Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with all the men in good condition. Yesterday afternoon, however, Hitchcock, who has been playing a good game at halfback all the season, broke his thumb catching a punt. He will not be able to play in the Yale game. Practice yesterday afternoon was light consisting mostly of secret signal practice in the Baseball Cage...
...Signal Practice Last Night...
...team arrived in New York in good condition and went at once to the headquarters in the Hotel McAlpin. After dinner the players put on sneakers and had a signal practice of an hour's duration in the ball room on the twenty-fourth floor of the hotel. The men retired at 9.30 and will rest until their special train leaves for Princeton at 10.10 tomorrow morning. Mahan will not be in the lineup at the start of the game. Although his infected foot has healed well enough for him to be able to play, yet the coaches think...
Princeton, N. J., November 6.--No scrimmage was held today, practice being confined to signal drill while Law and Borden practiced kicking. Line-up today: l.e., Hammond; l.t., Phillips; l.g., Semmens; c., Trenkman; r.g., W. Swart; r.t., Ballin; r.e., Shea; q.b., Glick; l.h.b., Law; r.h.b., Baker; f.b., Streit...
Yesterday's practice consisted almost entirely of dummy scrimmage and signal drill. Under the driving of the coaches, the squad worked continuously at a high tension. Hardwick's punting showed great improvement, while Brickley drop-kicked goals with his usual accuracy. Although the plays were run with dash and precision when the regulars were working, the drill became slower and less smooth when the first string men were replaced by the substitutes. The coaches are now endeavoring to prepare the substitutes to fill all gaps, and to overcome the serious defect so manifest in Saturday's game, the vulnerability...