Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this wedge, the captain stood at midfield with the ball. The remaining ten men formed in two lines, the five lighter on one side, the heavier on the other, extending back diagonally across the field. At the signal the two lines ran forward, converged at the captain's post and kept on in a diagonal direction, gradually turning to form a wedge behind the apex of which the runner was safe for a 20 or 30 yard gain...
...dynamiting brothers who from 1905 to 1910 blew up bridges, piers, hotels and finally the Los Angeles Times, were captured in Detroit in 1911, it was to Hero Burns that Theodore Roosevelt telegraphed: "All good American citizens feel that they owe you a debt of gratitude for some signal service to American citizenship...
Coach E. L. Casey '19 is gradually tapering off the Freshman gridiron squad in preparation for the contest with the Yale first-year men on Saturday. Signal drill and a light workout was the program yesterday Casey stated tentatively that his starting line up would be the eleven men who have been regulars in every game this season, with J. B. Baldwin, left end: R. S. Warner, left tackle: J. N. Trainer, left guard: J. H. Gildea, center: F. H. Gade, right guard; R. H. Johnson, right tackle: R. S. Ogden, right end: T. W. Gilligan, quarterback: C. W. Huguley...
Briefly, the "Guards Back" play was planned on the wedge principle. With five men on the line of scrimmage, the ends were drawn into the backfield. At the signal, the right guard left his place, and came into the backfield, while the right halfback jumped into the vacant place in the line. The quarterback passed to the guard, who plunged into the line. The quarterback, left halfback, fullback, and ends got behind him and pushed. No line could stand against this sharp-pointed wedge...
Practice yesterday was of a light nature, signal drill and a dummy scrimage against Indiana plays as put on by the Ineligibles being the program of work for the Crimson football cohorts...