When two plays had gone wrong Mr.Robey said: "Marvin, you get in there and play quarter for a minute and give that man a chance to remember his signals.

You come back here and look on, son." After that the squad ran through plays with vim and snap.

Now and then there was a mix-up, but the signals went pretty well.

After each play the coach or Captain Miller, or sometimes both, criticised and explained.

The plays were few and simple; straight plunges by the backs with an occasional forward pass; but almost every time the critics found some fault to correct.