The Washington herald., 1916-02-01
Frank T Hinkey's Watchfulness
Wins Tiger Game For Yale

ground. And there he remained until
that crucial moment IN the Yale-Prince-
ton game when he came 10 the fore,
saved the game for Yale. gave shevlin
the chance 10 be shoWered with plaudits
and made 5000 for Yale and Harvard.
Hinkey was in the stands when the
Nsle-PrincetOn game began. With a pair
Of powerful field glasses he swept the
held. watching every play.
The score was Is 10 Z In Ysle's favor
when the last period began For the first
seven or eight minutes OF that quarter
the battle ragged near midheld without
either side getting much Of an advantage.
And then Princeton got the ball some
where near the O-ysrd line and began
Its memorable march down the field
From near midheld 10 the 70 OF le-ysrd
line the Tiger backs smashed through
that Yale line for gains Of from 70 6
yards. Every spectator At that game
knew that sometime was wrong with
the Yale defense. But HInkey alone
learned what Il was. jumped from the
stands and hunted UP Shevlin.
Tom. you'd better put some one In
place OF Jim Sheldon" advised Hiukev.
He's all in. Princeton is aiming all its
attacks At him-snd they're gaining
Shevlin sent hiE Walden In at thatRno-
ment and recalled Sheldon. who was IN
pitifUl condition. The Yale younEster
had stood up under the merCiless ham
mering OF the Tiger back hcld all through
that period and his sPlenddid young
strength was gone.
Walden. fresh and fun OF hEht- jumped
into SheldOn's place. Princeton hurled
play at him and he hurled q back
Princeton tried a play against the other
Yale flank but Il held.
Baked by the plugging W Of the hole
through which they had made such huge
gains, the Tigers decided upon A desperate
play. with the ball only six yards from
for trick formation Princeton fumbled
IN the play, Yale recovered Il with only
about two minutes to plsy and the crisis
was over Victory for Yale was assured
Sheylin wasn't in a position where he
could notice Jim Sheldon's condition II
Il hadn't been for Hinkeys wstchful-
ness, Sheldon would have been permitted
to remain in the game. Had he fingered.
the Princeton captain, realizing Sheld0n's
condition. would have dimed q few more
plays at him and undoubtedly sent a man
over the line for a touchdown
A touchdown for Princeton would have
tied the score 1913 and given Princeton
chance 10 kick goal which would have
made the count PRINCETON a. Yale Il. had
the kick been made
Ysle's victory revived interest In the
I = %
I a week later. Nale.s showing NJ TO the
Princeton game was a misera BILE one
There WAS no wild demand for tickets for
that Yale Harvard game The enthusiasts
were willing to pay s. 10 see a footha o
game but they didn't want 10 part with
that much moTey TO see a slauEhter-
However. when the Shevlin-iZed Yale
outfit beat Princeton there was a wild
scramble for Ysle-Hsrvsrd tickets Tho
attendance didn't promise to 60 sbova
5000 before Yale beat the Tigers. hut
when the Blue and Crimson hosts went
into battle on November ~ there were
something like 5000 persons in the BIZ
Harvard horseshoe
The receipts OF the Harvard game
were something like Ss5 OI II Yale hadn't
won from Princeton the intake proba bIr
would not have exceeded $4,000 or SC.Or
at the most
And to Frank Hinkey the Iovsl &c
Frank Hinkey, who loved Yale above all
else, is due not only some OF the credit
for Nale's triumph over Princeton hut
also the fact that the Yale and Harvard
authorities split about s95 90 instead ~
81. 900 or $500