Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...succumbs as a matter of course to colleges which have neither its size nor its advantages. Defeat is always a disgrace, and in calling the position of Harvard in athletics disgraceful, one is not using a word that is a whit too strong. Can the blame be located? The captains of the university teams, we are certain, did their best and devoted themselves heartily to the work they had in hand. The base-ball material at the opening of last season seemed most unpromising and yet Harvard made a strong showing, owing principally to the energy of Captain Willard...
Candidates for the University eleven will please be on Jarvis Field at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A. F. Holden, captain...
...have not been managed with sufficient economy and care. The general opinion seems to be not that the management is needlessly or wilfully extravagant, but that the want of economy arises from the careless way in which expenses are incurred and accounts kept. The manager and captain are almost omnipotent in financial arrangements, and the mass of contributors have no opportunity whatever of passing judgment on the measures taken. At the end of the year accounts are audited by a committee and found to be all right. If the expenses have seemed too large to any contributor or he system...
Clark and Quinby made a long stand and 48 runs were up when the latter got out; but the rest of the eleven soon fell victims to the bowling of Captain Brown and Barney. The fielding of the Freshmen was steady but not brilliant...
...their second innings the Freshmen made a much larger score, owing to the brilliant batting of Captain Brown, whose 55 was obtained by hard, clean hitting; Quinby and Captain Ellis distinguished themselves in the bowling line. Had time allowed, the Freshmen might have given the 'Varsity a very close fight for victory. Below is the score...