Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Coach Withington is taking no chances of losing any more first-string men from the Freshman squad before tomorrow's game with the Princeton yearlings. The practice yesterday was restricted to a short dummy scrimmage and signal practice for the rest of the afternoon...
...yesterday's bad weather, the Freshmen were forced to take shelter under the Stadium. Coach Withington '09 ran the team through a light signal practice, rehearsing the plays they expect to use against the Princeton yearlings next Saturday...
Yesterday's football practice, though long, was not particularly hard. A long session before the blackboard was followed by signal practice in the Stadium. Teams A, B, and C, ran up and down to warm up, before the University second team came onto the gridiron. Then a snappy tackle-less scrimmage ensued between Team A and the seconds, while B and C watched from the sidelines. W. J. Murray Occ., R. S. Humphrey '21, E. L. Casey Occ., and S. Burnham Occ., formed the backfield while C. F. Havemeyer '21 was back in his old position in the center...
Yesterday's practice was light, consisting mostly of signal drill and a little forward passing: Coach Withington analyzed Saturday's game with the team and went over the eleven's mistakes...
Several injured men returned to practice today. E. L. Casey Occ. donned his togs and ran through the lengthy signal drill that lasted most of the afternoon, while R. Horween Occ. ran around the track, kicked a few punts and drop-kicks and watched the running play. M. Phinney Occ., who has been kept away from the Stadium by an injured hip for several weeks, appeared on the sidelines in "civies." The complete line-up was as follows: Desmond and Steele, ends; Sedgwick and Kane, tackles; Clark and Woods, guards; A. Horween, center; Murray, Quarterback; Hamilton and Humphrey, half-backs...