Word: signal
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Signal Practice Yesterday Afternoon...
Yesterday's practice for the Freshman football team was light and opened with a half hour blackboard demonstration of plays and formations by Coach Waterbury in the Locker Building. This was followed by signal practice for three quarters of an hour. The squad was divided up into two teams which were run by Gardner and Ervin...
...afternoon was light, though the first team substitutes had a fifteen-minute scrimmage with the second team. As this was the final practice for the first team before the West Point game tomorrow, the first squad was kept on the field only a few minutes. There was a short signal drill, the men were given a little instruction in their individual faults, and, after running back a number of kick-offs, the first team was sent in. The first team line-up, the one which will probably start the game tomorrow, was as follows: l.e., Houston; l.t., McKay...
McKay was on the field and went through signal drill though he was not allowed to scrimmage. Leslie was in the scrimmage for the first time in nearly two weeks, while G. G. Browne was on the side lines. L. Withington was given a lay-off, but will be in the game again tomorrow...
...will line up for the start 60 feet apart from bow to stern, the starting positions being indicated by buoys, placed in the river at the proper intervals. Number one in each division will be farthest down-stream. A series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third one. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore, and bumps will be signaled either through a megaphone or by a pistol shot...