Word: captains
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...getting ready for next year, and there is no better way to do that than by showing in a public way and as a whole that we are proud of our team. They did not win to be sure, but every man of them did his best, and from Captain Wrightington down to the last of the substitutes, we are still proud of them. "Strike while the iron is hot" is a good maxim. Such a dinner would also afford a very good chance to discuss what system is to be followed next year, and the Athletic Committee might well...
After Saturday's game Norman W. Cabot '98 of Brookline was unanimously elected captain of the eleven for the coming year. He has played at left end on the University eleven for three years and has rowed stroke and seven on his class crew. He prepared for college at Hale's School, Boston...
Although somewhat crippled, the Harvard eleven will begin the game against Pennsylvania with a much stronger eleven than the one which lined up against Princeton two weeks ago. Wheeler and Haughton strengthen the tackles, and with Cabot on left end and Captain Wrightington behind the line, the team should make the best showing of the year...
...hard and faithfully and whether we win or not today, the team deserves our sincerest gratitude. We have also to thank Messrs. Waters and Newell who have given so much of their time and taken so many pains in coaching the men. If future teams work as conscientiously as Captain Wrightington's we have every reason to believe that before long we shall regain our former position in athletics...
Today at two o'clock on Soldiers Field the Freshman elevens of Harvard and Pennsylvania will meet in their annual game. The Pennsylvania team left Philadelphia yesterday under the charge of Carl Williams, captain of last year's 'varsity team, and arrived in Boston at seven o'clock this morning, where they are staying at the Brunswick Hotel...