The University football practice yesterday was very uneventful. Unusually long preliminary work, such as tackling the dummy, punting, and charging for the linemen, consumed so much time that the line-up was necessarily short and had to be discontinued on account of darkness. In the signal practice, no new formations were tried; the team will devote its time henceforth, not to the development of new plays but to perfecting the ones already in use. A new method of blocking kicks was put in practice by the eleven, with the result that, out of five attempts to punt, the second team was successful only twice.

Stillman played in the line-up for the first time in two weeks, and also did some good punting. Very few of the regular men were in the scrimmage and the practice game was largely one between the first team substitutes and the second eleven. R. A. Derby '05, centre on the Freshman team last year, joined the squad and played on the second.

No touchdown was made by either team in the line-up, and the play consisted mainly in punts and end runs which finally ended with the ball in possession of the first team within 10 yards of the opponents' goal. The University team was several times held for downs and and on the whole did not make a very satisfactory showing.

The line-ups: FIRST ELEVEN.  SECOND ELEVEN. Clark, l.e.  r.e., Aydelotte Wright, Oveson, l.t.  r.t., Lehmann Whitwell, l.g.  r.g., Mason King, c.  c., Derby, Force Barnard, r.g.  l.g., Wilder Bleakie, r.t.  l.t., Fox Burgess, r.e.  l.e., Montgomery Noyes, q.b.  q.b., Parker Stillman, Knowles, l.h.b.  r.h.b., Leatherbee Putnam, Hurley, r.h.b.  l.h.b., Lindsay Harrison, f.b.  f.b., Piper