Word: signal
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice yesterday was light, con- sisting mostly of passing the ball and signal practice, a good deal of time being spent on the forward pass...
Kennard who has not reported for practice since Tuesday on account of his lameness was out yesterday. He was not in the signal practice but ran a number of laps around the field. A 10-minute scrimmage was held between the second team and substitutes, in which the second scored a safety...
...Haven, Conn., Oct. 8, 1907.--The Yale University football squad was given a very light practice yesterday afternoon. After a few minutes of light preliminary work, the squad was divided up into several teams each of which was given a hard signal practice. Later there was a fifteen-minute scrimmage between the first and second teams in which neither side was able to score. A great many forward passes and onside kicks were tried during the scrimmage with rather poor results. Toward the end, the first eleven resorted to old style play and were gaining very steadily when the scrimmage...
...work of the Freshman football squad yesterday afternoon was devoted entirely to signal drill. Two teams were formed and put through plays, which were run off with considerable smoothness. The make-up of the teams was continually changed and shifted, but in the main, the line-up given below is correct...
...Freshman football squad had long practice yesterday afternoon on the regular Freshman field. The work was of a little harder order than heretofore, including falling on the ball, tackling the dummy, and breaking through. The ends were sent down under kicks, and then a signal drill was held. The makeup of the first team was the same as yesterday: centre, Cotting; left guard, Maguire; right guard, Dunlap; left tackle, Mackay; right tackle, Strong; left end, Rogers; right end, Harding; quarterback, Johnson; left halfback, Davis; right halfback, Pope; fullback, Minot...