Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...given arbitrarily to one side or the other, as the coaches saw fit. Gardner appeared in the line-up of the regular team for the first time since his injury a month ago, and O'Brien took Felton's place at end. Practice was concluded by a half-hour signal drill...
...Freshman football team was given rather hard practice yesterday afternoon. After a short blackboard talk for the first team, the whole squad was drilled with the tackling dummies; a long dummy practice between the first team and the substitutes was followed by signal practice in which the forward pass was often used. The first and second teams then lined up for a 25-minute scrimmage. The second team was given the ball in the centre of the field, and after a few minutes of hard play the first team took the offensive and worked down the field for a touchdown...
Practice yesterday afternoon was very light. After putting the men through a series of quick starts to warm them up, Coach Dewey gave the first team a long signal drill, and then sent them in. Bradlee and Brickley were out before the rest of the team practicing drop-kicks...
Providence, R. I., October 26, 1911.--The Brown squad held light practice on Andrews Field today after yesterday's hard scrimmage. A long signal drill to familiarize the men with the details of play formed the chief part of it. Gelb played at right tackle, and Metcalf at right halfback, where he showed up exceptionally well on the offence...
There was no scoring as the ball was not left in one team's possession long enough to let it get far from the middle of the field. Following the scrimmage the squad was given 15 minutes' fast signal drill...