Class Football.

Class football seems to have aroused an unusually small amount of interest in all of the three upper classes this fall. The best men have not answered the call for candidates, and the men who have come out have been dilatory in doing so. Consequently the elevens are in a somewhat confused condition. When the class football season opened a week ago today, seventeen candidates for the Junior team began practice on Soldiers Field. On the day after, twelve candidates came out for the Senior team. The Sophomores showed still greater indifference, only eight men responding to Captain Wendell's call for candidates.

The preliminary practice of the three teams began, as usual, with tackling, falling on the ball, and breaking through. After a few days of work of this sort, teams were formed against one another whenever numbers permitted, and short halves were played. The Junior team seems to have made the most satisfactory progress for the ten day's work. In yesterday's practice both the first and second elevens were alert and ready. The followed the ball well, fumbled but little, and entered aggressively into every play. The Sophomores, on the other hand, showed very little knowledge of the game. Their team work was poor and they displayed a general looseness and lack of snap which was made worse by frequent fumbling. The absence of many of last year's team who are playing on the 'Varsity squad has necessitated the development of new men for almost all the positions.

The Freshman squad, numbering one hundred and forty-five men under charge of J. E. N. Shaw 2L., began practice a week ago Monday. During the earlier part of last week their work consisted only of practice in tackling and breaking through, but lately they have lined-up against one another in elevens. In addition, the men have received individual coaching from Shaw and J. L. Knox 2L. The squad was cut down to seventy men on Monday, fifteen of whom will be taken to training-tale in about ten days.