Practice for the University eleven was held in the baseball cage yesterday afternoon, owing to the rain, and advantage was taken of the seclusion which the cage afforded to work out some new formations in secret. The team ran through the plays slowly and without the opposition of the second team or of the substitutes. Several men were excused from practice again yesterday. Burr, Starr, and Forster, who have not reported since the Brown game, and Apollonio, Macdonald and Browne were absent.

The team lined up as follows: Bird, l.e.; Hoar, l.t.; Parker, l.g.; Grant, c.; W. Peirce, r.g.; Fish, r.t.; Houston, r.e.; Newhall, q.b.; Lockwood, Gilbert, l.h.b.; Rand, Cutting, r.h.b.; Gray, Blumer, f.b.

A short game will be played in the Stadium at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon with a team composed of graduates.