The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
HINKEY'S
GREATCAREER
Coach Of the Yale University
Football Team Has Brilliant
Record on GridirOn.
OLD ELS GREATEST END
Twice Pilot Of Big Blue Eleven and
Was Known as The Silent Cap
tain"-Was Wicked Tackler.

Frank Hinkey, the head football coach
Of the Yale squad this season. has had
a remarkable career on the gJidiron.
Hinkey, although member Of the 0ciass
OF 1es5, has never been entirely out Of
Yale's football councils. He has returned
each season since then 20 help out for
a week or more when most needed As
his business would allow him, he has
heightened his stay at New Haven, until
last season he was with Howard Jones
the greater part Of the time.
While a player OF the old school.
Hinkey has kept pace with the game and
knows the modern one as wen as the
old one. Hlnkey viii have walter Camp
as chief adviser. and. besides. he viii
be able to rally TO him many Of the
great Yale players of the past from the
team in 1sss down.
Hinkey was Ysie's greatest end. He
was known as the Silent Captain" when
he was At the head of the team in 1888
and 1884 Although small, almost frail-
weighing only 1s7 pounds when he came
TO Yale from Andover. and never more
than i5s while playing football for the
Blue-Hinkey was as wicked a tackIer
and as hard a player as ever put on toys.
He enjoys the unique position OF hav-
ing his name enrolled on four aIl-Amerf-
can teams, as he was picked as one OF
the two best ends Of 1901 IN his freshman
year.
He led the Yale team in 1894 when the
game was played that broke relations
between the New Haven University and
Harvard Throughout his college career
1t Is said that there was never a yard
made around his end From the very
FIRST he was one Of YaIe's most spectacu-
lar players. In his freshman year the
season was not two weeks old before it
was no longer a question OF whether the
frail-looking freshman should play end
rush
The next year Lee McClung, former
Treasurer Of the United States, was cap
tain and Harvard. with practically her
victorious team Of the year before,
opened attack on the diminutive fresh
man end
Corbett. their speediest runner, was sent
at him with a touchdown in view. When
the play was disintegrated II was found
that ''Lourie" Bliss was on his way down
the field with the ball. about to score a
Yale touchdown, and Corbett was In such
a condition that he couldn't recall what
had happened
This was only the beginning. Hinkey
was unprotected alI-American end
for four years. and shared with Tom
Shevlin the end position on walteF
Camps football team for an time
An incident TO Hinkeys taciturn dis
position is recalled after that memorable
game at Springfield in 1884. It VIII be
remembered that the feeling between
Harvard and Yale at that time was very
bitter. and during the game there was
considerable slugging. in which depart
ment the members OF each team broke
about even
Joe HaIlowen, Harvard tackle, retired
from the game with badly broken nose.
and shortly afterward Fred Murphy, Of
the Yale team, was completely knocked
out IN fierce scrimmage. The battle was
so keen that Yale went through one play
with only ten men before Hinkey realized
that Murphy had taken the count on
the side lines
tiers after the game the members OF
the New Haven team attempted to
engage Capt. Hinkey in conversation.
Various comments on Yale's victory were
made in order to draw Hinkey out OF
his shell But Hinkey still remained
silent
He finally expressed himself regard
ing the thing that hurt his feelings more
than anything else that happened during
the game, by remarking, 81 would like
to know the fellow that put Murph'
out"
Hinkey is credited with lot of things
that he never was guilty Of doing. He
did figure in a number Of incidents that
have helped to make football history.
He had a method Of his own Of putting
ginger into his players that would not
be favorably received by modern pigskin
chasers.
One of the fiereest games that Hinkey
ever player in was the last engagement
Yale had with the University Of Penn
sylvanIa. at Manhattan Field. New York,
in 1888.
In that game Hinkey played opposite
Mitchell Rosengarten. a Quaker. who
knew how to meet Hinkey's style Of
a game, and he met II so effectively that
the Yale captain was up in the air, 50
to speak, and was wearing bandages BE-
fore the struggle was over.