Word: signalling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Dartmouth football squad of 26 men arrived in Boston yesterday evening, and is now staying at the Copley Square Hotel. The men, on the whole, are in excellent physical condition. This afternoon, if the weather is suitable, the team will have light signal practice at the American league baseball grounds, Huntington avenue, Boston...
...afternoon the practice of the football squad was held in the baseball cage on account of the heavy rain, the field being covered with hay to keep it in the best possible shape for the game with Dartmouth tomorrow afternoon. The work was extremely light, consisting almost entirely of signal practice in which every play which the coaches have devised this season was tried. On the whole the men showed a good knowledge of the plays and went through the work very creditably...
...Coach Marshall. At first the two elevens lined up for practice in breaking through; later Coach Reid punted to the backs in order to give the ends experience in running down the field under the ball. Just before the scrimmage the first eleven had a 15-minute period of signal practice, working out the plays step by step. Graydon, Orr and Miller played at end on the first team in the scrimmage...
...signal practice of the University eleven, against the second team, lasting over half an hour, was the most important feature of yesterday's work. All sorts of plays were tried, including the forward pass and straight line bucks. On the whole the work was excellent, for the men showed a great deal of life in their actions and generally knew what was required of them. Hall ran the eleven well, and Starr showed very good form at end, seldom missing the ball on passes...
...line-up for signal practice follows: FIRST ELEVEN. SECOND ELEVEN. Macdonald, l.e. r.e., Kelley Brock, l.t. r.t., Cornstock Gilmore, l.g. r.g., Alley Parker, c. c., Irving Peirce, r.g. l.g., Burns Hoar, r.t. l.t., Blanchard Starr, r.e. l.e., Butler Hall, q.b. q.b., Browne Foster, l.h. r.h., White Lockwood, r.h. l.h., Howes Wendell, f.b. f.b., Hoffman