Word: signalled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Haven, Conn., Nov. 17, 1910.--This afternoon the Yale undergraduates marched to Yale Field to see the team in its last practice before the Harvard game on Saturday. Practice was very light and consisted mainly of signal drill and punting. Much time was also given to drop-kicking. Baker, who has been substitute for Captain Daly, wrenched his knee badly and will probably be unable to play on Saturday. The fifteen men who played in the Princeton game and Francis, who is again in good physical condition, left today for the Meriden Country Club, where they will remain until Saturday...
...Haven. At 11.45 o'clock the squad reached New Haven and went directly to the Yale Dining Hall for lunch. Coaches Leary and Cutting joined the squad at lunch and accompanied it to Yale Field this afternoon. Secret practice was held for an hour. The three elevens ran through signals and much attention was given to kicking. Corbett, Felton, Minot and Tryon punted, the ends running down under the kicks. The backs took turns in catching the punts. Lewis, Potter and Wigglesworth spent a long time practicing drop-kicks. In the signal practice, attention was given to team work, there...
...after dinner Brown gave the team a blackboard talk. All the members of the squad except T. Frothingham, are in excellent condition. Frothingham will not start the game, but may be used for special plays. Tomorrow's work will consist of a long walk in the morning and light signal practice in the afternoon...
...accustom the men to the different light and skyline at Yale Field; in former years, only the backs and ends were sent down for this purpose. At 12 o'clock the squad dines at the Yale Dining Hall, and at 12.30 takes a special car to Yale Field for signal practice and punting only. The return to Farmington will be made at 4 o'clock...
While at Farmington the men will stay at the Elm Tree Inn. Practice will be held on Yale Field tomorrow from 1.30 to 2.30 o'clock, and there will be light signal work at Farmington on Friday. A special sleeping car attached to the midnight train from New York will bring the team back to Cambridge on Saturday night...