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Fall baseball practice will commence on Soldiers Field Monday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. This practice is intended not only to give the coaches an opportunity of forming a preliminary estimate of the new material, thus making possible a quicker reduction of the baseball squad in the spring, but also to give the new men coaching in the essentials of the game...
...scrimmage yesterday afternoon both elevens showed marked improvement, due in part to greater confidence and increased ability to work together. This was true of the linemen especially, although they failed to cover enough ground on punts. The backs were quicker in getting off and used better judgment in choosing openings. All of the men played with more snap and aggressiveness...
...shade more of "life" in the second act, and a quicker curtain at the close may be looked for at the next performance, but the impression of the play as a whole was extremely favorable...
...afternoon and two evenings to decide the tournaments of the Association, as every man has fenced with every other. Consequently, F. Lage of Columbia has been appointed to confer with the fencing committee of the New York Athletic Club in order to devise a plan to make a quicker decision possible. It was also voted that other colleges should be eligible for election to the Association after having teams on trial for a period of two years, during which they could compete in the intercollegiate tournaments and be eligible for the championship...
...Newhall at coverpoint played hard and did some effective body checking, but often failed to stop the puck by trying to cover too many men. Wilder and Pell at right and left ends neglected to follow back, and were weak in both passing and shooting. Callaway and Townsend, though quicker at following back, were inaccurate in their shooting. The stick work of all the forwards was poor and none seemed able to keep possession of the puck...