Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first part of today's football practice consisted in running down under punts. Marble, Bean, and McKay were then drilled in end runs and forward passes. The guards and tackles were given practice in breaking through, and the ends in blocking. Afterwards the team was put through a brisk signal practice. No scrimmage was held. High's injured knee is improving rapidly and he should be able to play in the game on Saturday. Bartlett was out on the field today, after a two-weeks' absence with a bad knee...
Yesterday afternoon the University football squad was given a short, light practice, consisting of the usual signal drill and a 15-minute line-up. There was no scrimmage, however, Team A and Team B each having the ball for a short time in order to try out plays. Although both lines tried to break through, there was no tackling nor hard blocking of interference. Following this, Potter, who has returned to the squad after Wednesday's absence, did some punting with Tryon and Felton, while Lewis practiced drop-kicks from the 35-yard line...
...University football squad was given a hard afternoon's work yesterday, when, after the usual signal practice, it lined up against the second team and later played ten and fifteen-minute halves with a picked team of veteran players from the Law School, winning the latter game, 6 to 0, on two drop-kicks by Lewis. T. Frothingham, H. C. Lewis, O'Flaherty, Perkins, Potter, P. D. Smith, and Wigglesworth were absent from the squad. None of these, however, is expected to be out of the game for any length of time...
...first and second Freshman football teams were given a hard 20-minute scrimmage yesterday afternoon, in which the fist team was defeated, 3 to 0. Before the scrimmage the squad was given a long blackboard talk, after which punting and signal drill special attention was paid to coaching the ends, L. D. Smith '12 aiding Coaches Dewey, Clifford and Ervin...
...Freshman football team was given easy practice yesterday, there being no scrimmage. At first punting practice was held for the backs, followed by blackboard instruction in the Locker Building. A new set of signals was given to the team, together with many new plays and formations. These were tried out in a long signal practice...