Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first and second Freshman football teams indulged in a light practice yesterday, consisting chiefly of signal practice. Later two teams were lined up and each was given the ball alternately. The backs, however, walked through the plays and no tackling was permitted...
...field and the backs given practice catching punts. Potter. T. H. Frothingham, Blackall, and Milholland did the punting and the ends were sent down under the kicks. Potter also spent some time trying drop-goals. Afterwards the squad was divided into three teams and put through a snappy signal drill. Wigglesworth, who has been laid off for a few days, reported and was put in charge of Team A, Potter taking Team B, and Freshly, quarterback on last year's Freshman team, running Team C in place of Gardner, who was injured in Saturday's game with the second team...
Owing to the weather the practice of the Freshman football squad yesterday was necessarily of the lightest nature, consisting chiefly of a light signal practice, the men being given their first tryout at handling a wet ball. Much attention was again paid to the forward pass and improvement was noticeable in spite of the poor conditions...
Most of the time yesterday morning was spent in signal drill with a turn at the fundamentals toward the end of the period. There was no scrimmage, but a brief line-up was held to let the coaches show the players their positions at all times during the various formations. Felton was tried at right halfback and Milholland took Felton's place at left end. After the line-up there was a period of blocking off and upsetting the runners with the ball. Then, in order to perfect the men inthis sort of play, they were instructed to throw themselves...
Yesterday saw the second day of hard work for the University football team. In the morning the practice was confined to signal drill, but in the afternoon there was nearly an hour's stiff play with the second team. Coach Haughton dispensed with the usual blackboard talk and dummy practice in the afternoon and after a very short signal drill with the whole squad, the University substitutes lined up against the second team. They played for about 20 minutes, when the University team went in and scored three touch-downs and two goals from the field in a 30-minute...