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None of the regular first eleven took part in the practice yesterday, and the regular game was between the first eleven substitutes and the second eleven. Sawin, Ellis, Kendall and J. Lawrence were not on the field, and Campbell, Eaton, Barnard, Lee and Sargent did nothing but a little running. Daly and Hallowell were out, but did no work.
In the preliminary practice the men all showed the results of their rest by the liveliness and spirit with which they worked. The signal practice, although very ragged, was vigorous and fast. More time than usual was given over to kicking and punting, as P. D. Haughton '99 was out in football clothes to coach the men in this part of the game.
The most important feature of the practice game was the excellent work of Roberts, who was tried at left guard for the first time this year. He was very aggressive and, although not very effective on the offense, broke through quickly on the defense and stopped almost all of the second team's plays. Bowditch again showed his ability in stopping line plays and made several tackles for a loss. His blunder of tackling Devens before he caught a punt was censurable, however. The rest of the men on the first eleven played in poor form, but they were quick and played with dash. In the game of ten-minute halves the substitutes scored three touchdowns, two of them on straight consecutive gains and one on a brilliant seventy yard run by Fincke.
During most of the first half the teams played poorly and neither came near scoring, both being strong on defense and weak on offensive play. Near the end of the half, however, the substitutes began to play more concertedly and began a determined attempt to score. With the ball in midfield Brayton and Devens began a series of line plunges which netted thirty yards. Gierasch's fifteen yard run then took the ball to the ten yard line, and after two plunges by Brayton, Gierasch made the touchdown.
The first touchdown of the second half was made by Brayton after several runs by Swann and a few short gains by Kernan had brought the ball from the forty yard line. After the kick-off the second team took the ball to the substitutes' ten yard line and tried eight plays against their defense. Robert's individual playing stopped the plays and Kernan punted to the middle of the field. Kernan fumbled the return punt, but Fincke picked up the ball and, aided by Burnett's interference, ran seventy yards for a touchdown. Time was then called.
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