Word: captains
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...late meeting of the Matthews crew Mr. W. F. Weld resigned his position as captain, and Mr. E. T. Hastings was elected to fill the position for the remainder of the year...
...meeting of the Holyoke boat-club, held on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. C. Riggs, '76, resigned his position as captain, and Mr. Denton, L. S. S., was elected to fill the vacancy, Members of the club who wish to be considered candidates for the crews will begin work at once in the Gymnasium, under the direction of the captain...
...Captain of the Trinity boat crew publishes a letter in the Tablet, strongly advising the college not to send a crew to Saratoga. It appears that the original captain, Mr. Du Bois, was taken ill, and obliged to give up rowing. Of nine other candidates, two were physically unable to take a place on the University crew, and one decided that he would rather study than row. As the notion of doing both did not strike him, he withdrew. This leaves only six men, including the present captain, Mr. Scudder; and as two of these are entirely unpractised in rowing...
Sporting matters are exceedingly dull here just now. The University crew have begun some light training in the gymnasium, but will not settle down to hard work for some time yet. Captain Nicoll hopes that, in spite of the loss of Messrs. Biddle and Hall, and the resignation of Mr. Parmley, we may turn out a very fair crew. We have with us of last year's crew only Mr. Nicoll and Mr. VanLenup. The Freshmen crew are also doing some light work, and promise well. The University ball nine have not yet thought of organizing; but we shall probably...
...organizations should be fused into one, and the absurd restriction should be removed which prevents a member of Matthews from rowing in a double scull with a friend from Weld. For all purposes of emulation, the clubs would then be the same as before; each club would have its captain, its two barges, and its two crews, and the cause of the present dissatisfaction among members of clubs not in any crew would be removed. If the single and double sculls were common property, one could be sure of finding a boat in, or, at the worst, of having...