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...second team, the first two University elevens held kicking practice Later team "A" went down the field in a short signal drill and teams "B" and "C" repeated this performance. This was followed by an exhibition game between the first two teams of the second squad. Although the first-string-men were given the ball near the middle of the field, they soon lost it on a fumble, and were forced back to their ten-yard line in five successive plays. Here the performance ended with a blocked pass...
This contest showed plainly that in the extended layoff which it has had for the last week, that the first-string men had lost none of their fight and power. The black-jerseyed men fought well, but with little success, to stem the tearing plunges of Owen and Horween. Taking the ball straight down the field by gains through the line and around the ends, the University eleven got its only score when Horween rammed straight through the center of the black-jerseyed line for a six-yard gain and a touchdown...
...spite of the slipperyness of the ball, there were few fumbles. The first-string men showed a fierce determination to come back against Harvard and overcame the subs with ease. The feature of the contest was a fifty-yard run by the famous "Fido" Kempton. Kelly and Sturm also distinguished themselves by their irresistible plunges through the line which netted the two touchdowns scored by their team. Old fashioned play was the order of the day except for a few passes from Kempton to Cumer...
...basketball court. That is one reason, Coach Wachter said, why he wants football men to go out for basketball, for not only would they aid in that sport, but would improve in their football work. At Princeton, Dickinson, Legendre and Opie, prominent linemen this fall, are first string basketball players...
...resolves into a question of which will make for the best team work. However, Coach-Fisher is extremely lucky to have men of such equally high calibre to choose from, and it is evident to anyone who saw the Brown game, that the substitution of any of the second string men will not materially weaken the team...