The steady improvement which the University hockey team has been showing throughout the week was evident in yesterday's practice. The forwards not only played better together, but seemed to be more familiar with their individual positions; and the defense, which has been excellent all season, was even stronger than usual. The whole team, moreover, showed a fierceness in attack that was hard to resist. During the practice, a game was played with a team composed of Freshman and University substitutes. The University team easily succeeded in running up a large score, but was itself scored against three times. All three of these goals were due largely to individual effort, and brought out the fact that there is still too much crowding in scrimmages. This has been the main fault of the team throughout the year, and now remains practically the only one that has not been remedied. The men, however, have developed in rapid stick-work and in accuracy in passing and shooting, which balances in some measure their principal weakness.