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...HAVEN, CONN.; Oct. 7, 1907.--The Yale football team was put through a hard drill this afternoon preliminary to a long scrimmage with the college team. There was not the snap in the work that has characterized the practice this fall and the fumbling was the worst of the season. There were few attempts to negotiate forward passes as the men followed them so poorly that they rarely regained the ball. The one redeeming feature of the afternoon was Coy's punting, his kicks averaging well over fifty yards. At present, there is title to choose between While...
...candidates for the Freshman football team had their first practice yesterday afternoon on the old Freshman diamond. They were divided into groups according to positions and made to run about 50 yards at the snap of the ball. After this they were lined up and passed the ball to practice forward passes. The line men were sent down under a few kicks, and then the squad was divided into bunches of about 20 men, of which Harding, MacKay, Maguire, Strong, Smith, Johnson, and McCoy had charge. These squads practiced passing and were then sent for a run around the field...
...practice of the University football squad yesterday was the most interesting that has been held, although the excitement of a scrimmage was lacking. The men seemed to work with more snap and vigor, due perhaps to the cooler weather...
...practice in breaking through the line on punts. They were told not to try to block the kicks, but merely to break through the line. As the concluding work of the afternoon the squad was lined up near one goal line and sent sprinting down the field at the snap of the ball. They then jogged two laps around the field...
Besides relating many interesting and exciting experiences with this animal, he will show on the screen many remarkable snap-shots of bears, when unconscious of his presence, and pictures taken at moments of great danger. There will be shown one picture of a grizzly taken by the animal himself...