Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...score of two touchdowns to nothing. During the half hour of scrimmage, the University team was placed on the defensive most of the time against plays such as are expected to be used by Brown and Princeton. The remainder of the afternoon was used for signal practice and the perfection of defensive formations. The first touchdown came only a few minutes after the scrimmage began. The second team had been given the ball in mid-field and had tried several unsuccessful plays to break through the University forwards. Another plunge was called for, but the ball was fumbled. Brickley scooped...
Practice yesterday was light consisting chiefly in signal drill during which considerable time was spent on the forward pass. Teams A and B were later put through a long but easy scrimmage in which the ball was given first to one team and then to the other...
Yesterday's practice, in preparation for the game, was very light, a few minutes being devoted to blocking practice for the linemen, and the rest of the afternoon to snappy signal practice. In spite of the fact that great attention has been paid to the development of the forward pass during the past week, the ends show no particular improvement in holding the ball. On the whole, however, the team shows a lot of snap, the backfield being especially fast. Last year the Freshmen defeated Groton...
...coaches for the purpose of eliminating some of the faults shown in Saturday's game with Holy Cross. P. M. Hollister '13 was tried at quarterback on Team B for a short time, and he may prove to be a "find" for that position. After a period of signal drill by the two teams, there was a short scrimmage...
Yesterday's practice was long and of an elementary nature, preparatory to the game this afternoon. The signal practice of team A was slow and at times resulted in serious bungling, noticeably when the forward pass was attempted. Out of eight tries only two passes were successful. The backfield, however, ran through their parts in snappy style...