Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Captain Sears speaks as follows in regard to the playing rules of the association foot-ball game: "There is no immediate prospect that the association game will be adopted by the Intercollegiate Foot-Ball Association. Our present game is made up of the best points of both Rugby and association foot-ball, and I think it unsurpassed by either. We take the team of eleven men and the rushing from Rugby, the goals, touchline and kicking from the association rules, and, besides, we have added and improved wherever we have found it necessary. Our present rules are, therefore, very nearly...
...which will allow the cricket players to use Jarvis after half past four in the afternoon. Most of last year's team are still in college and will play this year. The following men, who have already played on the team more or less, will be candidates: Ellis, captain, R. D. Brown, Quimby, Markoe, Dexter, Frost, Balch, Hunnewell, C. F. Judson, Clyde, Myers, Paul, Norman, Keys, Sullivan, Whiting, Barney, O. B. Judson, Barron, besides a number of new men who have signified their intention of playing...
...boat-house been moved to the Mott Haven side, and swung around in the placing. Eighty-eight's crew is less settled that of any of the other classes, no positions having as yet been assigned. The men training are: G. F. Warren, Jr.; H. Parsons, captain; T. S. Perkins; E. P. Callender; F. E. Hopke; J. B. Taylor; A. D. Dodsworth; H. N. Tiemann; F. P. Smith; G. S. Percival. The '89 men and their positions are: J. F. Jopling, bow; W. Friedmann, 2; E. H. Wedekind, 3; C. Piez, 4, captain; R. T. Wainwright, 5; F. E. Denton...
...gymnasium, little idea of the merits of the different candidates could be formed. The nine got upon the field about three weeks ago and have practised steadily since. The number of candidates has been unusually large, but the standard has not been as high as that of former years. Captain Bates has found it extremely difficult to choose his team from the material at hand. With the exception of the first-year men on the 'Varsity, who are eligible to play with the freshmen, there are no particularly good men. The candidates for the different positions are as follows...
...these, there are few really good players and it is hard to see how more than a mediocre nine can be formed. Captain Bates, however, is rapidly getting the men in shape and may possibly get a winning team from the material at hand. He deserves credit for conscientious work, for, while overlooking and directing the work of the freshmen, he has been in constant practice with the 'Varsity. The nine has been unfortunate in losing the services of Wood and Morrill, two very strong men who have left college. Therefore, only by the hardest work on the part...