CHEEK OUTLINES PURPOSE OF CLASS FOOTBALL TEAMS

"Many men cannot realize the opportunities that there are for them in class football," declared M. A. Check '26, in an interview last night. It is under his direction that Coaches E.S. Daniel '26, F.K. Kernan '24 L. B. Lockwood '24, K. S. Pfaffman '24, and R. S. Scott '27, are working with the class teams each afternoon on Soldiers Field. C.E. Bald win '26 is expected to join the staff soon.

Designed for Two Classes

"The class teams are for two kinds of men," continued Coach Cheek, "those who want to play football for the fun of it, and those who are looking ahead with a possible view toward winning a berth on the University squad. It is to these latter men in particular that class football offers unique advantages. The opportunities for expert individual coaching in special branches of the game, which after all is the only way to learn, are much better than any where else except possibly on the University squad itself."

"We are trying in the first place to give each team a separate style of offense. All the players gain more experience by this method than as if the attacks of all the teams were similar Secondly, we are trying to coach them as teams, with an idea of developing team-play and co-operation. We try too to give each man a maximum of actual play, and of coaching in the particular department of the game in which he is interested."

Experts Teach Specialties

"There is Karl Pfaffman, who coaches the dropkickers, and who won more than one game during his career as a University player by his fine kicking. Any man interested in becoming a good dropkicker could not have a better coach than he. All the other coaches are equally good in their own special line."

"Coach Horween has promised that the University coaches will occasinally watch the practice, and give advice to the players. If any exceptionally good player on the teams comes under their eyes, there will be an excellent chance for promotion to a higher squad, with the possiblity of going even further. With all these features, it will be seen that class football offers a remarkable opportunity to those who are ambitious and anxious to learn football."

The development of the teams so far has been encouragingly rapid. The Sophomore squad of about 30 men under the direction of Coach Donovan, has scrimmaged several times, and is far advanced in its play. The Juniors, with about 25 men, working under Coaches Daniell and Lockwood is not far behind them. The Seniors handicapped by a shortage of candidates have been coming along more slowly, but with the reporting of additional men, are expected to improve in a short time, although they need a good deal of work to rank with the Sophomores and Juniors. Coach Check remarked that if all the men who were really available would report, the Senior squad would be a strong one. There are many men who have been dropped from the Second University squad and have failed to report for class football, whose presence in the line-ups would be a distinct advantage, he said. If the squads grow, they will be sub-divided into groups according to the ability of the players, and double the scheduled number of games will be played if two complete teams can be chosen from each class squad.

The program for each week includes two practice games for each team, and intensive coaching, both as teams and individually in specialities.