IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES.

Owing to a change in plans, there will be no open practice today. The practice will be open tomorrow, however.

For general excellence in all departments of the game, the playing of the University eleven yesterday was the best of the year. The regular players were in the game for the first time for over a week and showed what they could do when playing together. The plays were run off with a great deal more precision than at any time before, the line held unusually firm, and the whole team got into every play in such a way that the second eleven was powerless to stop them.

There was scarcely any preliminary work and practically all the time was devoted to a scrimmage between the first and second elevens. The main object of the practice was to test the defensive strength of the team, and several times the second eleven was permitted to retain the ball after it had been lost on downs. It was of no avail, however, for once the second team, instead of making even small gains, was thrown back in eight plays for a loss of 10 yards, and again on a long series of rushes could gain but 40 yards. There were few long runs; the three touchdowns scored by the first team were the result of steady line plunging. Mills ran in a kick-off a distance of 50 yards.

The second eleven played a very fast game at the start and after an exchange of punts succeeded in reaching their opponents' 25-yard line, where the ball was lost on downs, regained on a blocked kick, and lost again as before. The first eleven then got together and carried the ball straight down the field 85 yards for a touchdown by Knowlton. C. Marshall kicked the goal. Mills made his long run on the next kick-off, and after Kernan's punt the ball was recovered on downs within 15 yards of the goal, and on the second rush Mills crossed the line. In the second half, the first team plowed its way from its own territory to the second eleven's 5-yard line, but there lost the ball on a fumble. It was obtained again, however, on downs at the 15-yard line, and a moment later Graydon made the last touchdown on a run from the 10-yard line.

There was a very large squad of coaches on the field, including G. Murchie '95, G. W. Bouve '98, F. D. Cochrane '99, N. W. Cabot '98, M. Donald '99, W. G. Lee 3M., P. D. Haughton '99, J. Dunlop '96, F. S. Newell '91, B. G. Waters '94, W. H. Lewis '95L., E. O. King 2L., O. F. Cutts 3L., E. H. Greene '02, W. Hoag '94, and A. L. Devens, Jr., '02. The line-ups were: FIRST ELEVEN.  SECOND ELEVEN. Mills, l.e.  r.e., Littig, Crocker Shea, l.t.  r.t., Sawyer A. Marshall, l.g.  r.g., Coburn, Lehmann Force, c.  c., Carrick Barnard, r.g.  l.g., Wilder, Whitwell Knowlton, r.t.  l.t., Dodge, Fox Bowditch, r.e.  l.e., Randall, Jones C. Marshall, q.b.  q.b., Noyes Kernan, l.h.b. r.h.b.,  McGlensey, Foster Putnam, Hurley, r.h.b.  l.h.b., Leonard, Goodhue Graydon, f.b.  f.b., Schoellkopf Piper