Word: capts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should coach a crew of giants who proved themselves capable of holding a sixty stroke for four miles, I would have them pull it, and not train to pull a thirty-eight stroke, because some winning crew or other pulled that stroke in 1776. In the 1885 race, Capt. Flanders was censured for setting his men a stroke beyond what they were accustomed to; but he did merely what any stroke oar would naturally do. That is, run up the stroke as high as his crew would follow, if he failed to discover the rival shell behind...
...freshman team was picked Thursday night, and is made up as follows: Rushers, L. H. Morgan, H. P. McKean, Jr., P. D. Trafford, J. H. Morse (centre), J. B. Markoe, J. M. Newell, T. Woodbury (capt.); quarter back, W. F. Austin; half back, R. F. Perkins, W. S. Scott; full back, G. Perry. Substitutes, M. Agassiz and F. Wardman. This team is subject to change at any time, and any man in the freshman class who has ever played foot-ball before should consider it his duty to come...
...LITTAUER, Capt...
...Capt. Mumford brought in the winning boat both times Saturday...
...seen that I have reduced the debt of the Boat Club $350, in round numbers. Considering that the Hasty Pudding theatricals yielded exactly $404 less than they did last year, my accounts show a reduction of $750. This reduction is mostly due to careful management by Capt. Storrow, whose purpose it was to run the crew on strictly economical principles, to which purpose he steadily adhered. I have felt and still feel that to manage the Boat Club money extravagantly or carelessly is not only wasteful, but demoralizing to the crew and everyone connected with the crew. More than this...