“A project has been conceived by U. C. Football Manager Alfred K. Nippert which will meet with the approbation of nearly every gridiron enthusiast in this part of the country. Nippert contemplates nothing less than the organization of a Western ‘Big Four.’ The colleges to be included in the new pigskin quadruple arrangement are the Universities of Cincinnati, Chicago, Minnesota, and Michigan. All of these institutions rank high in the Western football world, and, while they may not at present outclass their neighbors as completely as the big Eastern elevens overshadow the other teams, the possibilities open to these institutions in the future make them the best fitted to enter into such an agreement.

Another plan of Manager Nippert to elevate U. C. in football circles is the taking of a step forward in the grade of the teams with whom U. C.’s next year schedule is to be made up. U. C. has defeated every college team which it has met this season. There remains yet but one scheduled game to be played—the Thanksgiving contest with the Indians from Carlisle—and, while U. C. has almost no chance of victory in that struggle, its team this year promises to make a very creditable showing against the red men. Next year, if possible, Manager Nippert intends to arrange a list of games which will include Cornell, the Carlisle Indians, Ann Arbor, Oberlin, Adelbert, and University of Chicago. It will be a hard series of games for U. C. to play, but if the local eleven continues to improve at the rate it has been improving, U. C. will not lose all of these games.”