Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kestrel, based at New London, when we received orders to proceed to Block Island. There we carried the Commandant of the Second Naval District, Captain Bryan (?), out to the Texas which was surprisingly close to the shore. For the next few days, armed with our "formidable" Three-Pounder, we patrolled the waters-or, as an Army friend put it, we "kept ourselves safe for democracy...
Devereux Milburn, having played polo seven times for U. S. against Great Britain, will play no more. Last week Mr. Milburn, potent back, potent captain, refused to report retirement but indicated that the U. S. four will ride against the English team without him in 1930. Observers recalled remarks of J. Watson Webb, teammate who aided Milburn to beat Britain, that he was done with international polo. Observers noted that Malcolm Stevenson, No. 3 for U. S., is only a few years younger than veteran Milburn (47) and doubted that he can equal the attacks of younger players...
...dressing-room table. The cinema director, whom he recognizes as the revolutionist he sent to prison so long ago, gives him a costume like the one he wore when he was the cousin of a living Tsar. Then the director sends the sad actor, once more a gaudy captain, into a mock battle. Leading Hollywood soldiers across a fabricated battlefield, the Russian nobleman forgets pretense. After relieving for a moment a similar scene in his remembrance, General Dolgorucki dies, not in pretense but in actuality, on his lips the ironic question of a disabled college athlete...
...relay race with Holy Cross the University team was decisively beaten by the Purple runners. The opening leg found Captain A. H. O'Neil '28 gaining the first corner, from the pole on Hal Klumbach of Holy Cross. On the third lap Klumbach gained an eight yard advantage over O'Neil to hand the flag to Maher, who ran up a lead of 15 yards on C. M. Lauterhahn '30. F. E. Cummings '30 had an injured shoulder before the opening of the race, and found difficulty in holding his own with the Purple runner, Chemis...
...University and Freshman relay teams will oppose Holy Cross. It is expected that the University team will be composed of Captain A. H. O'Neil '28 C. M. Lauterhahn '30, V. L. Hennessey '30, and F. E. Cummings '30. The Freshman relay runners are: A. L. Watkins '30, J. P. Gray '30, R. J. Boshes '30, and J. H. Rowe...