Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...election of a captain for the hockey team is one of those events which keeps our judgment clear. We do not know whether the hockey team will exist next winter; we do not know whether many of the men on the team will be here to play, or whether their new captain will be here to lead them. Yet we must plan as though our present preparation for war is but temporary, to be succeeded by the accustomed round of healthier and more happy events...
...captain is more than a good player. He is personally a man whom other men would willingly follow. That is a rare quality, and high praise. Perhaps the highest praise would be to say that he is a worthy successor to that captain who led Harvard through a season of brilliant victory, and through a no less honorable one of scanty defeat. Our teams have had throughout their history notable captains. George Percy is worthy of the tradition...
...University fencing team, composes of Captain W. H. Russell '18, R. G. Crimmins '19, E. R. Gay '19 and C. M. Hodges '19, and accompanied by Coach Lesiabay and Manager G. H. Code '18 left the South Station on the 1 o'clock train yesterday afternoon to compete is the intercollegiate fencing champion ships held under the auspices of the Intercollegiate Fencers' Association in the Hotel Astor, New York City, this evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening...
...first boat took on a more normal appearance than it has shown during the confusion of the last three of four days. F. B. Whitman '19 and R. R. Brown '17 were shifted to their old positions at 2 and 6; Coolidge took his former position at 7, and Captain H. B. Cabot '17 was moved forward to his regular seat at 3. The improvement in the boat was marked, in spite of the recent distractions. In order to keep the men up to the mark in anticipation of a possible race with Princeton during the Easter vacation, the squad...
...reversed Tuesday's verdict, when the substitutes secured a 4 to 1 victory by defeating Team B by a score of 10 to 6 in a contest replete with both errors and hits. Both teams suffered from the absence of several players and gave a somewhat listless exhibition. Captain Abbot officiated as umpire and Casey and Murray were unable to report, but will be back for today's workout. Phinney, who has been substituting with Murray at third base, was not on the field, and may leave the squad permanently in order to join the Naval Reserve. Yesterday's game...