The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-02
U. CHICAGO HAS SOMETHING NEW IN GRID SYSTEM
Sh haugh nes ssy's Football Class Wants Holiday
 After Exam

CHICAGO. Nov 2.-Footoall vic tories at Chicago are so une;peslei, that they are considered &s muCA gravy" Yet the university isn't trying to decmphasize football. And, as the Chicago football experim mt progresses. Coach Clark ; au . messy believes he mas soA!ttl l lg there that other schools h.4 1t -ii investigate.
 They don't like the word "eif . emphasize" at Chicago, Lu' eN explain readily enough what l. .c- ing done. Football is just as i'm portant as Greek or history. Coach Shaughnessy is paid as professor of football-to teach the sport to students, rather than to win games.
 Chicago does not scout, bid for or recruit players. It develops the material at hand. Football acti- vities reflect the institutions pri- mary purpose, described by Presi- dent Robert Maynard Hutchins as: Educational rather than athletic or social"
 Small Squad; Light Schedule
 Shaughnessey's salary, not made public, is probably as high as those of the top group of the Big Ten. His appointment is as professor of physical education with perma- nent tenure. It can only be ter minated on grounds of incompe- tency VT misconduct
 There are 37 men on the 1887 squad.
 Schedules must be light, because, Shaughnessey explains:
 "A heavy schedule is murderouS to a small squad which has few resources. The men do not get a chance to recover from injuries unless there are breaks.
 If we could space our schedule so as to give an open date after each hard fight we would make things much closer despite our linn ited numbers.
 Last year, our best game was against Wisconsin, after an open date; in 1885, our best game was against Ohio State, after an open date"
 Chicago, making players of its students, rather than trying to at- tract players to become students aims to place no unreasonable strain on the squad. If other colleges in the position of Chicago want tc handle their schedules on the same principle Shaughnessy thinks his method is the best feasible one.
 The effort is to get a break in midseason and to space light games in between tough ones. Chi cago will play seven games in 1938
 The Maroons do not let the re- strictions affect their fighting spirit fne athletic department sees nc moral virtue in playing to lose.
 All Players Get Attention
 They play to win," Shaughres- sy says of his players, but we can not expect as many victories as those of other Big Ten schools with greater manpower.
 The limitations nave their ad- vantages. Shaughnessy and his as- sistants can devote more time to development of individual players for instance.
 Shaughnessy undoubtedly con- tributed to the development of Jay Berwanger, as any competent coach would have. But he doesn't take much of the credit. At Chicago they say:
 The coach certainly did make a better defensive player of Der wanger, but he couldn't for exam pie. make him run faster, or devel- op the natural, high-striding ac- tion that marked Berwanger's run ming"
 Shaughnessy thinks that such a player as Morton Goodstein, of the 1887 team, would be welcome at Minnesota. Goodstein is a 205- pound line-smasher and good de- fensive back. Other outstanding Chicago prospects include George Antonio, tackle center; Kendall Peterson, end-tackle; Captain Bot Fitzgerald, end; Fred Lehnhardt fullback.