Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Captain Fisher being the only man at all injured. He has a slight bruise on the knee, which will not, however, keep him out of any of the regular work or games. Teams A, and B were lined up for a dummy scrimmage, which was followed by a long signal drill. A number of new formations were worked out and will be used in this afternoon's scrimmage...
...Practice began as usual with running down under punts and a strenuous drill for the linemen, after which the team withdrew to the Locker Building for a blackboard talk by Coach Dewey. Later a squad picture was taken, followed by a 10-minute drill at the tackling dummies. Then signal practice and a brief scrimmage between the first and second teams was held. On the whole the work of the team was crude and a tendency toward sluggishness was evident. Hard practice during the rest of the week, however, should eradicate this fault...
There was no scrimmage yesterday afternoon for the University squad, signal practice being held for about twenty minutes. Individual coaching constituted a large part of the afternoon's work and a good deal of attention was paid towards making the defence for the punters more effective. Fisher and Potter were given practice in kicking goals and the latter tried several field-goals...
...half hour of snappy signal practice followed in which the team was driven at top speed by Potter, nearly all the plays being tried...
...through for Squad A were coached in the forward pass. A short blackboard talk by Coach Dewey for the first string men was followed by a period of work on the dummies. Then the team was drilled in formations, the players simply walking through the plays. After a snappy signal practice, a stiff twenty five minute scrimmage was held in which the men showed good form and speed...