Fielding Yost

“ Michigan on the Offense, Chicago on the Defense. The elevens from the University of Chicago have always been prominent contenders for honors on the western gridirons. While Chicago's universal rival has always been Michigan, and these schools have maintained football relations ever since the founding of Chicago, the teams from the latter institution have always taken part in thie sectional rivalry which exists with Illinois and Northwestern, besides keeping up an intermittent alliance with Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota. ”

“ All the offensive operations are directed with seven men in the line andh rarely is the ball entrusted to any member of the team not a regular occupant of the backfield. This gives a much less varied style of attack and is a consequent deterrent to success, beyond a doubt, but the wonderful spirit which has been the possession of every Princeton team has assisted its successive elevens to maintain a high place in the athletic world, nevertheless. The Princeton defense places the ends rather wide, the tackles similarly free and the three backs supporting the line. ”

“ In spite of the relatively small number of men in attendance at each of the government schools, the high class of their students permits of the gathering of a very formidable eleven in each institution and the games annually compare very favorably in skill with any played by the larger university teams. Both teams regularly play preliminary contests with many of the larger schools and the West Point schedule has long been considered the most formidable of any eleven in the country.
Generally speaking, West Point plays the Yale style of game and Annapolis the Princeton system. ”

“ The ends of Penn are invariably sent into a play with the idea of breaking it up before it has well started, reliance being placed on the backs and tackles to get the runners. The tackles themselves play close and charge forward and toward the center on defensive. ”

“ On offense the ends play well out and the backs are relied on to bear the large share of the attack. On defense a strictly regular formation is employed.
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Football Team, 1904. The University of Pennsylvania has long been one of the foremost schools of the football world and, in the early days of the game, has, with Harvard, Yale and Princeton, been one of the "Big Four" institutions in its position of prominence. Football relations have been maintained with Harvard practically since 1881; with Yale from 1879 to 1894, and with Princeton from 1876 to 1894. ”