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Managers. Silver-haired Connie Mack, proud, taciturn, scientific, drills his squad at blackboard baseball until they are dizzy. Said he recently: "I hesitated to call these boys one of my greatest teams because they have only won a single world's series. But after the way they've played this year I may as well say I think they're among the best that ever wore a uniform with an elephant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

...tackling dummy and individual work with their coaches to polish up on all the fine points. A signal drill followed for the A and B teams during which time Team. C had a twenty minute scrimmage with the seconds to check up on assignment work on the plays. A blackboard talk finished up the afternoon's bill of fare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINAL WORKOUT BEFORE OPENER FOR TEAM TODAY | 10/3/1930 | See Source »

Last week a vital, thick-set man with hair ruffled by nervous fingers, lectured in German and chalked hieroglyphics on a lecture room blackboard at University College, Nottingham, England. The Nottingham faculty and many a distinguished guest sat and listened intently, though only three of them could begin to comprehend the discourse. When the man finished they asked him to autograph the blackboard. He complied. Then the wise men of Nottingham had the blackboard varnished and stored away as a memento. The name scrawled on it is Albert Einstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Solid Space? | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

Three games between the two squads have been scheduled to take place towards the end of the season, probably after Coach Horween returns from Chicago. For the present, practice in the fundamentals is being continued, including blackboard talks and signal drills, the first of which was held yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRID SQUAD IS DIVIDED INTO OPPOSING TEAMS | 3/19/1930 | See Source »

Only two more days of practice remain, and these sessions will undoubtedly be in the nature of signal drills, blackboard talks and developing a defense for Yale plays. No little time will be spent on ironing out the flaws in the lateral passing attack. To this end Coach Horween has enlisted the services of A. E. French '29, this year's Freshman coach and member of the famous Guarnaccia-French lateral passing combination. This means of attack has been none too reliable this season, but that the Yale game may find the Crimson employing it in some more highly-developed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON ELEVEN RESTS AS ELIS HAVE HARD DRILL | 11/20/1929 | See Source »

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