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tary p a rts /ÖM the game. However/* from the m aterial at hand, the
presence r a s ó m e four veteran players combined with gbod Freshm an
m aterial, the Outlook for a fast, intelligent team is m ost promising.
F p use this F reshm an material, to mouldy it intö’ a machine, so th at
• each pian has h is individuality only to the. extent th a t h ¿/c a n 'correct
b i his high schoojT^ults,- ”i |/ t h e ’ work n p € ?ónl^pf the coach,
but of each ’individual player- on the team. I The question then H
(Gan these men, new,-to each other as they arep sb w o rk 'in unison
th a t the result in late season playing will' be an effective scoring
machine ?
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U nder «he new ru le $ there bs bound fo be a great' am ount of
individual w ork o f a high o rd er.'. B ut only as this /w ork jBmjl addi
tion tb team p la n ta n it'b e -p f any real service to a team ./ F o r ex
ample, td/fely upon bne m an's kicking a b ility .to win games ’d oes
noU bring .forth th'e/best efforts of the other ten m em bers; there^fe
a sfoughing < of ’ responsibility do another’s/sh o u ld ers''^hich is.a most
-lamentable conditibh/w hether it be in sports,or in real life. The m a
terial thus far has shown an enthusiasm and appreciation which is?
m ost gratifying. T here
an ,alertn£s| in following the ball
a n d diagnosing plays which bodes ilk for . opponents:’''
The w arm weatfier of/thé fírst’t ^ i w eeks of the seäson kept the
team i back somewhat, but at present w riting the men ape?’in good
physical co n d itio n T h e/y eteran s ort the team, MouHen, Pihkham >
(Clark and Gillis 'are gradually/ rounding' into/form . T he new mate-/
rial comprises such p rom ising'm en as Main, Michaels, L atourette/.
MeKinleyi ^/Chandler, Means, H ickson a n d /^ ^ to n < * ’t¿O ^Íatter I
very powerful man.
f f T h e game*'on Saturday/Ö e U 17, w ith thfe I A lum ni ^ /c a r e f u lly
sele c te d .fea r^ ^íd o rm e r gtäfs in N orthw est fobthaíl annalsj«show ed
weakness in th p oS ené^ b u feo h sid erin g the length-of trrffe we have
been working, the team made' a very creditable showing, and es
pecially s o .iif defensive 'tá-cfícs./fWíe realize/our faultsf; and it only
rem ain s,,as t h e ^ a & m advances, to try to rem edy them. H o w will
we"sficceecl can best be observed in the final gam es./ /
—R obert W . Forbes.