Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...room for chance to come in; at least we may neglect such slight differences as may arise from local peculiarities of atmospheric density. It would be perhaps worth inquiring how far the effectiveness of a pitcher's curving would be affected by the barometric pressure. Imagine the captain of a base-ball team warning the nine before play began that they must allow a little more than usual for X's curves because the barometer is unusually high! Yet undoubtedly the air must more effectively deflect a spinning ball when the barometer is at thirty inches than when...
Next Saturday the crew leave Cambridge for New London. The general work of the men has been very similar to that of former years. Early in the fall, Captain Keyes got together an eight, which rowed three or four times a week on the Charles. Several members of the crew, however, played upon the foot-ball team, and consequently, could not row until after Christmas...
...Varsity nine may obtain more practice than it is getting at present. The idea is a good one and should not be left to moulder. The Junior nine has shown itself a strong team. Could it not step forward and fill the gap which is so marked. Its captain might organize a consolidated nine if the '88 men cannot be persuaded to play. Such practice would be invaluable to the 'Varsity. If defeat should finally result, it may be laid to the fact that such a team was not organized. We hope that the suggestion of our correspondent will...
Officers of Bicycle Club for ensuing year: President, S. F. McCleary, '88; captain, R. S. Baldwin, '89; substitute captain, L. McK. Garrison, '88; secretary, S. R. Miner...
...members of the Facultys, two graduates and one undergraduate of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, together with the captains of the Pennsylvania and Wesleyan elevens, will meet at New York to-day in a conference to discuss the foot-ball question. Prof. Byerly and Dr. Sargent, Fiske, '86, Cook, '85, and Captain Holden, are the delegates from Harvard...