Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little over 20 years ago, P. D. Haughton '99, came to Cambridge to coach the 1908 football team, of which Francis H. Burr '09, was captain. Haughton had been coaching successfully at Cornell...
...among others the writer, and said that he wished it could be brought about that Haughton and Burr could meet. The writer arranged a dinner in Boston at which were present Heman M. Burr '77, father of "Hooks" Burr H. C. Leeds '77, Fearing. Haughton, Burr, Bartol Parker '08, captain of the 1907 team, the writer, and possibly one or two others Haughton and Burr met in this way, and the result is known...
Haughton was succeeded in 1919, after the War, by Robert T. Fisher '12, captain of the 1911 team. He coached four successive winning teams, two losing ones, and the 1925 team which so successfully held off, 0-0, what was generally thought to be a much superior Yale eleven. The 1923 and 1924 games were played under the worst weather conditions of any games between the two universities...
...rival captains were the protagonists in this drama. One of them was W. J. Bingham '16, captain of the University track team. The other was T. E. Meredith, leader of the Pennsylvania runners...
...final cut, Coach Joseph Stubbs '20 has retained 17 men to face the schedule ahead of the Crimson team. The list of linemen includes: Captain J. P. Chase '28, N. S. Clifford '29, J. P. Davis '30, W. L. Elkins '29, F. R. G. Giddens '30, G. C. Holbrook '30, C. B. Lakin '30, Arthur Mills '29, A. W. Richardson '28, John Tudor '29, and W. D. Wetmore '30. The defense men are: A. S. Bigelow '29, H. W. Bigelow 29, Willard Howard ocC., W. G. Saltonstall '28, and Joseph Morrill '28, and H. H. Newell '29, goal guards...