The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-11-15
COACH FAVORS
FOSTERING OF
FOOTBALL MEN
Captain Dunckel Says Stars in
High School Would Come
to University if En-
couraged.
SOME MUST HAVE WORK
University of California Super.
vises Games in State to
\ Become Acquainted
With PLAYERS.

TO obtain more high school football
stars from which to pick the University
Of Missouri football team. the University
should foster the football teams Of the
high schools of the state" said Captain
". c. Dunckel. a member of the Uni
versity of Missouri coaching staff.
Captain DunckeI, in his capacity as an
officer in the army. and as coach Of many
service football teams IS well as school
teams, has seen football players from e..
cry part Of the United States. He saws
that few states hive the wealth Of foot.
ball material that Missouri has but that
most other safe universities and large
colleges have a thorough method of al
tracing that material 10 their own teams.
Captain Dunckel said that in recent in
teriews with coaches Clingenpeel. of
Kemper Military Academy Strock of Mis-
souri, Military Academy and Wyckof Of
Wentworth Military Academy. they said
their outstanding football stars would be
glad 10 come 10 the University of Nilsson
ri if they but had little encouragement.
These three coaches are all strong Mis-
souri, supporters but cannot send their
men here without some assistance.
Other colleges and universities watch
these military school teams and bid for
their star players. They offer induce
ments other than the unfair money offer,
and influence these men to attend their
schools. The three coaches mentioned
stated that their star players have been
going TO Illinois, Nebraska. Oklahoma
and many eastern schools. even including
Yale and Harvard Yale and Harvard
are always eager To obtain these stars.
IF slight encouragement is all that
these men need to bring them TO Missau-
ri. then why can't the University of Mis-
souri,, through the athletic department
and the alumni associations. give that
little encouragement! said Captain
Dunckel.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity, at the
suggestion Ct Elmer Kershaw, has de-
cided TO start the movement by inviting
two of Missouris outstanding junior stars
10 visi, them at the fraternity house for
a few days and TO try to induce them to
attend the University of Missouri next
year.
Captain Dunckel himself has talked to
some of the football stars of the military
schools after refereeing their games and
he says he has found some excellent pros
poets. One man, who is considered one
Of the stars of the conference, and whose
name he wanted withheld. stated that if
he thought he could work and make his
expenses here, he would be glad to attend
the University and play on the football
team. Captain Dunckel is at present Try
ing to find work for this man SO that
he may attend the University next year.
the 100 pound center and
captain Of Mexico Military Academy
football team, has promised Captain
Dunckel that he will come here next year
if it is at all possible.
Captain Arthur Wilson, also connected
with the University r. o. T. C.. has been
in California for the past few years and
he told how it was that the University Of
California had such a wonderful team.
The University of California is father !
10 every high school and junior college
in the state said Captain Wilson. 1T
fosters the games in these schools. The
stale is divided into sections and men
from the University personally supervise
he contests in the different sections and
then have the champions of the sections
play against each other. These cham