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...Coach Wachter again said that he hoped that several football men would come out within the week for the basketball work is beneficial to football players inasmuch as it makes them more alert and active and improves their passing game...
Over forty men reported yesterday to Coach Wachter for the first basketball practice of the season. The initial workout consisted of fundamental drill such as handling, passing and following the ball. No formation practice was attempted and probably will not be for a week or more...
Before practice started Coach Wachter spoke to the men concerning his plans for the coming season. He said that above all men must keep in strict training and perfect physical condition all the time and there must be no absences. There will be close observance and interpretation of the rules to avoid fouling in the games. Coach Wachter expressed himself as being very optimistic over the basketball outlook at the University and thinks that with the material on hand a good quintet can be produced. There will be no cut for a week or so but because of the limited...
Basketball at the University gets into full swing this afternoon when candidates report to Coach Wachter at the Hemenway Gymnasium at three o'clock for the first formal workout of the season. For the first week or two, practice will consist mainly in the drill of the fundamentals of the game. No scrimmages will be held for some time and at present passing work and shooting will be stressed...
...present there is no way of telling what kind of material there is at hand but Coach Wachter hopes to be able to produce a combination that will be able to make a formidable showing for a first-year team. Team work is to be the main cog in the Crimson machine and it often requires more than a year to turn out a smooth working quintet...