Show HOW YALE SIGNALS STARTED quarterback T cy of 82 and lilal 83 comments on work of walter camp in alumni weekly the delving luto into yale football history by walter camp has uncover uncovered unco vereda bd a laumb dumber er of interesting features not the lea least leaston of which Is the use of signs signals Is by the ell elevens in the days of long ago in commenting upon this work henry B quarterback on the yale teams of 1882 and IM 1883 writes to the alumni weekly beekly on old yale football days its as follows walter camp Is right in his in first rat written list of word signals used by the yale team ir in 1882 but he has apparently patently ly forgotten the signal given on the occasion of the first touchdown made by yale against since 1877 As boys playing in the boston an I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 y I 1 I 1 i I 1 a f 1 j i D I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 6 i ii 4 r 1 I 1 01 jr i 1 I 1 k i A 4 k i le Y 1 4 ft W i U PI i 1 1 I 1 1 Z 1 1 1 4 1 i 1 i ke I 1 k I 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 f 4 1 A 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 1 3 r 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 i A i I 1 W k 11 A 0 I 1 1 I 1 e I 1 I 1 1 1 22 I 1 boods yale rookie throwing I 1 the dummy I 1 I 1 t jr cheese IV it aj was 0 oar u saw I 1 wd known signal molook to look out for cops I when we were arranging signals in the fall of 1882 I 1 remembered well the glee with which doe doc beck ou our right tackle and I 1 fixed it up bp ahai that when the signal cheese it was given he be was wait to drop back behind the line for a quick pass from the quarterback after considerable play in the erinc rince ton tod game at the old polo grounds on november 80 30 1882 richards dropped back apparently t q try B drop kick fr for goal but anthe on the signal cheese IV it the princeton line broke through the yule yale line with kith great ease to block richards I 1 kick such however had been cheiten the intention on thel the part of the yale line Doc beek beck dropped back of the iane in ap exact time to get the ball thrown over the heads head of the charging tigers and without aa a princeton man touching him beck rushed the ball oer for a touchdown I 1 can see old doc white hair standing straight up and a grin on his face shouting how do you I 1 like that you tigers I 1 |