LAST PRACTICE IN STADIUM

In spite of the rain yesterday afternoon, about 1000 undergraduates assembled to witness the last practice of the football team in Cambridge in preparation for the Yale game. The procession formed in front of Holworthy at 3.15 o'clock, and, headed by the University band, marched through the yard, down Mr. Auburn and Boylston streets to the Stadium, singing and cheering all the way. After entering Soldiers Fields the men went into the Stadium and enthusiastically cheered the members of the team, Coach Reid, and Trainer Donovan, and sang the football songs while the eleven had a short signal practice. After the squad had left the field, the crowd marched back into the Yard and finally dispersed in front of University Hall.

Before the open practice the University squad had a half hour's secret practice in the cage, which consisted of defensive work on the part of the first team against the attacks of the second eleven, forward passes and onside kicks being the chief plays used by the latter. Later, in the Stadium, before the opening of the gates, there was a 10-minute scrimmage between the first and second elevens in which no attempt was made to score. The work was full of life and showed that the men are in excellent shape. In the open practice, the signal work was followed by a short period of punting practice in which, Burr kicked to Newhall, Starr, and Foster. Newhall handled the ball in splendid style considering the extremely wet weather. Kersburg will do very little work before the Yale game, although he is rapidly recovering from the injury to his knee. Captain Foster played at left half in the defensive work in the cage, but was not tried in the scrimmage. As soon as the first eleven had left the field, the substitutes had a short period of signal work. After the practice the second eleven disbanded for the season.

The line-up of the substitutes for signal work was: Bird, l.e.; Hoar, l.t.; Brock, l.g.; Fraser, c.; Gilmore, r.g.; Inches, r.t.; Kennard, r.e.; Cate, q.b.; Gilder, l.h.; Lockwood, r.h.; Apollonio, f.b.

The line-up for scrimmage follows: FIRST ELEVEN.  SECOND ELEVEN. Bird, l.e.  r.e., Moore Osborne, l.t.  r.t., Phillippbar Burr, l.g.  r.g., Plumb Parker, c.  c., Irving Warren, r.g.  l.g., Alley Peirce, r.t.  l.t., Comstock Orr, r.e.  l.e., Hopewell Newhall, q.b.  q.b., Cate Mason, l.h.  r.h., Greenebaum Lincoln, r.h.  l.h., Grosvenor Wendell, f.b.  f.b., Somes