Sport: Sig-nuls!

As most tenth-reunion grads and their elders will readily agree, football has not been the same since the general adoption of the huddle system 15 years or so ago. Not only has the game been slowed down from a pre-huddle average of about 150 plays to as few as 90, but nothing has ever replaced the exhilarating chatter of a bossy, spark-plug quarterback, barking "Sig-nuls!'' in the crisp autumn air.

Last week, old-style rooters took hope. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, repairing U. S. football rules for 1940. cut the time allowed between plays...

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