Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-10

"A good part of the old Yale system"
he said, amounted to thorough organi-
cation. For example, after the last
game each Fall there would be a meet
ing of the coaching staff. We would
begin at once to study the material
idea that we should have the system fit
the material-not try to crowd the
material into any fixed system.
IF We had fast running backs to use,
we wanted an attack based on, speed.
If We had big plunging backs on hand,
we wanted an attack based on power.
But there was one feature we always
kept in mind, and that was long, hard
drilling in the fundamentals, especially
tackling and kicking, and hard, agrees
sive charging in the line.
There Is little use in any system
where the men are not mechanically
equipped to carry out the plan"
Hinkey and Heffelfinger.
IT was easy enough to see that two of
1 Mr.. Camps favorite all-time foot
ball stars were Frank Hinkey and
Fudge Heffelflnger.
I am not sure but I think 1t was
Walter Camp who first named Hinkey
"the Disembodied Spirit"
mo one looked less like a great foot
ball player than Frank Hinkey when
he first walked on the field at New
Haven" Mr.. Camp said.
He then weighed less than $50
pounds. But his fierce tackling and
ference were astonishing things.
There were two secrets of Hinkey's
play. One was an eternally flaming
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er, which gave him a driving force
totally unexpected. He could break up
mass attacks and, when needed, he
could carry the ball with all the power
of a 180-pound back"
Hinkey, it might be recalled. was ALL
America end for four years on Camps
selection.
"Pudge Heffelfnger was the greatest
guard I ever saw" the Yale leader said
one day.
II recall telling him once that if he
ever wanted to be high-claSs guard
he would have to get more variety in
his play-that he knew only one way to
play the position one method of break
ing through. He asked for further in
struction and I worked out two new
ways that he could use
"Pudge was not content to limit his
practice to the field. He would per-
suade fellow students to meet him after
practice and work out other methods
of charging and breaking through
Later on, asked him If he had worked
cut these two new methods had given
him.
Yes he said. but I've got seven
ways now"
This is the same Heffelfinger who re-
turned rs years later, when he was
around as years old, and came near
wrecking a Yale line. He left in his
wake broken collarbcne, two half
dazed forwards and another badly bat
tered, and the Yale coaching staff told
him later he would have to do the rest
of his teaching through rnegaphone.
This Yale star was still playing good
foot ball when he had passed so.
The Big Upset.
IT was around 1916, think. that WAL
i ter Camp was invited West by Min
nesota to see at least five all-Amer-
lea stars in action.
What Mr.. Camp saw was the great
est upset In foot ball history.
Minnesota was playing Illinois that
afternoon. A great Minnesota team
had crushed every opponent by scores
ranging from 80 to 60 to o. With Wy
man, Baston and other giant stars, it
had practically wrecked the Western
Conference.
Illinois hadn't done so we'll Bob
Zuppke's team had lost to teams Min
nesota had pulverized. The odds
against Illinois were something like
so to ].
It was in this game that Zuppke
made his famous battle address to his
team just before little Sternaman and
others tcck the field.
Remember" zuppke said to his men,
with all the theatrical effect he could
work up land he could work up plenty,
Remember that am Louis XIV and
you are my court. After US the deIuge"
Illinois won. III