His name is pronounced like the ketchup, and he started last season just like it--slowly.

It took Tony Hinz a while to get rolling, but once he did, he didn't stop pouring it on until the gridders were Ivy League Champions.

Was the anticipation worth the wait?

"Whatever helps us win an Ivy League Championship is worth it," Hinz says. "Initially we had a different emphasis on the running game. It was fine. We were winning."

But like any good running back, Hinz would have liked to have carried the ball more.

He gained only 101 yards in 29 carries in the first three games last season. (In the same span, Yohe threw 91 times.)

"When you're on a team, you always want to contribute," Hinz says. "I just want to help the team any way I can."

By clamping down on Air Yohe, opponents eventually dictated the way Harvard attacked. Mr. Multiflex, Coach Joe Restic, went back to the drawing board, lined his backs in the I-formation and gave the ball to Hinz 18 times (77 yards) against Cornell in the fourth week of the season.

The cap had been popped off the bottle, and Hinz has been flowing ever since.

Hinz pounded Dartmouth for 152 yards (on only 12 carries), including an electrifying 73-yd. touchdown run. He followed by running for 90 yards or more in each of the last four contests, (90 vs. Princeton, 110 vs. Brown, 98 vs. Penn and 161 vs. Yale.).

He finished the season with 789 yards rushing and nine touchdowns. Hinz also caught 16 passes for 258 yards (a 16.1 average.)

Hinz might never have had the chance to shine as a tailback. Three years ago, he started at fullback on the freshman team, averaging 3.4 yards per carry.

But the coaching staff--and his teammates--knew Hinz would come around.

"Tony is a kid who came here with great potential," guard Tony Consigli says, "and he developed it into something special."

As a high school senior, Hinz set a Montana school record by running for 1650 yards and scoring 20 touchdowns. When he wasn't dominating the gridiron, he could usually be found off in the woods, hunting and fishing with his father and two brothers.