 1916 tomorrow were given light work yesterday. A blackboard talk followed by fifteen minutes at the dummies started the practice and then the linesmen and backs were separated, the former to run down under punts, and the latter to perfect their forward passing. A half hour of signal drill ended work...