New Britain herald., 1925-12-31
HINKEY, FOOTBALL
 STAR, PASSES AWAY
GridirOn Wizard ol 30 Years
 Ago Loses Fight for Life
Tlo Asso. I,tal e.rgs


 New York, Doc, 3l.-Frank Au- eus,us HinEey, the silent captain cr Nau teams S so years ago, missed q tackle af the last and il- | jess has scored. One ot the greatest ends of all time. in the opinion of veteran observers. lies dead in Southern Pines, N, C. lliukoy played football in the days , of giants. flying wedges. tandcms, hurdling and pilc-ups-a 1j0-pound wingman pitted against brlising hackdclds. And it is recorded that never did thc flcctcst back round the end guarded by the silent captain" His football was that of the old days "a battle 10 unconsciousneSs and i the survival of the Attest.
 Yale and Harvard met in Spring field, Mass. in 1894 and Hinkey was captain of the blue. The mighty lincmen. Heffelfngcr and Butter worth, played for Yale that day and i the towering negro. Lewis, was Har- wards center. Before the battle had ended 22 men had been forced from ! the field and many Of them went 10 1 hospitals.
 In this contest Hinkcy always reticent where neWspapermen were concerned, encountered scathing criticism for his activities. Butter worth had been compelled 10 retire from the fray with serious injuries ! nF htc and h1prIinD Then Wrightington of Harvard, ball tucked under his arm, raced at Him keys end and the spill that followed was terrific. The silent captain" hurled the Harvard runner over his shoulder. his usual method of tack ling.
 Another Yale man grasped Wright ington as he plunged 10 the ground and Hinkey. recovering from the tumble he had taken at the force of the Harvard mans charge. leaped upon his teammatc 10 be sure that the rnnnncr would romain down.
 Wrightington, it developed, had heen hurt severely and there was a storm of criticism with Hinkey in the center. He was charged win hav- ing "kneed" the Harvard man when he fall upon him after the tackle, But the players of Yale, and Wright lington himself, denied that there had been anything illegal explaining that Hinkey always had tackled in Ithat manner and had played cleanly in the pile-up which followed.
 Last night Wrightington at Bosto on expressed keen regret at news of the
 death of the great Yale star "Hc
 was a great player" Mir. Wrighting-
 ton. now Boston businessman.
 said Frank Hinkey was the
 greatest end that ever played foot
 ball. He always played a hard
 game. which led many 10 believe that
 he was a dirty player. but such was
 not the case. He was a decidedly
 clean player. As a coach Hinkcy
 was q great believer in the lateral
 pass, which was his speciality. We
 will all miss lfrank-particuarly
 those few Of us left who played with
 him and knew his characteristics anu U dllO btlliI tidll any Out flH''
 or himself and the charges against
 him liinkoy once said;
 "L'm no murderer, no strangler. no bone- breaker. Have no idea of
 iniuring man when l throw him,
 but do want to throw him so hard that he will not get up before l get
 fresh grip on him so that he can't advance the ball. What do they
 want mo 10 do-havc couple of
 lincmcn run in from the sidclineS
 with a soft mattress for me to throw him on?"
 About dozen years ago Hinkey was made head Coacn al Yale but remained only for one poor season. "Hinkry as q coach was years ahead of his time" Tad Jones, present Yale little part in placing the gridiron game on the high plane it now oc- cupies."
 Many football followers trace the birth of the modern game to the
 game at Springfield 3l years ago in
 which Hinkey was criticized, but the forward pass and other open plays, ; derivations of Hiukey's favorite play the lateral pass were 10 come sev- cral years later. TTurdlng went out when some years later Hurley of Harvard was badly hurt in bringing
 down man who attempted 10 leap over him.
 Hnkey was a native Of Tona- wanda, N. r., and gained his first athletic honors at Phillips Andovcr Academy at Andoyer Mass. From . there he went 10 Yale in 1891 and . played varsity football four years, s being elected captain the last two, After leaving college he returned
 to Tonawanda where, with his
 brother. also an end at Yale in the 3 ninctirs. he attempted 10 rebuild the family building supply business hu, failed. In recent years he had been a salesman in Inc south, drawn [ there hy the pine forests which were
 supposed 10 help him fight his ill.,
 ness.
 n FIGHTS LAST NIGHT