Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Pennsylvania.- Rushers, Miel, (captain), Dewey, Spieth, Schell, Bowser and Zeigler; quarter-back, Hume; halfbacks, Hulne and Wood; full-back, Grahan...
Cook, '89, who would have been captain of the Princeton eleven this year, but who did not return to college, has just been married...
...Wood, '88, took part in the practice yesterday for the first time since he received his injury. He will act as captain in Holden's place...
...Some twenty young athletes examined their jammed-up faces, strained muscles and broken bones with considerable interest to-day. The other two who played foot-ball at Cambridge yesterday, somehow came out looking tolerably unlike prize-fighters the day after. A couple of young men, including Captain Holden, who lay Saturday night about as nearly knocked to pieces without being killed as a young man could, were seriously damaged. The fact is, Saturday's game at Harvard was recklessly rough and full of slugging...
...Captain Stevenson will coach the crew, and a more earnest coach Yale has not had for many a day. It is believed that "Bob" Cook will look after their training, and ex-Captain John Rogers will also render valuable assistance. There is much valuable material this year in the freshman class, and in the recent rushes they showed that there was plenty of grit and muscle. The members do not propose to take a "back seat" if they can help it. Many of them already give promise of being exceptionally good oarsmen, and they are willing to work. They have...