Word: signal
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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PEQUOT HOUSE, MORRIS COVE, Conn., November 18.--The Harvard team held signal practice this morning on Morris Cove beach, and a short practice at 4 o'clock this afternoon on the Pequot House grounds. Tomorrow the squad will leave Morris Cove in the morning, and take lunch at the New Haven Y. M. C. A. The men will dress there and then take special cars to Yale Field in time for the game...
...November 17.--The Harvard football squad, accompanied by Coaches Wrightington, Cochrane, Lewis, and Shaw, reached here at 1 o'clock this afternoon and went immediately, by special cars, to the Pequot Club at Morris Cove. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the team and substitutes were given a long signal practice in a canvas-enclosed field near the quarters. In the practice both Nichols and Sperry did some good punting. At the end of the work today the entire squad was given a half-mile run. Meier did not engage in the signal practice, but took a long...
...line-up of the University team in the signal practice was as follows: l.e., Randall; l.t., Brill; l.g., White, c., Parker; r.g., Squires; r.t., Derby; r.e., Montgomery; q.b., Starr; l.h.b., Sperry; r.h.b., Hurley; f.b., Mills...
...slight improvement. Meier and Derby were on the field in football clothes but did not go into the scrimmage. Their condition is improved and it is probable that they will both be able to play on Saturday. Brill, also, was again on the field and took part in signal practice at left tackle on the University team. After the usual preliminary work and signal practice the University team lined up for a short scrimmage with the second eleven. The second eleven was given the ball on the University team's 10-yard line and in five downs carried it over...
After a short signal drill yesterday afternoon, the University football team lined up for a scrimmage with the second eleven. The result was decidedly discouraging, for the University team, although it secured three touchdowns, played inconsistently on the offense, was weak on the defense, and fumbled frequently, several times enabling the second eleven to get possession of the ball on downs. By long runs around Montgomery's end and by good line-plunging, the second eleven was finally able to cary the ball over for a touchdown...