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Yesterday afternoon in answer to the call of Captain Wrightington fifteen men came out on Soldiers Field for practice on the spring squad. Of these none have ever played on any class team and several have had no experience at all. R. Livermore who played halfback on Hopkinson School team last fall and K. S. Barnes of the Cambridge Latin, both of whom expect to enter as freshmen next year, were among the candidates. The ground was in very poor condition so that it was hard for the men to get any sharp practice. Captain Wrightington, however, tried the backs...
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...Captain Wrightington has issued a call for candidates for next year's eleven, and has especially asked that men should come out who have never played before. Here then is the chance that is needed to make an effort to root out the spirit of individualism of which we spoke in an editorial yesterday morning. Here is a chance to show that the enthusiasm which characterized the football meeting on Thursday night was as truly deep and sincere as it appeared to be. Let men for once throw aside every private interest and come out and work for the University...
Every student in this University who is physically capable of playing football should feel that he is included in Captain Wrightington's call for candidates, and if he can in any way afford to give the time to it he should offer his services to the captain on Monday. It is much better, however, that men who are not willing to work hard even under discouraging conditions, should not come out, for the team has no use for them. The men that are wanted are those that have pluck and perseverance, and are glad to work hard even though they...
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