Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following article on foot ball is an extract from the second letter on that topic to the January number of Outing. It is written by J. H. Sears, captain of the eleven for the ensuing year...
...result of the year it is evident that foot-ball has taken a higher standing. It tends constantly towards hard, cool, individual play on the part of every man, the whole centered in the field captain or quarter-back. Princeton was not weaker than in previous years, but the others were stronger. Her eleven played their usual strong, well-practiced game, but the individual men with two or three exceptions were not equal to her opponents. Yale, as she always does, sent a team into the field with a dogged determination to win, and as always they played a magnificent...
...rumored that A. B. Cox, the captain of the '87 team, will return to take a post-graduate course and will take an active part in the work of sending a good team to represent Yale at the intercollegiate games and though this is very doubtful yet it is hoped that he will be able to come to New Haven occasionally and coach...
...said that Cranston, captain of the Exeter foot-ball eleven, will enter Princeton next year. Cook, '89, the former captain of the Princeton eleven will also return to college...
...cognizant of the facts. Although some of this dissatisfaction may be justly ascribed to the disappointment of disgruntled candidates, still we feel sure that a warning will not be out of place. Men upon whose shoulders rests so much responsibility cannot be too careful in their actions. The captain should shun any form of partiality. More than one race has been lost by an injudicious selection of men and it is our duty to prevent a repetition of this in the future as far as lies in our power. It is natural for the management of the freshman crew...