Word: signal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other hand Greenough and Cheek are the only Crimson men on the first lineup who have ever opposed the Vermonters before. Two changes in the lineup that Coach Fisher had announced earlier in the day were made after yesterday's signal drill. These were Lindner, the lanky 190-pound tackle, for Nash, who is still too stiff to play, and Chase in place of Dean at end. It is this same group of forwards that held the scrubs for downs on seven occasions in one of the midweek scrimmages...
...backfield proposition is quite different. Spalding is well known as an expert signal caller, who can be counted on to keep his head in any situation. Cheek, though not known as a quarterback, has achieved considerable fame as a ball-carrier. It is almost impossible to say which of these two will direct the team at the opening of today's contest. A guess, based largely on Coach Fisher's usual tendencies, favors Spalding. The other, whichever he be, will undoubtedly be tried before the end of the game...
...majority of football students believe four active backfield men, each of whom is an offensive threat, are of greater value to a team than three active backs and a signal caller, cool and clear-headed though the latter may be. And they opine that a line which charges low and uses its hands produces a wearing and wearying effect upon its rivals and develops opportunities for its secondary defense which gain better results than can be obtained by a line assuming a more upright stance. And they agree that wingmen who tear in and force a hurried development...
Following the blackboard talk on Tuesday, Roper ran his men through a lengthy signal drill, emphasizing slants off tackle and forward passes for the most part. The scrubs then took the ball and went through several Amherst formations while the coaches drilled the linemen individually in the playing of their respective positions on the defense...
...looks as though the new backfield, first tried by Coach Fisher on Tuesday, would be the one to start Saturday's contest against the University of Virginia. Again in yesterday's signal practice Gehrke, Miller, Zarakov, and Cheek were the first choice...