Word: captains
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Yale men, with characteristic skill in such matters, are throwing all possible stumbling-blocks in the way of our Nine, and the timely letter of our Captain reveals a persistent desire on their part to delay or defeat the arrangements for the spring games...
...neglected, viz. the proper coaching of the men in the club crews. They have been taught to row in such bad form and on such wrong principles that, on becoming candidates for the University, they are actually at a disadvantage when compared with the tyros. To obviate this, the captain of the University authorizes us to say, that he will be most glad to teach the captains of the several clubs the stroke adopted by his crew, that they may this year be able to properly coach their men and render them of permanent use. Moreover, as a coxswain...
...that, under these circumstances, enough rivalry existed to render the races amply interesting and the seats in a club six eagerly sought for. Had the same energetic management been kept up, the same interest would now be felt; and the decrease of this interest is directly chargeable to the captains of the several clubs, though an honorable exception is the present captain of Holyoke. There can be no doubt that, had the other captains worked as faithfully for their clubs as has Mr. LeMoyne for his, the quick interest of two years ago would still exist. Mr. LeMoyne is, moreover...
...time has been rather poor during the past week. The vigor of the catch has fallen off, and the men have not improved on the recover as fast as desirable. The captain, who has been coaching most of the time since the holidays, last week took stroke's lever, - Schwartz going to 6, and LeMoyne, '78, to 4. Bancroft has an inclination to bucket, to screw at the finish, and does not always get his hands out properly. Brigham and LeMoyne, '78, have both improved on the use of their slides. Brigham does not set his shoulders firmly...
...recent editorial, proposes a scheme which, could it be carried out, would put new life into athletics at Harvard. Several plans for surmounting the difficulties in the way of the North Pole have lately been laid before Congress. Of these, the most feasible seems to be that of Captain Howgate, who proposes "to establish a colony at eighty degrees north latitude, and from that point push forward toward the Pole by sledging expeditions." The scheme of the World is as follows...