Word: signalizes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Yesterday the black-jerseyed back-fielders passed and kicked the ball, while the linesmen were getting some fine points on "breaking through" from Coach Knox. After work on the charging machine, the emphasis was laid for the rest of the afternoon on signal practice, both in groups and in a dummy scrimmage...
After the coach's talk and the dummy, practice, the teams had signal drill. Captain Horween, Buell, Humphrey and Owen made up the University backfield...
Coach Fisher gave his men a light drill yesterday afternoon in preparation for the game today. Most of the time was spent in signal drill, with a considerable session of receiving and running back kick-offs. Captain Horween devoted some attention to kicking goals, while Tolbert sent some long kick-offs almost to the goal-line...
...preceding days, the first part of the afternoon being devoted to preliminary work. All of the squad were put through a stiff drill in dummy tackling, kicking and punt catching. Late in the afternoon, however, the coaches divided up the squad into tentative elevens and put them through elementary signal practice. No attempt, however, was made to divide the squad according to the ability of the players...
From the way in which Roper is assigning Lourie to the quarterback position during signal practice and light scrimmages, it appears that to the former Exeter captain falls the unenviable job of filling Strubing's shoes...