SKATERS REENFORCED BY FIVE GRIDIRON ATHLETES

Reinforced by the addition of five members of the football squad who reported for their first workout yesterday afternoon, Coach Bigelow put the University hockey squad through a stiff practice session on the Arena ice. The new players took no part in the scrimmage which followed the first hour of practice.

Captain E. M. Beals '25, N. S. Howe '26, R. S. Scott '27, Nathaniel Hamlen '27, and E. H. Bradford '26 were the members of the football squad who put in their first appearance. Beals played regularly last year, alternating at center and right wing; Howe earned his letter as a forward; Scott and Hamlen were first string forwards on the championship 1927 sextet. Bradford is a candidate for goal, and is expected to make a good showing.

Passing Game Developed

Practice yesterday was a repetition of former sessions, special emphasis being placed on the development of a sound passing game. For the first hour, various forward lines went down the ice with the puck against different defense combinations. When scrimmage started, Team X lined up with W. M. Austin '25, Clark Hodder '25, and C. L. Peirson '26 as forwards, and E. C. Clark '27, and W. P. Ellison '27 at defense, with J. L. Newell '26 at goal. J. B. Durant '27 was at center on the sextet which opposed Team X at the start of the scrimmage, with G. W. Burgess '25 and E. M. Bailey '27 completing the forward line. L. O. Pratt '26 and Cecil Wylde '27 at defense, and Mayer Cumings '26 at goal.

Pruyn, Howard Still Injured

R. L. Pruyn '27, who has been nursing an injured ankle for about a week reported yesterday, but did not take part in the scrimmage. The former St. Paul's School captain is considered one of the most promising of the new candidates, and Coach Bigelow is not taking any chances of being deprived of his services for the entire season. Willard Howard '27 is another of the likely candidates who is on the injured list with a bad ankle and he will probably not be available for another week.

The 1928 hockey season will get under way tonight with a meeting of all candidates in the Smith Halls Common Room at 7 o'clock. Captain Beals and J. H. Dempsey '23 are listed to speak, and all men who expect to report for hockey are expected to be present. Candidates for Freshmen hockey manager will report at the H. A. A. today at 1.30 o'clock.

1924-1925 Schedule

The schedule for the 1924-25 University hockey season follows:

December 11--Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

December 16--Boston University.

December 19--Boston Hockey Club.

January 6--Toronto.

January 17--Yale.

January 24--Princeton.

February 14--Yale.

February 28--Princeton at Princeton