Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20
Pennsylvania and Cornell Players Crash
Sacred GridirOn Portals in 1892 and 1906
BY ALAN GOULD,
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NAoDVSAGhVA
HY the time the Mauvs Decade
* was in full swing Leland stan
ford and California had begun
to develop foot bali teams under
Eastern coaching, mass-momentIm
plays were being restricted by new grid
iron legislation and Pennsylvania had
entered the charmed Eastern circle,
making It big Four"
Foot ball unquestionably was develop
ing. CaSpar whitney, the originator Of
the All-America idea, in making his
1894 selections, included three Penn
sylvarNans in his list, where in flve
previous years only two wearers Of the
Red and Blue had been so honored.
Cornell also had become factor TO
be reckoned with, producing teams that
gave q good account of themselves
against the old guard. Michigan led IN
the West.
At the time, foot ball had to combat
attacks against its alleged brutality and
roughnesS. Whitney wrote:
II have had ample and amusing u
Illustrations (of exaggeration) In the last
few weeks, while the hue and cry
against slugging in foot ball has been
"The good old days TO which people
refer, instead of being gentler, were In
fact productive Of more slugging in one
season than we now have in two or
three. Slugging was once 80 common
place q feature Of foot ball games that
it attracted no particular notice either
from the umpire or spectators"
There was more criticism Of the
rovSdnesS Of the Harvard-Yale game ct
Epfingfeld Whitney noted, than In all
the rest Of the games Of the year. Re-
lationS between the Crimson and Blue
were broken OF, as O result Of differ
ences, and not patched UP until 1897.
NOTEWORTHY In Whitneys basis
IN for making All-America selections
was his recognition Of the back
field blocker" the man who cleared
the way for the flasher ball carrier.
This contrasts with the mora modern
notion of paying chief attention to the
youth who scores the touchdown, rather
than to the boys who cleared his path.
Thus Whitney selected Knipe for his
backfield in preference to the more
sensational Win Osgood Of Pennsyl.
vania. Osgood was the Red Grange Of
SIS and Is yards for touchdowns against
Harvard, Whitney noted, were mainly
due 10 Knipe's fine interference.
Knipe, Brooke and Osgood were
factors in Penns clean-cut victories
over both Harvard and Princeton In
1894. Another Red and Blue star was
Charles s. Colbert, selected three times
as all-America end and the father Of
Charley Colbert, sensational shortstop
of the st. Louis Cardinals, 1890 Nation
al League base bah champions.
TWO Yale heroes whose names have
i come down through the years
Frank Hinkey and Prank Butter.
worth-were members Of the 1894 all
America combination, Hinkey for the
fourth successive year, Butterworth 1T
fullback for the second time.
When all-tirne ends are named, Kim
key invariably heads the list. Slim but
wiry and aggressive, Hinkey had gift
for anticipating opposing plays and
spilling them. Butterworth, the line
buster, possessed "a remarkable knack
Of getting his men together and work.
ing I'D their enthusiasm"
George Adee Of Yale and Bob Wrenn
Of Harvard. powers in the tennis world,
were quarterback rivals, with the Lii
star carrying OF main honors. Wrenn
was national singles tennis champion
while IN college ana won the title four
times altogether.
Tomorrow: walter Camp arrives.