The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-02
.YOsT MADE SIGNALS
Those Who Watched Swear He Die
tated Michigan's Plays from
Side Lines.
Norcross Kept Close Watch Of the
Coaoh's Hat and GEES
lures.

Coach Stickney Of, the old Wiscon-s
sin selevenahad his system of pacing
along the side lines to indicate the
style of play his team should follow;
Phil King carried cane of which he
made expert use when his proteges
for Coach FURRY Up" Yost Of the
Michigan team to put his machine"
thru for a touchdown and almost
championship, by practicing the gem
tie art of tipping the hat.
Yost did not depend entirely upon
the wigwagging of his headpiece to
tell his pupils out on the field how to
play. Some of those at the Minnesota
Michigan game Saturday who watched
him the closest bring evidence to
show that in addition to his signaling
to Quarterback Norcross with the
hat he had another system he used
while sitting on his heels, we'll out Of
sight Of most of the crowd. aa
Any one not dummy, and who
was in a position to watch him, could
tell that Yost was giving Norcross
former member Of the shattuck team,
who had a front box on the forty-flve
yard line across the field from where
the Michigan coach stood.
when Yost wanted a center play
he crossed his hands In front Of him;
when it was to be. play off tackle
on his hip; when the play was to go
around the end he put one hand or
the other inside his coat and up
under his shoulder as If he was ad-
justing his coat.
He did these things repeatedly and
before every play Norcross stood up
and looked at hin-that was one rea-
son the play was not SO fast when
Michigan went down the field for her
touchdown. That these signals were
used am positive they were re-
peated too often to have been mere
accidents or coincidents. I am in
clined to think that he used his hat
to order kicks only"
Behind Yost as he stood on the side
lines at the center of the field sat
Colonel Frank M. Joyce, A. M. Rob-
ertson, manager Of the Minneapolis
General Electric company; Professor
Henry F. Nachtrieb, formerly of the
board Of athletic CONTROL w. r. SWEET,
Writ Wilson, Arthur Dean Of Mime
apolis and Will Lang and Douglas
Lansing Of st. Paul.
Everyone in this party noticed. the
| frequent use Of the hat and Of the evil
| dent attention Yost was getting from
Norcross signaled for play and
4 Heston, who had been watching Yost,
seized the quarterback and pointed
to Yost. Norcross Strengthened up,
took a good look at the Michigan
! coach and then signaled.
Eve might not have thought SO
much about it," said Colonel Joyce
had it not been for a man wearing
Michigan colors, who sat in seat Is Of
4 Section 8, G., and while watching Yost
repeatedly called the play before Il
was made. We could not see what
4 Yost was doing with his hands, but we
lTcould see him lift his hat an unnec.
essary distance, then sometimes tai
It on one side sof the head and ther
on the other. $50 .+'r,
i "And every time there was time
out one Of the men would run withtr
hai1ing distance Of Yost and there
u would be an exchange Of calls, It Il
pretty hard to- prove that iYost wa
, signaling his men, but there is suol
a thing as knowing a thing when 70,
scan't prove it,"