 In September 1904 , on his way to Ann Arbor , Michigan ( the home of the University of Michigan ) , Schulz recalled that he stopped in Chicago , Illinois , where he spent four days drinking beer and generally having a " swell time " . A group of Michigan representatives eventually found him in Chicago and put him on the next train to Ann Arbor . When he arrived in Ann Arbor , Yost was furious and accused Schulz of flirting with Amos Alonzo Stagg , the legendary coach of the University of Chicago . Schulz was immediately taken out to Michigan 's training camp at Whitmore Lake and kept asking Yost when he was going to be allowed to register . Yost told Schulz that he had taken care of it . According to Schulz , he was registered two weeks before he ever saw the campus . 
