Word: captains
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Haughton 1900 has been elected captain of the cricket team for the ensuing year...
...undergraduates. If ever a man of energy is needed it is for this position. Experience has shown that proficiency in track athletics more than in any other sport is liable to be of a "dark-horse" nature, to crop out in quarters where least expected, and a captain's work consists in searching out just such material and testing its unknown qualities. The track captain is in a constantly restless condition. No matter how good a necleus of pointwinners he has, he inevitably feels that there are men whom he might get hold of, who could jump...
...fair number of point winners for a start off is no reason to be confident of a successful season next year. What will contribute in no small measure to this end, is that co-operation in the encouragement of individual aspiration for athletic success, which will aid Captain Roche in his efforts to get out a good representative team...
...meeting of the Mott Haven team yesterday, J. T. Roche, Jr., '99, of Worcester, was elected captain for next year. Roche prepared for college at the Worcester High School. In his Freshman year he won the 100 yards dash in the dual games with Pennsylvania and was running very fast last year when he strained a muscle in his leg. This injury has handicapped him in his running this year but it is believed he will recover his old form next season. Roche managed the Mott Haven team this spring...
...speak of the men briefly, Dobyns, at stroke, uses excellent judgment and drives his crew well. He is, however, a hard man to follow and Biddle is not yet quite with him. Biddle gets a hard catch but has been inclined to weaken on the finish. Captain Perkins, in spite of his late illness, is at present rowing the best oar in the boat. His blade is notably good and he gets a long body swing and steady drive from the stretcher. Heath, at 5, has gone off of late. He is a good worker and a strong...