The University basketball practice yesterday afternoon showed great improvement in form as a result of two days coaching by Mr. Barues, of the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. Before the regular line-up, the men were drilled in long, swift passing and dribbling; then two long halves were played in which the first team was drilled especially in the avoidance of unnecessary roughness.

On Friday morning the team will leave for New York, where it will play the Columbia team in the evening.