Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
ALL-STAR PLAYERS
ATTAIN BIG SUCCESS
Walter Camps Greatest Foot
Ball Heroes Are Great Argu.
ment for the Game.

NEW YORK, July Foot ball play
ers picked by Walter Camp as the eleven
greatest opponents of gridiron sport in
the twenty years history OF the present
American game almost without excep-
ton have risen to places of prominence
and respect i'm the business and COM
mercial world.
The occupations and life work chosen
by these men is a partial refutation of
the arguments SO often advanced by op-
ponents Of college athletics that the
sacrifice of time necessary to attain sue
cess in the strenuous competition of
American collegiate sports units young
men for life of usefulness thereafter.
supporters Of athletics, and foot ball in
particular. have always maintained that
the discipline and observance Of strict
training rules demanded OF gridiron play
ers Is an excellent preparation for the
tasks to follow in the outside world.
Players Now in Business.
Appended is summary OF the pres
ent occupations Of the eleven men named
by Camp on the "all-time, all-America"
foot ball team:
Frank A. Hfnkey. end-Yale captain
OF 1SS4-5 Engaged in mining in lola.
Kan, with Jim Rodgers. the Yale cap
tain Of 1898. Hinkey left the east three
years ago because OF ill health. He al
ways returns to spend three or four
weeks with the Yale eleven each fall.
Hamilton Fish. tackle-Harvard CAP
tain of 1909. Will be graduated in June
and expects to enter business in New
York.
w. w. HeNelfnger. guard-Republican
leader In Minnesota. Swung the repub-
lican party of that state two years ago
TOT tart: He is secretary and treasurer
OF the North Star Wholesale Shoe Com
pany. He has been prominent in repub-
years.
Germ Germany Schulz; center-Did not finish
college work at Michigan. Lives with
his brother at Fort Wayne, Ind. Has
been employed as foot ball coach.
Hare Practicing Law.
T. Truxton Hare. guard-Member of
law firm of Reilly, Hodge & Hare Of
Philadelphia. Hare came from a family
prominent socially. and married
daughter Of a Philadelphia millionaire.
AT college he was noted for writing
and lecturing in French. He is now
writing series OF college stories in
four volumes, entitled, THE Fresh
man." THE Sophomore" THE Junior"
and THE Senior They are supposed
to deal with his own college career.
He lives at Radnor. suburb Of Phila-
delphia.
John De Witt, tackle-was gradu-
ated from Princeton in 1904. Now in
New York city in brokerage business.
He won the Yale game and champion
ship for Princeton in the fall of 1903 by
kicking goal from placement from
the 50-yard line in the last minute
Of play. Each year he helps whip the
Tigers into shape during the last part
of the season.
Thomas l.. Shevlin. end-Yale cap
tain in 1906. Assistant to his father,
has been representing his father on the
Pacific coast most of the time for the
last three years.
"Eckie" in Newspaper Work.
Walter H. Eckersall. quarterback
After leaving the University OF Chi.
cago Eckersall became connected with
the sporting department OF the Chi
cago Tribune, specializing in foot ball
and athletics.
Harold H. Weeks, halfback-Stock
broker in New York since leaving Col
lumbia. He was left a fortune by his
some of which was lost
in the failure Of Thomas & Post, a
firm with which he was connected
William Heston; haifbaekINow en-
William Donovan. pitcher of the Tigers.
in Detroit. Graduated from Michigan
Law School in 1906 and practiced for
two years in Detroit.
Ted Coy, fullback-Capatin OF Yale
i'm 1909, and head coach for next sea-
son. He is still in college Coy is a
son of the late Prof Edward G.. Coy.
who founded Hotchkiss School.