Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-15
FOOT BALL and ITS PLAYERS
something About the Autocrats of the
Campus, the Captains of the Blevens.
GREAT GENERALS OF THE eaIDRoN FIELD
uinkey the sphinx and Trenchsrd the
Bulidog-Waters of Harvard aud
Mackcy OF the Qu,kers-Tho
Teams and Their Chances.

Just at this season of the year, in the col
lege world at least, the mightiest of the
mighty is the captain of the eleven" 1t is
before him all others are silent. and his com
ing Is the sunshine and his going is tho
shadow of the day. DIR. McCosh may be all
right on the questions Of church polity and
ecclesiastical ethics, but he isn't in it with
Doggy" Trenchard on the campus. nor for
that matter in college discipline. For did
not Trcnchard stop with a word what the
whole faculty had hurled useless edicts
against for years-the midnight cane rush!
All Trenchard said was IL might interfere
with Princeton's prowess on the foot bali
field and the cane rush was abandoned for
ever.
And Trenchard IL only one Of the four
autocrats whose sayings and doings are
chronlcled nowadays in the college annals
with more fidelity han ever were the sage
precepts of tho wisest old professor that
ever delivered a lecture. SILENT Hinkey
Of Yale, jovial Waters of Harvard and
Woodworking King Mackey OF "Pennsy''
divide honors with the young man whose
persisSency of design earned for him the
sobriqueto of 'Doggedness' In his preparatory
days, which same has degeucrated into
Doggy" now that he has attained the
highest honor that his college can bestow
upon him. These four generals of the grid
iron are busy now preparing the campaign
which will soon open. They have tackled
small game, such as the elevens of athletic
clubs and the like. but the battles they are
m~arshalling and drilling for are the ones
between themselves.
First Time for the Ouakers.
Pennsylvania will nave her first go in the
great foot ball struggle this season. Her
sluggcrs were rot considered worthy foes by
the monarchs Of the game till last fall,
when they mauled the everlasting light out
of Princeton. ind with such discriminating
effect that the Tiger had to tackle the Blue
at New York n "A badly dilapidated condi-
ton. This achievements gained for "Penusy''
the coveted honor, and this year the
Quaker giants will have the pleasure of
slugglng aud being Sluggcd by the other
members of the hitherto trinity around
which the foot ball world revolved.
Around the training tables are now clus.
tered the men these CAPTAINS will lead across
the field when the trouble breaks out in
earnest. At present they are developing
muscle and wind, limb ana hair. When the
ilesh Is reduced to a minimum and muscle
has reached its utmost, the teams will be
drilled in the tricks and signals and the
"4-ll-44' business. This, after all, is not so
"'''''J NY o''ib III blc lIalIlilR, Ill HtW
tricks are developed after each game. and
not infrequently during a game, and tleir
cnlciency is not always known till they have
failed. In person the four young men in
whose thlnk-boxes the championship of the
great intercollegiate tussle is now being
wrought out are quite interesting. Their
ways are very different from those OF the
ordinary young man, who goes in for ath-
letlCs III a desultory sort of way and Wonder
why he never attains to anything like promi-
neucp IN the world of Qpprt In a fa,y ipns
these great generals of the game may be told
of AS follows:
silent Frank Hinkey.
Captain Frank Hinkey of the Yale eleven
has plenty of time for reflective purposes, as
he is absolutely untroubled by conversational
distractions. He is an interesting man, this
taciturn, stern-faced, slightly built youth,
who will be one of tho most prominent men
In this country for a few months. Two
years ago Andover sent down a pair of end
%rushers whose fame had preceded them.
COX ana HlnkeN were said to be coming
stars, and thus they were handicapped by
being overweighted with a reputation at the
start. Hlnkey was like a rubber man. He
couldn't be hurt, and in a retiring and
unobtrusive way he convinced others that
ne was dangerous to monkey with. During
the ten weeks AT the training table he never
spoke unless asked n direct question, and
when a reporter asked him after the
magnificent Harvard victory, What do you
think about the game" Hinkey grew
garrulous and replied, ave won" Last
season he played the same hard, steady
game right through the season without a
lay.off tor repairs. 1t is not likely that the
cares OF the captaincy will hurt Hinkey's
Individual play. He is Il born end-rush and
plays his position naturally. His repression
or all Keeling and perfect control over hlm-
SELF VIII give the men an example to steady
and calm them. A college foot ball ballad
OF last season contained the following refer
ence to Hinkey, which touches his way of
playing the game rather wildly:
A half-back went for Hinkey's end;
lilo went n little way;
In silence Hlnkey climbed his neck,
And slammed him down to stay.
The Yale captain was elected after n cnr.e-
ful discussion by the coaches aud team, and
was finally given the honor over Butter
worth, the other candidate. Both men are
juniors, Tor there was no one IN tho coming
senior class eligible to the captaincy. fink.
ley therefore has Il chance of being captain
Tor two years. He is not an athletic looking
man, for he is STOPPING and fragile at first
sight. he Is not q fast runner, but he turns
up where the ball is in some miraculous way
HIS strongest points are tackling, following
the bali and interference. He weighs about
lO pounds. This year ne will play better
than ever,
Bulldog of the Tigers.
doggy" Trenchard, captain of Princeton's
loot ball team, was prepared for college at
laWrchceVilie, There he played end for
two years, and under the tutelage of George.
the famous Princeton center of the $50 team
ne made u great reputation. His nickname
or doggy" is far from being a term of re-
proach, lie acquired it at Lawrenceyille
because of his increasing determination on
the foot ball field. "Doggedness'' was the
word that expressed the style of the man
while playing. The students abbreviated il
and The doggy was given him. When
Trenchard entered Princeton he tried for n
place on the scrub team. He distinguished
himself on the second eleven, and many
thought that his work entitled him TO play
In the Yale game of 1891. lie has played on
the Varsity team but one year. This and
the fact that Mt the close of that wear he
was but a sophomore show what Young
i.renchard is, II is against custom and ONLY
In cases OF rare excellence to elect auy but n
senior to the foot ball captaincy at Prince
ton, In all her history she has had but
three captains from the junior class. Two
OF these, Ballard in 1878 ard Il. A. Poe in
lss9, won the championship. They were
elected ana they won, because they were
bright, muscular fellows. Physically,
Trenchard Is low, has broad shoulders,
strong arms aud powerful calves. Every
ounce OF his 1855 pounds is there for a pur-
pose; solid and tough are ms muscles. His
face indicates determination. He is a disci-
plinarlan, and can command obedience as
well as no can give orders.
Jolly Captain Waters.