Word: game
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...lessen the difficulty which the spectators had in following the play with a fair idea of who was making the plays, conceived the plan. At that time forward passes were unheard of and mass plays with flying wedges were relied on for results. This form of play made the game a confused one to follow. And it was almost impossible for the stands to tell who was doing the work. Furthermore, regular linesmen were not then in vogue, and the spectators were left to guess as to whether the team with the ball had one, two or ten yards...
...yard run by Churchill on the second play of the game prepared the way for Buell's field goal from the 36-yard line. Throughout the game Churchill proved a consistent ground gainer and in the end of the third period he got away for a 50-yard run. Buell, from start to finish, showed his ability to pick out the plays that were going to gain, and to diagnose the enemy tactics...
...sweatered automaton whose frantic motions and resounding voice have became familiar to a generation of football followers will have completed his thirteenth successive season as score-keeper. "Eddie" Morris is his name, and in his time he has signalled to the score-board the story of every University game played in the Stadium. In the course of the last two decades he has communicated to the spectators, the telegraphers, and the press reporters on the roof of the Stadium the details of some of the greatest plays in gridiron history. "Jim" Thorpe, Brickley, "Ted" Coy, "Vick" Kennard, Shevlin and Sprackley...
...energetic little wig-wagger is the eyes of the score-board, and the spectator who can interpret his contortions can follow the game as readily as if he were on the sidelines...
...combination of Army wig-wag and Stock Exchange signals, by which I can signal in an instant to the score-board the "downs," "yard line," "yards to go," "who's ball," "play by," "man hurt," "goal," "touchdown"--in short everything that is necessary to the complete understanding of the game. Since then I have constantly improved the system so that today it is accepted as a standard all over the country...