Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first game of the amateur series, took place Saturday on Jarvis. It was not marked by any brilliant playing outside of the batteries, both of which did excellent work, Leakin, captain of the Law School nine, pitched for the Bostons, and Federhen for the Victors. The errors on both sides were "numerous and costly...
Harvard has grit and enterprise. She has athletic bodies as well as vigorous brains, and Boston has money enough to back her favorite boys and give them every assistance needed. Let Captain Keyes go ahead and begin to train his crew at once, let him pick his men for coolness and endurance, and then let him say what he wants in order to make a winning crew, and the people will see to it that every aid shall be furnished...
...captain of the Yale nine recently remarked to a man from Cornell: "The way your nine is trained seems to be rather peculiar. I understand it is the custom to elect a rich manager and then he sets it up to the men after each game." - Cornell...
There has not been a man in the Maine College League for the past four years who has excelled Forrest Goodwin, captain of the Colby team, as an all round base ball man. He has had flattering offers to play on the Boston Blues, Bangors, Belfasts and Skowhegans this season, but he says he won't sign with any nine until after the college games are played. He is Colby's pitcher this season...
...different places, and it would have been impossible to get them together. So we did not accept, but while we were training for the race on the Thames with Oxford, I met ex-President Brandagee of the Harvard club, and he again extended the invitation. I spoke to our captain, but nothing was done, because we were so busy. After the race the matter was talked over, and I wrote privately to Mr. Coolidge of the Harvard club...