Word: captains
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the executive committee of the boat club held yesterday afternoon it was voted that it be a rule of the university boat club that "Any man who refuses to row on the university crew when asked to do so by the captain, or who is dismissed from the university crew for not conforming to its discipline, shall not be allowed to row upon any class crew during the same rowing year...
...recent issue of the Boston Post there appeared an interesting article on the English stroke by Mr. J. Watson Taylor, who rowed No. 2 in the Cambridge (England) university crew and was captain of that crew in 1881. The article is to a great extent, due to the discussion as to the relative merits of the Harvard and Yale strokes and runs as follows; In the April number of Outing a system is described called the "English System of Rowing," the chief features of which are: The stroke-A catch and swing back with stationary slide, then a slide with...
MacPherran, captain of the Exeter Academy foot ball team in '86 '87, has been elected captain of the University of Mchigan team...
...annual meeting of the University Base Ball club was held last evening in Holden Chapel. Captain Linn was chosen chairman. The only business transacted was the election of office rs. J. C. McCoy, '90, was elected president; R. E. Faulkner, '90, vice president; John F. Burnett, '91, manager. The statement of the treasurer's accounts will be published in the CRIMSON as soon as possible...
...action taken by the Athletic committee in regard to the men who were responsible for the disgraceful conduct of the freshman nine at New London last May, will be approved by all. The captain and one other man have been forbidden to take part in any future college athletic contest. The penalty is severe, but in our opinion the offence deserved no lighter punishment. The action of the committee is important even at this late day, for it voices the disapproval expressed so manimously by the college last spring. It will, furthermore, effectually prewent any repetition of the matter...