Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-03
RY LOUIS a. poucHER.

You may pirate OF your Truxton
Hares, your Poe, your John De Wits,
your Jim Thorpes. and your Jack DaE
tons, but never was there such a
football player. as Frank Hinkey.
Yale's wonderful silent captain.
Wherever football is played his name
stills all tongues Wherever football
men foregather. the name Of Frank
Hinkey Is greeted with the lifting of
the hat in silent admiration. for he
was the embodiment of football skill
for four years at New Haven.
There have been great ends. Penn
sylyania has had its Gilbert, Hunter
and Scarlet. Harvard men glory In
the great deeds of the Hallowells.
Norman Cabot, Campbell and Pete
Bowditch Princeton ends have al
ways been great. and Old Nassau Is
proud of the Poes. "Doggie" Trench
ard. Dewitt Cochrane. Davis. Henry
and Wister. Yale has had wonderful
ends in Fitzpatrick. Shevlin. Rafferty,,
Josh Hartwell and Lon Stage. to
name the wizards of the Eli winds
But the greatest glory Of Yale Is
Frank Hinkey.
AS a football player Hinkey sits in
the highest niche of fame. His
spirit still haunts the halls Of Eli.
Reference to him is always made re
spectfully, almost reverently at<Yale
And when the yersity ends fail 70 up
hold the standard set by the coaches.
always there comes to New Haven
a keen-eyed little man, trifle over
weight, perhaps. but still in fair con-
dition, to whip them into shape Then,
behind closed gates, this little man
mods mediocre players into veritable
demons Of the gridiron, breathes into
them a little of his own fiery spirit
until they charge and charge and
charge, and crush back the enemy
over chalkline after chalkline until
the sons of Eli are victorious. He Is
the .'silent captain" the great Frank
Hinkey.
Came From Andover
In 'S8, SO and go this silent little
chap studied at Andover academy,
nursery for many wonderful players.
Yes, he. played football, but few took
him. seriously He weighed scarcely
l35 pounds and seemed as frail as an
invalid. Thus he entered Yale IN the
fall of 81 all unknown.
In those days giants played foot,
ball. Ma Newell. Fudge Heffel-
finger, Bum McClungi Bill Lewis
and Bert Waters uerformed deeds Of
daring on every gridiron. They were
men, not boys Hence, when this
fraiI little lad with the piercing eyes
appeared at Yale field, many smiles
were seen on the faces Of the vet
Grams.
The smiles vanished, however, as
soon as the frail Frank Hinkey got
Into action. Then he was transform
ed. He was demon of the gridiron.
His 135 pounds travelled through the
mass, hit interference, and rushing
halfbacks together.
If the Yale coaches and veterans
had thought to discourage this young
freshman By giving him work, they
failed sadly. In two weeks he had
made bis place on the varsity eleven,
playing with Josh Hartwell In the
daily scrimmage he was invulnerable
But not so with the others. Rapidly
they went to the hospital after meet
ing this bullet Of the gridifon.
Hinkey's reputation spread rapidly,
and when It came to the big games
with Princeton and Harvard he was
fairly well known. However, the
Tigers and the sons of John Harvard
thought that they would show up this
diminutiye little freshman. The
Tigers were rapidly disabused Of this
idea, though, when they attempted to
rim around him His side of the