Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Robt. Corwin, captain of last year's Yale foot-ball team, is at the head of a western grain elevator...
Eleven candidates presented themselves for the senior crew Wednesday. Captain Hale was the only member of last year's actual crew, but with the exception of Messrs. Lent, Looker and Gitterman the men have all been candidates before...
...Princeton. The wearers of the orange and black must not be supposed to have forgotten their favorite sport. The difficulty has been that one resource failed after another so unexpectedly, and so often, that Princeton had to play her big matches before her eleven was ready. The first captain left college, the second was lamed in the first game and lost the whole season's practice with his men, and a third captain was practically in capacitated on his first play in the Harvard game. How numerous and sudden have been the exigencies that retarded Princeton's preparation, will...
...base-ball captain has had the freshmen come out and practice, and what is the result? A pitcher has been found that promises to be superior to Stagg. Yale does not need a pitcher, Harvard does, but Harvard is waiting for the pitcher to come all developed. Yale is bringing out the raw material and developing it. In the Mott Haven team, Yale has been bringing out the strength of the freshman class and has already some good athletes who promise to help bring the cup if Harvard does not arise and work. Nothing comes without work, so either...
Smith has been elected captain of the Amherst base-ball team...