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...Brown opposition, the opening game showed some improvement in the defensive weapons. Several times the Brunonians showed a lack of scoring punch, but Coach Robinson succeeded in improving this type of play in the next week's work-outs. In the Colby game the improvement was striking. The first string combination pushed down the field for a touchdown in the first quarter and after it had proved its scoring ability Coach Robinson sent in his second string material and resorted to the kicking game to try out his performers in this department for the more important contests to follow...
...double header before the opening of College marked the beginning of the season this year, but instead the Crimson met Middlebury College in the initial encounter on September 30. The first string men appeared to good advantage in the first half of this game when they scored a touchdown in seven plays after the kick-off and a few moments later added six points more. As soon as Coach Fisher began putting his substitutes into play, however, Middlebury twice held the red-jerseyed team for downs and itself made four Arst downs in succession, only to have Pfaffman intercept...
Drill in fundamentals and the perfection of plays took up a considerable part of the afternoon. Breaking through work was prescribed for the linemen, and the ends were kept busy running down punts. Later the yearling first and second string players went through a fast-speed dummy scrimmage, followed by a long signal drill...
Yesterday's practice consisted of a half hour defensive dummy scrimmage between team A and the second eleven, after which the first string men went outside of the Stadium for a long signal drill. The second eleven then held a defensive dummy scrimmage with team B which lined up with Hartley and Gordon ends, Hobson and Greenough tackles, Miller and Kunhardt guards, Kernan center, Spalding quarterback, Rouillard, Harlow, and Fullbright backs...
Capturing the first four places without undue exertion, the 1926 harriers added one more victory to their string Saturday when they defeated the Technology Freshmen over the three-mile Belmont course...