Word: various
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Several changes were made yesterday in the orders of the various crews. Moulton who has been rowing No. 2 in the '98 boat is ill and may be obliged to stop rowing for the rest of the season. His place was taken yesterday by L. P. Marvin for the first part of the practice, and by Bull during the latter part. Goodrich is now rowing 7 and DuBois at 3, these two men having changed places. These shifts have somewhat unsettled the crew which was going very well early in the week...
...squad was divided, and two nines picked which played a practice game. For five innings the make-up of the nines was constant. Only two scores were made, both by Captain Rand's nine, and but seven hits were made off Schwill and Blake. The work of the various infielders was very commendable...
Owing to the graduation of several members of last year's team the competition for the various positions this year has from the first been spirited. The outfield will probably be the same as last year, as of the possible candidates for field positions none combine the qualities of good fielding and batting to the extent that Rand, Burgess and Lynch do. Sears is a fine fielder but is rather weak at the bat. He is the most promising candidate for a field position next to the three men above mentioned. In the infield Foster, Haughton and Lewis are doing...
During the first two weeks on the water all the crews have shaken well together: numerous trial changes have been made and the order in the various boats may now be regarded as about final. The '98 crew is rowing at present in the following order...
...Hugo's imagination. Love hardly inspired him. On the other hand he celebrated family affection; and was almost the only one in France who could write about children. In the third place, he busied himself in his verse with the chronicle of daily life, especially political life. In his various collections of works he transcribed the opinions which swayed the French mind. He was a royalist in his "Odes," an advocate of independence in his "Orientales," a revolutionist in his "Feuilles d'Automne," and in his "Chants du Crepuscule" and through all his writings he never ceased celebrating Napoleon...