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HTNKEY A TRUE YALE HERO
Fired as Eli Coach, Mentor Remains
at New Haven and Saves Prince
ton Game for School.
ALSO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
nr rnANK q. MrNKE.


NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-Trank Hlnkey
was fired" out OF his Job AZ Yale foot
ball coach. whereupon he squared" ac-
counts with an action that Melted the Yale
and Harvard Athletic associations IS 900
each-and probably more.
Most men disgraced AZ Hinkey was dis
graced by Yales boy captain would have
Quit the Yale foot ball field forever. But
not .Hinkey lie was made Of better
purer stuff. Yale decided that II didn't
need him any longer-but Hinkey fingered
because Of the almost barren hope that
he might still be OF help to Yale. And
he was.
When Tom sheviin came from out the
west to take charge OF Yale's foot ball
affairs. Illnkcy was showed into the
background. And there he remained IN
Oh that crucial moment In the Yale
Princeton game when he came to the
fore, saved the game for Yale. gave shev-
lin the chance to be showered with plaud-
Island made 10000 for Yale and Har-
ward.
HInkcy's WatchfuIness.
IIinkey was In the stands when the
Yale-Princeton game began. with a pair
OF powerful field glasses he swept the
AH'iht N"NNhHh NNtNy pay
The score was 10 10 IN Yaies favor
when the last period began. For the first
seven or eight minutes OF that quarter
the battle ragged near mldfeld without
either side getting much Of an advantage
And then Princeton got the bail some
where near the nifty yard line and began
its memorable march down the field
From near midfleld to the ten or twelve
nrI L.. ri.
through the Yale line for gains OF from
two to six yards. Every spectator at
that game knew that something was
wrong with the Yale def nse. But Hinkey
alone learned what It was. jumped from
the stands and hunted up sheylin.
Tom, you'd better put some one In
place OF Jim sheldon" advised Hlnkey.
Hes all In. Princeton II aiming all It's
attacks at him-and they're gaining"
Even az Hinkey spoke the Tiger quar-
terback sent another play against Jim
sheldon-and the Tiger halfback carried
the ball to the slx-yard line.
shcvlin sent big Walden In at that mo-
ment and recalled sheldon who was in a
pitiful condition. The Yale younester had
stood up under the merciess hammerlng
or the Tiger backfield ali through that
period and his splendid young strength
was gone.
tide f. Turned.
Walden. fresh and full of fight, Jumped
into Sheldon's place Princeton hurled
play at him and he hurled II back. Prince
ton tried play against the other Yale
flank and Il held.
Baked by the plugging up OF the hole
through which they had made such huge
gains, ere Tigers decided upon desperate
play With the bail only six yards from
the Yale goal line. Captain Click signalled
for a trick formation. Princeton fumbled
the ball In the play. Yale recovered Il
with only about two minutes to play and
the crisis was over Victory for Yale
was assured.
shevlin wasn't In a position where he
could notice Jim Sheldons condition. II
II hadn't been for Hinkey's watchfulnees,
Sheldon would have been permitted TO
remain in the game. Had he fingered
the Princeton captain, realizing sheldon's
condition. would have aimed a few more
plays at him and undoubtedly sent man
over tho line for a touchdown.
A touchdown for Princeton would have
tied the score. 1918. and given Princeton
a chance 10 kick goal. which would have
nhue the count princeton, IA; Yale, 10.
had the kick been made.
The 100000 difference.
fale's victory revived interest in the
fale-Harvard combat that was staged a
week later Yales showing up 20 the
Princeton game was miserable one
There was no wild demand for tickets for
that fale-tiarvard game. The enthusl-
asta were willing to pay 81 TO see n foot
bali game. but they didn't want TO part
with that much money TO see slaughter.
However, when the Shevlinlzed Yale
OUTFIT beat Princeton there was a wild
scramble for Yale-Harvard tickets. The
attendance didn't promise to 20 above
1900 before Yale beat the Tigers, but
when the Blue and Crimson hosts went
into battle on November 80 there were
something like $500 persons In the big
Harvard horseshoe.
The receipts OF the Yale Harvard game
were something like $4,000. II Yale hadn't
won from Princeton the intake probably
would not have exceeded $4,000 or $4,000
AZ the most
And 20 Frank Hinkey. she loyal, 20
Frank Hinkey, who loved Yale above all
else, Is due not only some OF the credit
for Yaie's triumph over Princeton, but
also the fact that the Yale and Harvard
authorities split about $4,000 instead OF