Word: signal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stahley went on to single out Wayne Johnson, the Crimson signal-caller, for the generalship which he exhibited on the field during the game. "If Fidler hadn't been injured, Harvard would have taken until Christmas to score, but once Fidler was injured, it was smart of Johnson to call the next play through his left tackle spot," Stahley stated...
East of this no man's land, headed in the general direction of the Chianti bottle, a squad of British sappers dragged themselves across the sand, pulling the string of German land mines. Behind them the 51st Highlanders squatted in slit trenches, awaiting the signal to advance another 50 yards. To the rear, British 25-pounders roared, spewing their shells across the line into the darker, hostile horizon...
Another long dummy scrimmage against Michigan plays, razzle-dazzle affair which involve a man-in-motion on almost every down, was on the bill, and a signal drill wound up matters...
Charlie Gudaltis occupied the left guard post on the A team for most of the final signal drill although George Hibbard started at the spot. In the B line, Bob Byrnes, after taking his turn this season at blocking back, guard, and left tackle, finally wound up at right tackle yesterday...
Since total obliteration is well-nigh impossible, accepted jamming practice is to do the next best thing: make such exasperating, excruciating noises that listeners turn to another station rather than be driven nuts. One favorite Axis jamming signal is a series of musical tones repeated interminably, as if a mad vibraphonist were banging away rapidly with one mallet. Another sounds like a collection of piercingly shrill peanut whistles...