Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this year will be inferior in several respects to that of last season. In the first place two of the best men in the rush line have gone. There seems to be no available material to fill the vacancies. Robinson, '89, is a good man, but he cannot fill Captain Corwin's shoes as end rush, nor can either Pratt, '88, or Cross, '88, do the work done by Buchanan last season. The rush line will therefore be weaker than last year, and rather lighter. It is doubtful if it will average 165 pounds whereas it ought to average...
...crew men, and they make a trio in the foot-ball team that will make it exceedingly hot for opposing elevens. Harry Beecher is doing his old-time work as quarter-back. He is as quick as a cat and as strong as a moose. He is the captain of the team, and as such is well liked by all the men, from whom he bids fair to get the best work of which they are capable...
Wagenhurst, Princeton, '88, has been elected captain of both the nine and eleven...
...pursuance of Captain Henshaw's notice yesterday, that men desirous to try for positions on the nine should present themselves on Holmes Field, about fifteen candidates appeared. Of last year's team there remain still in college Henshaw, Linn, Boyden and Mumford, so that that there are plenty of vacancies to fill and the prospects for next season are anything but bright. Willard, captain of last year's nine, is back, but has signified his determination not to play any more. It is needless to add that Bingham, who pitched last year, will be debarred from playing this season...
Stagg has been elected captain of the Yale nine...