11.  He is the only American captain ever tried for the loss of a ship in wartime.

12.  In breaking his putter, Crenshaw, now the American captain here at The Country Club, had succumbed to pressure unlike that in any other golf event.

13.  Most of what Nilsson tried Friday did not work as she had hoped, while Judy Rankin, the American captain, saw her team perform steadily.

14.  Scott Klavan is lovable and funny as Fisby, the pushover American captain.

15.  Sovich, an American captain, made it clear that he believes any strike would likely be a long one.

16.  The American nonplaying captain, John Gerber, made a decision to bench Leventritt, forming an unfamiliar partnership in the process.

17.  THE plot turns on the fate of a captured American captain who is also the nephew of a Congressman.

18.  This earned the American captain a meaningless two-minute penalty at the final buzzer and a meaningful look from Alfredsson.

19.  American captain Judy Rankin expects her to be fully recovered by Friday when play begins.

20.  American captain Tom Gullikson considered using Martin in the doubles match but decided against it since Galbraith and McEnroe had been practicng together all week.